Name ___________________________________________________ Date ___________ Period _______
1950s WEB QUEST ACTIVITY
Directions: Use the following links,
1. What was the GI Bill of Rights? How might this affect the future of the U.S.?
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/536006/GI-Bill-of-Rights
2. What was Levittown? What are the pros and cons of this type of construction?
http://tigger.uic.edu/~pbhales/Levittown.html
PROS
CONS
3. What was meant by the slogan, “I Like Ike”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmCDaXeDRI4
4. Based on the clip you saw in question #3 why would this advertisement have been
successful?
5. What was the baby boom? http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/baby-boomergeneration-fast-facts/
6. Using the website for #5 Make a simple line graph depicting the number of babies born
from 1946-1964
7. Who was Dr. Jonas Salk and what was significance in the realm of the science?
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/salk-announces-polio-vaccine
8. Which president is credited with the Interstate Highway System?
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/history.htm
9. Using the same site you used for #8, why was this highway system so beneficial to the
United States?
10. Describe the impact of the car of people of the 1950s.
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~mwaltos/lis506/project/1950s/cars.html
11. View the images taken of kitchens from the 1950s, how do these kitchens compare
with the kitchens of today? http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/kitchens-1950s0609#slide-6
12. Describe the music of the 1950s. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50smusic.html
13. Using the same site you used for #12 what are four popular music genres of the
1950’s? Identify two artist who contributed to each genre.
12. What was the “beat movement”?
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/57467/Beat-movement
14.How are Comics and the Cold War interrelated?
http://www.hmss.com/otherspies/ironman/
15.Why was the phrase “under God” added to the US pledge of allegiance? http://freedomschool.com/wisdom/pledge.htm
16.Go to: http://www.imdb.com/list/v94Q-JqrWsI/
Here is a list of science fiction movies from the 1950s. Pick any three and describe their
plot.
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Go to: http://www.elvis.com/about-the-king/biography_.aspx
1) What influenced the music of Elvis?
2) What traits did Elvis have that endeared him to people around the world?
Go to: http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/elvissullivan.htm
1) What did Elvis do on stage during his performances that was a cause for concern for many?
2) Why was Elvis allowed on the Ed Sullivan Show?
3) How many people watched Elvis on the Ed Sullivan show?
Go to: http://voices.yahoo.com/top-ten-toys-yesterday-1950s-678088.html?cat=25
Pick any three toys from the 1950s and explain their origins. Two sentences each
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