1950s INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS:
1. What was the GI Bill of Rights? How did it affect the future of the U.S.?
2. What was Levittown? Attach a picture of Levittown, Long Island, New
York (in the 1950s)
3. What was meant by the slogan, “I Like Ike”?
4. What was so special about Checkers, the dog?
5. What was the baby boom?
6. Who was Dr. Jonas Salk?
7. Name three television shows of the 1950s. List the show and the years
that it ran on television.
8. Which president is credited with the Interstate Highway System?
9. Attach two images of family cars of the 1950s. (Not sports cars or “hot
rods”)
10. Attach three images of new appliances available to Americans after
WWII.
11. Identify images of three bands/singers from the decade.
12. What was the “beat movement”?
13. Find two movie posters from the 50s.
14. Find an image of the 1950s kitchen.
15. How did Lucille Ball help to change the role of the American woman?
16. Attach an image of James Dean and explain his role in defining the
“American teenager”.
17. Attach images of three toys popularized in the 1950s.
18. Why did thousands of American kids wear coonskin caps in the 1950s?
19. Attach images of two popular 1950s athletes - list the sport and major
accomplishments for each.
20. Attach images of two technological advances of the 1950s.
21. Attach an image that displays Ray Kroc's contribution to society. Explain
the image and how it relates to the 1950s.