A WALK THROUGH THE DECADES

This site was created to help students research various information about the 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's and 1990's in the U.S..

THE TASK
These are the questions you will need to answer to complete this project...:
1) What were the typical male fashions in this decade? What were the typical female fashions in this decade?
2) What were the typical male hairstyles in this decade? What were the typical female hairstyles in this decade?
3) What fads were "in" during this decade?
4) What type of music was played during this decade? What are some titles and musicians from this decade?
5) What dances were popular during this decade?
6) What were 5 significant historical facts that occurred during this decade?
7) What were some popular TV shows or movies during this decade?

RESOURCES

General Sites

Margie's Page: This page has many different links on the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

Bally Hoo is a site that contains vintage fashions from previous decades.

Kingwood College Library is site on the Twentieth century decades.

Baby Boomer Headquarters is a site with information about the 60s & 70s.

Bad Fads is a site with fads, fashion and information about the Twentieth Century Decades.

The American 50's

Robin's Web Page on the 60's

Robin's Web Page on the 70's

Hair styles of the 60's

Life in the 60s

The Wander is a site with the music of the 50's, 60's and 70's

TV Ratings of the 50s, 60s & 70s-- This has the top TV shows for each of these years.

Twentieth Century Fashion

Wacky Fashions is a site about fashions of the 40s, 50s, 60, 70s & 80s.

Fads and Fashions

Fads of the Decades

1990's