This presentation includes how I describe America featuring different categories. I used outside sources to help strengthen the argument within the presentation. Enjoy!

1. AMERICA IS…
INNOVATIVE!

2. What does
INNOVATIVE
mean?
According to the Merriam
Webster dictionary, Innovative
is defined as “introducing or
using new ideas or methods;
having new ideas about how
something can be done.”

3. FAMILY
“Family: where life begins and love never ends” -Unknown

4. Two parent household Single parent household
A traditional nuclear family structure for a household in the 20th century was a two parent household. Two parent meaning a
heterosexual relationship. As we have moved on into the 21st century, two parent households have started to become very uncommon.
This is because of the introduction to single parent families, increase of divorce, unwed mothers, teen pregnancies, same-sex marriages
and much more. But, the most common being single parent families. Single parent households have doubled in the last few decades.
Historically, single parent households resulted from the death of a spouse commonly through childbirth. But the recent increase has
been from divorce of married couples and unmarried couples having children. America has innovated the way people view the family
structure of a household. There is no longer a traditional household due to the many variations that have come about in recent years
and decades.

5. FOOD
“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” –James Beard

6. Homemade food Fast food
Less than 60% of meals last year were cooked. Looking back into the 1900s, the percentage of homecooked meals would’ve been way higher.
This drastic decrease is due to the innovation of food preparation. Fast food restaurants are on the rise all over the globe, shortening the steps
it takes to make foods that would take a little over an hour to make otherwise. Homemade meals are a way to save money, especially for big
families. It can be very costly to go out to eat for large families. Between the mid-1960s and late 2000s, low-income households went from
eating at home 95% of the time to only 72% of the time. Middle-income households when from eating at home 92% of the time to 69% of the
time, and high-income households went from eating at home 88% of the time to only 65% of the time. America has innovated the way people
eat. People are more prone to grab something quick while hungry instead of preparing a meal at the beginning of the week and eating the
leftovers for the remainder of the week. Homemade food is beginning to be less common and fast food is continuing to make people second
guess cooking at home.

7. MEDIA
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” –Jim Morrison

8. MySpace Modern Day Social Media
MySpace was founded in August 2003 on the purpose of internet marketing. The first users of the website were the employees of eUniverse,
the company that founded MySpace. After a contest to see how many employees could get people they knew to sign up, MySpace went
viral. MySpace reached its peak of 75.9 million users by December 2008. By this time, Facebook came along and swept majority of MySpace
users. Now, social media has evolved to many different platforms. Facebook now has Facebook Messenger, there’s Twitter, Snapchat and
Tumblr, just to name a few. These platforms were the result of the innovation of social media. America has found a way to innovate the
media in order to catch the user’s eye and to meet the daily wants and demands of the user. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat all
allow the user to stream a live video or “story” so other users can see the person “in the moment.” Social media has been innovated to
become another source of effective communication between groups, companies, families and for just daily interaction between friends.

9. SOUND
“Music is organized sound.” –Edgard Varese

10. 90s Hip-Hop 2000s Hip-Hop
There are many commonalities and differences of modern day rap and hip hop and 90s rap and hip hop. Commonalities being that they
mostly talk about the struggles of growing up in a rough area or being apart of a low income household. The most striking difference
between 1990s hip-hop and more modern tracks is the lyrics. Songs were less about an artist’s success and more about his or her rise to it.
Many rappers today have different stories but have innovated the art in a way that it’s able to reach audiences of all ages. Innovation of hip
hop has included the creation of different styles, beats and methods in order to get the primary messages across to the intended audiences.
Hip hop was innovated to meet the needs of the current day audiences and to help them with the struggles and challenges brought about in
everyday life.

11. TECHNOLOGY
“Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.” –Christian Lous Lange

12. Bag Phone Cell phones
In the mid-1900s, bag phones or car phones were popular. Their primary purpose was for talking only. As the decade went by, voicemail
was then added to enhance the capabilities of the phone. As each decade went by, phone companies developed new features and
techniques to innovate the phones. The purpose of cell phones has gone from being only for talking, to texting to withholding multimedia
capabilities and being able to download apps. The most popular modern day phones are iPhones and Androids. Cell phones have become
so advanced that it’s commonly debated about what phones are better and what type of phone to purchase to serve a certain purpose.
Phone companies continue to innovate phones to make them more appealing to the consumer. Instead of your usual, grey, white and
black, you can purchase a red, rose gold, green or blue phone. If that’s not enough, you can even buy cases to meet your physical needs
and to protect your device.

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