Pop

Culture
media:
1950’s in
the United
States
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 Grace Kelly Elvis Presley

Celebritie
s
❖ Love of hard work

❖ The courage to be lonely

in pursuing your goals and
dreams

❖ Fighting for love

❖ The willingness to fight

and die for a cause bigger
John Wayne
than yourself.

Maria Concha
Celebrities
❖ Love for the animals.

❖ Known to give hits.

❖ Passion for music.

Doris Day
❖ Cultural icon for youth.

❖ Uniqueness.

James Dean
 Marilyn Monroe
Icons
❖ Female role models
❖ Allow little girls to think about their future
❖ Alternative to traditional gender roles
❖ Working class felt empathy
❖ Fighting against discrimination and racial
segregation

Rosa Parks Maria Concha

Slangs
Chick in skins = A woman in a coat

Stable the horses = Park the cars

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❖ Freedom

❖ Happiness

❖ More money to spend

Sock Hops
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❖ More technology
Fashion
❖ Extremely famous long skirts with
designs and images printed on.

❖ Iconic dress of that period.

❖ Preferred by young girls.

❖ Tight from the waist.

❖ Commercial look easy to copy.

❖ Pedal Pushers were used among

teens.
Music

❖ Rock and Roll dominated as the

popular music.
Rock and Roll
❖ Influenced lifestyles, fashions etc.

❖ Traditional songs

❖ No composers needed.

❖ Expresses culture.

Folk Music
Technology
❖ First Computer with Hard Disk.

❖ Limited access under one

second.

❖ Radar Gun used to measure the

Computer with hard disk
speed of objects.

❖ Doppler effect.

❖ More effective for cops.

Radar Gun
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