IM SUPPOSED TO WRITE 3 ESSAYS ON ANYTHING OR ANY EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE 1950'S. I ALREADY DID ONE
ESSAY ON:
1) ELVIS PRESLY: INTRODUCED NEW MUSIC, STYLE, INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY....
BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO ON MY 2 OTHER ESSAYS!?
I HAVE SOME IDEAS: FEMMENISIM, DISCRIMINATION...
CAN YOU PLZ HELP ME!!
2006-11-22 13:15:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
There was a hugh fear of communism in the '50s and you could write about McCarthyism and the blaclisting of actors in Hollywood during this period. The movie about Edward Murrow "Good Night and Good Luck" would explain more on this subject.
Also, in the fifties the nuclear family was the "norm" and people tried to be like "Ozzie and Harriet" - the perfect family. That could be another essay.
Or the economic advantages of the generation in the 50s, where homes and cars were affordable, and these families went up within the middle class.
Best wishes.
2006-11-22 13:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by Rhonda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Korean War was big new in the 1950s as was the first organ transplants http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s
Alternatively the Fads and Fashions of the 1950s http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html
2006-11-22 21:35:29 · answer #2 · answered by Born a Fox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about Sports in the 1950's or talk about one sport like baseball. Or 1950's sports heroes.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111064/50sports.htm
Inventions of the 50's
http://www.geocities.com/projectfifties/fifties.html
Medicine in the 1950's
http://history.enotes.com/1950-medicine-health-american-decades/important-events-medicine-health
Just a few ideas. Good Luck!
2006-11-22 21:30:15 · answer #3 · answered by ????? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Korean War. Civil rights in the 50's. Eisenhower. Nixon. The Soviet Union in the 50's. The Cold War.
2006-11-22 21:24:13 · answer #4 · answered by Carlos D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about food in the 50s. The intro of the dinners. first TV dinner. Margin that was white that you mixed the yellow food dye with to make it look like butter. First cake mixes. Hambers that were made by hand, not a machine. Mcdonalds 10 cent burgers.
The list go on, but I have run out.
2006-11-22 21:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by rlbendele1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atomic bomb was on hand in 1950 and its use was considered in Vietnam,but rejected.Read Korea,Gen Douglas McCarthur, Diem Bien Phu,Dwight D.Eisenhower.TThe 1950 s was threatening with nuclear war. As shchool childre we had bomb drills,You might alsso try Guatemala in1954 .What happened there?Thes are quick reads.
2006-11-22 21:29:42 · answer #6 · answered by hotshoes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An interesting one would be an essay on the invention of the nuclear powered jet engine for the military, it was never put into production but it would make a good essay.
2006-11-22 21:33:00 · answer #7 · answered by soul_plus_heart_equals_man 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well may I suggest television. Television was probably the biggest invention or new technology of 1950's. With shows and new soaps operas it brought feminization to the tube. Plus racial divides and civil rights were noticeable on early sitcoms and broad casted them daily.
2006-11-22 21:28:07 · answer #8 · answered by Professor Bradley 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the 1950s was a period with lots of political movement, wars, and the start of rock n roll music...you can certainly find something there on...especially with discimination and the civil rights movement...
i would pick one of those ideas and stick to it...instead of writing about all of them...cause you would end up with a pretty long tiring paper....
good luck
2006-11-22 21:25:52 · answer #9 · answered by cadpro78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you stay within the same theme and do a paper on **** Clark and American Bandstand. You could also do one on the influence of Motown.
2006-11-22 21:22:51 · answer #10 · answered by kehlygirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