Happy+Days?



That's a great question, don't you think? We will answer it in class on Thursday in a (hopefully) fun activity, but to prepare, we should do a little background reading and watching. R**ead "The Fifties" in __Creating America__ (28-3, pp. 800-803), read over the ABC-CLIO links posted below, and w****atch the videos below.** 
 * FOR HOMEWORK, CREATE A LIST (IN YOUR ONLINE NOTEBOOK) OF POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES CONCERNING LIFE IN THE FIFTIES FOR CLASS ON THURSDAY. WE WILL USE IT TO WRITE SOME DIALOGUE ...**

[|The Cold War at Home] / [|The Economy Booms] / [|The Sky is the Limit] / [|Boom-Time for Babies and Houses] living in poverty, mainly in the cities. || many Mexicans had to work for long hours with low wages. || being forced to try and fit in with society. ||
 * Good  ||   Bad   ||
 * -There were new house hold items to make life more simple || -In 1957 one out of every five Americans were
 * -There were new highways to help people in the suburbs move around easier || -illegal immigration was on the rise in the 1950’s and
 * -There were new houses with the economic boom over 1 million in 1952 || -Some people felt thet Americans where
 * -There were many babies born during this time. || -Women still had limited choices in proffesions and where seen simply as homemakers ||
 * || -People lived in fear of the atomic bomb ||