The Fabulous 1950s!

The Fabulous Fifties!

Fashion
Poodle Skirts & Pony Tails
Pencil Skirts & Gloves
Bobby Socks & Saddle Shoes
Leather Jackets & Slicked Hair
White Tee-Shirts and Cuffed Jeans

Poodle Skirts

Pencil Skirts

Catseye Glasses

Saddle Shoes

Bobby Socks

Polka Dot Dresses

White Gloves

Rolled Jeans & White Shirts

Leather Jackets, White Ts, and Jeans

http://www.fashion-era.com/1950s/1950s_4_teenagers_teddy_boys.htm http://home.att.net/~boomers.fifties.teenmag/1950s_fashion.html http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/fashion.htm *Look on the left hand side of the page for links. To Learn more and to plan your outfit for the dance:

Fun Stuff
Hula Hoop
Telephone Booth Cramming
Drive-In Movies
Jukebox
Sillyputty
Pez
Disneyland
Slinky

Hula Hoop

Telephone Booth Cramming

Drive-In Movies

Jukebox

Silly Putty

Disneyland

Slinky

To Learn more about fads and fun stuff from the 1950s go to: http://www.crazyfads.com/50s.htm http://hhsclassof58.com/fads.htm http://www.slideshare.net/computerland/1950s-fashion-and-fads

Music
Elvis Presley
The Everly Brothers
Jerry Lee Lewis
Nat King Cole
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Buddy Holly
Fats Domino

Elvis Presley http://www.elvis.com/

Jerry Lee Lewis http://www.jerryleelewis.com/

Buddy Holly http://www.buddyhollyonline.com

The Everly Brothers http://www.everlybrothers.com/

Nat King Cole http://www.nat-king-cole.org/

Chuck Berry http://www.chuckberry.com/

Little Richard http://www.kolumbus.fi/timrei/lre.htm

Fats Domino http://www.history-of-rock.com/domino.htm

To Listen to 1950s Music
http://rosemck1.tripod.com/jukebox-1950s.html
http://www.tropicalglen.com/
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50smusic.html

Cars of the 1950s!

Television and Movie Stars

Howdy Doody

The Ed Sullivan Show

I Love Lucy

The Honeymooners

Leave it to Beaver

The Lone Ranger

Audry Hepburn

Marilyn Monroe

James Dean

Elizabeth Taylor

Frank Sinatra

Grace Kelly

Marlon Brando

Historical Events
The top events of the 1950s…

1950
First Peanuts Comic Strip
First Organ Transplant
Korea War Begins
Credit Card system in America
World population numbers 2.52 billion (population today is estimated at over 6 billion). Population in the US reaches over 100 million people.

1951
Color TV introduced
Truman signs peace treaty with Japan officially ending WWII
The still camera gets a built in flash

1952
First Hydrogen Bomb is detonated in the Pacific Ocean
Car seatbelts introduced
Polio Vaccine created
Princess Elizabeth become Queen of Great Britain
New president is elected: Dwight Eisenhower

1953
DNA discovered
Mount Everest climbed by Sir Edward Hilary and Tensing
Stalin dies starting a new era in Russia
Korean War ends

1954
First Atomic Submarine launched
Reports say cigarettes cause cancer
Segregation ruled illegal in the U.S. in Brown vs. the Board of Education.
54% of US homes have a television
Joseph McCarthy hearings on Un-american Activities begin

1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus. USA Civil Rights Movement gains momentum
Disneyland opens
McDonald’s Corporation founded

1956
TV remote control invented
IBM creates the first hard disk drive
Velcro introduced to the public
The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable becomes operational

1957
Dr. Seuss publishes The Cat in the Hat
Soviet Satellite Sputnik is launched
Lasers developed
President Dwight Eisenhower begins second term in office

1958
Hula Hoop becomes popular
Lego toy bricks introduced
NASA founded
John D. Pierce Junior High opens!
Stereo LP records first sold

1959
Castro becomes dictator of Cuba
Barbie dolls sold
The microchip was invented
Alaska and Hawaii join the USA.
Motown records starts a new type of music.

Online Videos and Presentations about the 1950s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXqgO63b59c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHH2SNlvMEw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8kJzBJrOkU

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