This document provides a scoring rubric for evaluating a decades multimedia project. It lists 18 criteria that the project will be evaluated on, including including key political figures, fashions, entertainment, speeches/quotes, scientific advancements, and identifying lasting influences on society. It also provides brief instructions on inserting hyperlinks and headers/footers in PowerPoint, and setting up slide shows to loop continuously.

1. Below you will find the Scoring Rubric which will be used to evaluate your Decades MultiMedia
Project. Check to see that you have met all of the requirements before submitting your project for grading.
Presentation completed on time: __Yes, ___No
Included pictures of key political figures: ___Yes, ___No
Included examples of fads: ___Yes, ___No
Included speeches or quotes from influential people: ___Yes, ___No
Included clothing fashions: ___Yes, ___No
Included popular entertainment / entertainers: ___Yes, ___No
Included popular sports figures / happenings: ___Yes, ___No
Included significant scientists or inventors: ___Yes, ___No
Included paintings or art: ___Yes, ___No
Included significant books: ___Yes, ___No
Included significant scientific or humanitarian advancements: ___Yes, ___No
Included description of the time by philosophers, writers, historians, politicians, & or scientists:
___Yes, ___No
Identified important businesses or industries: ___Yes, ___No
Identified wars or military conflicts of the time: ___Yes, ___No
Identified a central theme for the decade: ___Yes, ___No
Identified significant positive or negative events which influenced future decades: ___Yes, ___No
Identified conflicting differences between decade researched and present: ___Yes, ___No
Identified event which will have most lasting influence on society & why: ___Yes, ___No
Project was free from spelling/grammatical errors: ___Yes, ___No
Project informative, creative, and stimulating: ___Yes, ___No
Length of presentation approximately 10 - 15 minutes: ___Yes, ___No
Presentation went beyond minimum requirements: ___Yes, ___No

2. To insert a hyperlink into your PowerPoint show, highlight either the text or graphic you will use
as a hyperlink to go to some web site
Then click on the "INSERT" Tab on the top menu bar and then click on Hyperlink Icon
On the next screen, type the URL for the web site you want to go to on the Address line
Using a hyperlink like this is particularly useful to link to a video on Youtube or Teachertube
To enter a header or footer (optional), go to "INSERT" Tab on the top menu bar, click once on
Header/Footer and enter date, slide numbers, and any header/footer items you may want
To have your Slide Show play continuously, go to "SLIDE SHOW" Tab, select Set Up Show, and
put a check mark in the Loop Continuously box
To insert WordArt, go to the "INSERT" Tab, click on the Word Art Icon, and you'll see a lot of
"A's" which represent different text styles
Click on whatever Style you want
On next screen, type in the text you want in the "Your Text Here" area

3. The 1960s central themes
were of YOUTH and
LIBERALISM. 70 million
baby boomers were now
coming into teenage and
adulthood. These youth
were running as far away
from conservatism as can be
imagined, which resulted in
a metamorphosis of cultural
bearings of the American
life. These young Americans
obsessed and thrived for
change. Revolutionary ways
of thinking affected
education, values, lifestyles
and laws.

4. The sixties were a scary time to the younger generations. The Beatles’ albums
mapped a path for those to follow them. January 20 of 1964 they released
their first album “Meet the Beatles”. Februrary 9, 1964, 73 million
viewers watched as they were hosted on the Ed Sullivan Show. By March
31st
, they had the top 5 slots on the Billboard Charts! Unfortunately the
paths of John Lennon and Paul McCartney were of two different
directions, as the years progressed. The Beatles last chart topping, studio
album was September 26, 1969, ever so famous, “Abbey Road”.

5. Martin Luther King, Jr led the greatest civil rights
demonstration in American history on August 28, 1963
in Washington, D.C. King fought for the practice of
racial unity and equality. Watch a clip from his
famous speech, by clicking his picture to the
right.
Richard Nixon was elected President in 1968. During his
presidency he was able to improve relations with USSR, end the
war in Vietnam and put a man on the moon, but once again the
country reaped tragedy when the Watergate Scandal took place
and Nixon had to resign as President. Click Nixon’s picture,
to the left, to hear his most successful speech during his
presidency.
In 1917, John F. Kennedy was born in Massachusettes. After graduating
from Harvard, JFK served in the Navy. In 1960, KFK was elected
President, after defeating Richard Nixon by a slight margin. President
Kennedy youthful image appealed to those of America. Tragically, JFK
was assasinated on November 22, 1963, leaving behind a widow and 2
small children. Click on picture of JFK, to the left, to read his
famous inaugural speech.

6. It is beyond doubt, that while
researching and developing this
decades project, we have come
face to face with two significant
events which have had a positive
and/or negative , lasting
influence on our future
generations…….

8. On June 6th
, 1963, JFK guaranteed the
equal treatment of all Americans, in a
televised address to the people of
America.
On July 2 ,1964, Lyndon B. Johnson
followed the wishes of the late, President
John F. Kennedy and signed the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.

9. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 allowed
the government the right to…
Prohibit Discrimination in Public Places
Provide Integration of Schools and other Public Facilities
Make Employment Discrimination Illegal

11. Fearing a communist takeover of the entire
region, the United States grew more and more
wary of the progress of Ho Chi Minh and the
Vietcong.
Communism had become the evil menace
in the United States and with expansion of
Soviet rule into Eastern Europe, Korea and
Cuba, the Americans were bent on
stopping communism from spreading any
further.

