Easy Revision for GCSE Humanities: America in the 1950s
This is the second of eight revision topics.
America and the Cold War
America in the 1950s: Affluent Society
Black Americans in the 1950s
Kennedy and the New Frontier
Civil Rights to Black Power
Defeat in Vietnam
Cold War to Détente
Nixon and Watergate
How to use this Revision Presentation.
The Presentation is divided into five sections.
Spend about 10 minutes revising each section.
Write Revision Notes, label them clearly and keep them all in one place.
Return to this Presentation often to help embed your learning.
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There are five sections to this topic.
Affluent Society
Religion
Poor Americans
Women
Young Americans
Spend about 10 minutes revising each section.
Write Revision Notes. Keep them all in one place and title them clearly.
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These are the sections of this topic.
Affluent Society
Religion
Poor Americans
Women
Young Americans
Pause the presentation and copy the list.
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Pause the presentation.
Write out the list.
When you have finished, move on to the next page to check.
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Check your list of the main facts.
Affluent Society
Religion
Poor Americans
Women
Young Americans
Once you have learnt this list, it is time to learn a few facts about each one.
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Copy out this Revision List
Main features of the Affluent (well-off) Society.
Growth of suburbs
Lots of jobs
Consumer goods: TVs and Cars
Pause and copy out this revision list.
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From memory, write out the Revision List
Main features of the Affluent (well-off) Society.
Growth of suburbs
Lots of jobs
Consumer goods: TVs and Cars
Pause and write out the revision list.
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Read the full Revision List
Main features of the Affluent (well-off) Society.
Growth of suburbs
Lots of jobs
Consumer goods: TVs and Cars
Pause Now.
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From memory, write out the Revision List, again
Main features of the Affluent (well-off) Society.
Growth of suburbs
Lots of jobs
Consumer goods: TVs and Cars
Pause and write out the revision list.
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Copy out this Revision List
Religion
Big increase in church attendance.
Causes:
Threat posed by the Cold War
and consumerism.
TV evangelists, like Billy Graham
Pause and copy out this revision list.
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Revise for GCSE Humanities: The 1950’s
From memory, write out the Revision List
Religion
Big increase in church attendance.
Causes:
Threat posed by the Cold War
and consumerism.
TV evangelists, like Billy Graham
Pause and write out the revision list.
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Read the full Revision List
Religion
Big increase in church attendance.
Causes:
Threat posed by the Cold War
and consumerism.
TV evangelists, like Billy Graham
Pause and read the revision list.
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From memory, write out the Revision List again
Religion
Big increase in church attendance.
Causes:
Threat posed by the Cold War
and consumerism.
TV evangelists, like Billy Graham
Pause and write out the revision list.
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Copy this Revision List
Poor Americans
Black Americans were a poor under class.
Southern States were poorer than the industrial north.
Older people did not benefit from the prosperity.
US did not have old age pensions and a free health service.
Pause and copy the revision list.
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Revise for GCSE Humanities: The 1950’s
From memory, write out the Revision List
Poor Americans
Black Americans were a poor under class.
Southern States were poorer than the industrial north.
Older people did not benefit from the prosperity.
US did not have old age pensions and a free health service.
Pause and write out the revision list.
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Read the full Revision List
Poor Americans
Black Americans were a poor under class.
Southern States were poorer than the industrial north.
Older people did not benefit from the prosperity.
US did not have old age pensions and a free health service.
Pause and read the revision list.
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From memory, write out the Revision List again
Poor Americans
Black Americans were a poor under class.
Southern States were poorer than the industrial north.
Older people did not benefit from the prosperity.
US did not have old age pensions and a free health service.
Pause and read the revision list.
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Women
Copy out the Revision List.
A woman’s place was in the home.
More women out to work to earn money to buy consumer goods.
On average, their wages were half of men’s.
Pause and copy the revision list.
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Women
From memory, write out the Revision List again
A woman’s place was in the home.
More women out to work to earn money to buy consumer goods.
On average, their wages were half of men’s.
Pause and write out the revision list.
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Women
Read the notes that go with your Revision List.
A woman’s place was in the home.
More women out to work to earn money to buy consumer goods.
On average, their wages were half of men’s.
Pause and read the revision list.
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Women
From memory, write out the Revision List again
A woman’s place was in the home.
More women out to work to earn money to buy consumer goods.
On average, their wages were half of men’s.
Pause and write out the revision list.
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Revise for GCSE Humanities: The 1950’s
Copy out this Revision List
Young Americans
Special clothes and music: Rock n’ Roll. 1956 Elvis Presley.
For boys: car ownership and drinking alcohol.
Teenage rebellion and rejection of the values held by their parents.
Causes:
World War 2 destabilised US society: Dad away, Mum working.
Cinema newsreels and wartime propaganda.
Affluence of US society: teenagers had free time and money.
Rock music. Television.
Pause and copy out the revision list.
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Revise for GCSE Humanities: The 1950’s
From memory, write out the Revision List
Young Americans
Special clothes and music: Rock n’ Roll. 1956 Elvis Presley.
For boys: car ownership and drinking alcohol.
Teenage rebellion and rejection of the values held by their parents.
Causes:
World War 2 destabilised US society: Dad away, Mum working.
Cinema newsreels and wartime propaganda.
Affluence of US society: teenagers had free time and money.
Rock music. Television.
Pause and write out the revision list.
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Revise for GCSE Humanities: The 1950’s
Read the full Revision List
Young Americans
Special clothes and music: Rock n’ Roll. 1956 Elvis Presley.
For boys: car ownership and drinking alcohol.
Teenage rebellion and rejection of the values held by their parents.
Causes:
World War 2 destabilised US society: Dad away, Mum working.
Cinema newsreels and wartime propaganda.
Affluence of US society: teenagers had free time and money.
Rock music. Television.
Pause read the revision list.
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Revise for GCSE Humanities: The 1950’s
From memory, write out the Revision List again
Young Americans
Special clothes and music: Rock n’ Roll. 1956 Elvis Presley.
For boys: car ownership and drinking alcohol.
Teenage rebellion and rejection of the values held by their parents.
Causes:
World War 2 destabilised US society: Dad away, Mum working.
Cinema newsreels and wartime propaganda.
Affluence of US society: teenagers had free time and money.
Rock music. Television.
You have finished. Come back soon to embed your learning.
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