1950’s family & entertainment
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1950’s Family & Entertainment. MUSH. Yay! The War(s) is/are Over!. Let’s Get Down to Family Business…. 1947: men = 23.7 women = 20.5 (average age) 1952: men = 23.0 women = 20.2 By 1959, the average bride was under 19 ! - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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1950’sFamily &
Entertainment
MUSH
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Yay! The War(s) is/are Over!
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Let’s Get Down to Family Business….
O1947: men = 23.7 women = 20.5 (average age)
O1952: men = 23.0 women = 20.2
OBy 1959, the average bride was under 19!
OAfter the Korean war, 17,000 Koreans immigrated to the US—usually as brides and children of soldiers
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Women…OOften married right out of high school
OWent to college to find a husband often didn’t graduate college
OStay-at-home moms (is really a full time job)
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QuestionOCan you imagine getting married
at 19 or 22? Do you think your parents would approve?
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Kids…OThe 34 million married couples had 2.3 children during the 50’s
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OBy 1958, 1/3 of US population was less than 15 yrs/old
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Levittown
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QuestionOWhat do you think of the images that
show White Flight in St. Louis? What is something negative that might be a result of the white families moving out of the city?
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And on the inside…
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Question
Do you think the song still applies to today?
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Teen Culture!
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Boys
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Girls
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Music
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Question1. Do you think the music/dancing
was actually really controversial? Why/why not?
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Toys! Fads!
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QuestionOWhich of these toys did you
play with?
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TV ABC, CBS, and NBC all begin broadcasting
In 1950, only 9% of households in U.S. had a TV
By 1960, 87% of households would have at least one TV
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QuestionOWhich t.v. show do you think you’d like the most? Are there
any major differences between these t.v shows and
one today?
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Sports
Jackie Robinson
Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio
Arnold Palmer
Bob Cousay
Sugar Ray Robinson
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Stars!
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CartoonsO Cinderella (Disney) 1950
O Bugs Bunny wonHis first Oscar in1958
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Movies
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QuestionOWhich movie do you think you’d like the most? Does it have similarities of movies
today?