13. Vietnam War in 1960
1960 - American aid to Diem increased.
1962 - Number of US military advisors in South Vietnam rises to 12,000.
1963 - Viet Cong, the communist guerrillas operating in South Vietnam, defeat
units of ARVN, South Vietnamese Army. President Diem overthrown.
1964 - US destroyer allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats. This
triggers start of pre-planned American bombing raids on North Vietnam.
1965 - 200,000 American combat troops arrive in South Vietnam.
1966 - US troop numbers in Vietnam rise to 400,000, then to 500,000 the
following year.
1968 - Tet Offensive - a combined assault by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese
Army on US positions - begins. More than 500 civilians die in My Lai
massacre.
1969 - President Nixon draws back US ground troops from Vietnam.

15. The Vietnam War was brought into each
American living room by way of the
increasing media.
The ever popular youth were angry and
wanted to know what it was they were
fighting for, anyway. They were the ones
dying in the front lines.
Reflection of their feelings came by way of
speeches, protests, organized concerts and of
course the music.

16. In 1960, John F. Kennedy challenged University students to
dedicate themselves to the cause of developing countries and
spreading peace. This governmental agency became known as
the Peace Corps.
After 44 years, the Peace Corps has had over 178,000
volunteers in over 138 countries. President George W. Bush
promised to double the funding to the Peace Corps due to
the War in Iraq.

17. “Many agree that the Anti-war movement had
significant impact on the length and perhaps
even the outcome of the Vietnam war. Others
might disagree saying that the massive protests
were part of an eroding and troubled society.
One thing is certain however -- the Anti-war
movement left an everlasting mark on an entire
generation and its country.” Martina Bexte -
2002

18. Click here to read ALL of the Interview with
Philosopher Noam Chomsky
Sixties Radical
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Ron Chepesiuk
Excerpted from Sixties Radicals, Then and Now, McFarland, 1995,
pp. 133-146 [late 1992]
QUESTION: What kept you going and wanting to speak up?
CHOMSKY: It got so horrible over there [in South Vietnam] that I couldn't look at
myself in the mirror anymore. I thought there was absolutely no hope of any
political opposition to the war developing. What was going on over there was no
secret. One could read the front page of the New York Times and find out that
the U.S. was bombing South Vietnam. It was a very different culture in those
days. If the American people read today about the U.S. bombing a country like
it did Vietnam in the sixties, they would get very upset about it. But in those
days, people didn't bat an eyelash. You couldn't get two people to sit in a room
and talk about Vietnam. There has been a big cultural change since the sixties,
and it's a great improvement. By 1965, I was involved with trying to organize tax
resistance and had refused to pay taxes. By 1966 and '67, I was involved
practically in every kind of activism. There was plenty to do.

19. Conflicting Differences
1960s
Civil Rights Movement
Between 1958 and 1966, over
127,000 school age children
enrolled in institutions for array of
disabilities
Unfiltered Media Coverage of
Vietnam
2000s
1st
African American
President
Inclusion
No Child Left Behind
Filtered Media Coverage of
War on Iraq

20. Wilt Chamberlain tallied 100
points in a single game for
the Philadelphia Warriors on
March 2, 1962.
Joe Namath became the first
QB to pass for more than
4,000 yards in one season.
Sports in the 1960s did not get to surpass the ever changing ways
of the times. Television made a huge change in the lives of
competitors and fans. Corruption of college sports was blamed
on media. Now that college games were televised, the networks
gave money to the winning schools which then allowed
recruiters to obtain the best players.
Increased media coverage of pro athletes led to increased
intimate looks at their personal lives….positive role models?
Maybe not so much….
On a positive note, who could condemn the wonderful new
SLOW, MOTION REPLAY!!!! (and the crowd goes wild……
ahhhhhhh)
Muhammed Ali began his World Champion boxing
career, winning his first professional fight in 1960.
He became a boxing legend and a cultural icon.
Joe Paterno, Penn
State Assist. Coach
1960

21. Vice-President of Ford, and only 35 years old, Lee Iococca, was
responsible for the development of one of the most revolutionized cars of the
century, the 1964 Mustang. He was motivated to produce a car that appealed to,
once again, the Youthful generation of the 1960s. Now, the youth would have
their own fun, “personal car”, rather than their parents boring sedans.
Ford projected sales of about 200,000 Mustangs in 12 months, by 18
months they had built over 2 million.

22. For the first time ever, the youth were the leaders of
fashion, during the 60s fashion era. This picture above
was taken on Carnaby Street in London, where most of
the independent fashion designers and boutiques were
located. Mary Quant came about with the “mini-skirt”,
mainly because the daring, London girls were all too
willing to give it a try. Inspiration for 1960s fashion
came from Vietnam War, Rock and Roll, pop art,
musicals, film and of course London, England.

23. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Dr. Theodore Maiman perfected the laser on May 16, 1960, which was the
beginning of the electro-optics. Electro-optics is what has brought us cd/dvd,
computer ROM, laser printers and advanced medical procedures.

24. Popular Art or
Propaganda Art is
presented with
humor, criticism
and irony. It was
developed to
show the growing
materialism and
consumerism in
the mid 50s to
late 60s.
Pop art developed
in the late1950's as
a reaction against
abstract
expressionism.
Pop Art favored figural
imagery and the
reproduction of
everyday objects, such
as Campbell Soup cans,
comic strips and
advertisements.
Roy Lichtenstein Andy Warhol
Roy Lichtenstein
Robert Indiana
Robert Rauschenberg

27. “THE decade is ending, and there can
be little argument that the 1960s was
a time of turmoil, of bitter protest and
brutal violence, of confusion and
finally, of near despair over the
American destiny.”
(Time Magazine- December 19, 1969)