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OE Dunckel
Mr.Koponen
7th
Decade Project
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Assignment Information:
We will be in the Media Center to research life in a particular decade of the 20th century.  We will use this information for the personal narrative essay you will be writing and you may find this information useful for other classes.

You should find facts about the following categories about a particular decade of the 20th century:

Entertainment (movies, movie stars, music, television shows, books that were popular)

Fashions (what people wore, what a particular outfit meant)

Games (what sports tems were hot, what board games were popular)

New inventions of your decade

Prices for various items (food, gasoline, a variety of products)

Scientific breakthroughs (how did science excel in your decade)

Fads (what was "hot"; What was not?)

What things are people still doing today that were just as popular in your decade -- things that may just surprise you.

What schools were like

Mrs. Schroeder will give you some hints on where to begin a search for this information.  Likewise, she will talk about the best ways to organize your information.  Listen to her as she knows what she's talking about!

Other great resources:

Farmington Community Library

People who grew up in the decade - relatives

TV shows and movies set in your decade

You should keep track of the materials you use because you must know which fact came from which resource.  Be sure to record bibliographic information.  That means record the following for each source used:

Book: Magazine Article:
Author
Title
Place of publication
Publisher
Page of reference
Copyright date
Author
Article Title / Magazine Title
Date
Volume and number of the magazine
Page of reference
Pages of entire article in the magazine.

If you inteview someone to gather information, write down who you interviewed and the date of the interview. You will be given a grade based on the organizations of your resarch and the quality of the time you spent working on the research.

Our Print Resources:
[FH = Farmington Hills] [FA = Farmington] [REF = Reference Collection]
Title
American Chronicle
American Decades: 1950-1959
American Decades: 1970-1979
Articles On American Literature
Baseball Memories
Chronicle of the 20th Century
Costume Reference: 1950 To Present Day
The Fabulous Century... (1900-1970)
Fashions (Video)
Fashions of a decade
Newsreels Of The 1950's [Video]
Our Century - 1950-1960
The Rock And Roll Movie Encyclopedia...
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
The Unforgettable Fifties-- the Newsreels             (Videos)
Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers
           (Video)
What We Wore... Women's Clothing
Call Number
Ref 973.9G
973.92A
Ref 973.92A
016.81L
796.357O
Ref 909.82 C
391S
917.3T
Videos- Documentary
391.009B
Videos
J917.30
791.34M
Ref 973.921 S
Videos- Documentary

Videos -History

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Online Resources:
Many links to websites about the fifties.
The American Memory.
The History Channel Web Site.
The Sixties
The Fifties Web Site Directory
The Seventies
US History 1900-1980
 
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