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The 1980’s!

The 1980’s!. Nicole Meyer FCSE 411 Historical, Technology/Inventions, and Medical Advances. Fun Facts and Pop Culture. Pop culture: MTV is launched. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sells over 37 million copies. Cabbage Patch Kids go on sale and instantly become a huge hit.

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The 1980’s!

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  1. The 1980’s! Nicole Meyer FCSE 411 Historical, Technology/Inventions, and Medical Advances

  2. Fun Facts and Pop Culture • Pop culture: MTV is launched. • Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sells over 37 million copies. • Cabbage Patch Kids go on sale and instantly become a huge hit. • Cheers, Alf, Simpsons, and Rosanne are top television shows. • Madonna becomes a Pop icon.

  3. Historical Events • Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space. • Ronald Reagan becomes president. • “Black Monday”= Wall Street. • Number of Homeless rises.

  4. Historical: Sally Ride • In 1983 Sally K. Ride becomes the first American woman in space. • Women started to appear in more male dominant careers. • Breaking down the glass ceiling. • Sally Ride was an inspiration to women all over the world.

  5. Historical: Ronald Reagan • Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States. • “Reaganomics”- this is the economic program that Reagan put into effect. • This program ran up the highest U.S. deficit. • The working class suffered, while the rich prospered. • Charities grew important to the upper class.

  6. Historical: Black Monday • Monday, October 19, 1987 the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 508 points. • The biggest drop since the 1920’s. • More than 600 shares had been traded and the costs of the shares fell half a trillion dollars. • 37,000 Wall Street employees were laid off and some businesses were filing bankruptcy.

  7. Historical: Homeless • The number of homeless grew. • From 350,000 to 3.5 million. • The number of homeless grew because… • Unemployment rose. • Government agencies were cut. • Food, housing, and medical care programs. • 450,000 mental patients were released from public institutions because programs being cut.

  8. Technology/Inventions • Camcorders and Compact disc are released. • First mobile phones are introduced. • First Space Shuttle goes to space. • Nintendo gaming system becomes popular.

  9. Technology/Inventions: Camcorders & Compact discs • Camcorders go on sale. • Camcorders influenced American families because they were now able to capture their memorable moments. • Recording children’s milestones and accomplishments become a big part of families history. • Compact discs are released. • Cd’s have become a part of every families entertainment. • They take up less space and hold more information than records, eight-tracks, and tapes. • Families were/are able to listen to music and watch video’s on cd’s.

  10. Technology/Inventions: Mobile Phones • Mobile phone is introduced. • The mobile phone has drastically changed American families and the American society. • At first cell phones were very large and expensive. • But they allowed people to stay connected while on the move. • Now (2009) it is not uncommon to see young children with cell phones.

  11. Technology/Inventions: Space Shuttle • The Columbia became the first American space shuttle to launch. • Columbia’s pilots were John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen. • Reusable space shuttle.

  12. Technology/Inventions: Nintendo • Nintendo Entertainment System was released to public. • Video game systems have impacted families. • Video games/arcade games were very popular activity for the youth. • Pac-Man was a very popular game.

  13. Medical Advances • AIDS and HIV Virus is identified. • First artificial heart transplant. • New drug appears: Crack • First Test tube baby.

  14. Medical Advances: AIDS & HIV virus • United States recognizes AIDS Virus in 1981. • Then HIV is discovered in 1983. • The first 5 cases came from Los Angeles. • All of the cases were homosexual males, and they were treated as if it was pneumonia. • By 1989 over 100,000 cases of AIDS had been diagnosed and 56,468 deaths. • “Safe sex” education became very important and helped reduce AIDS and HIV some.

  15. Medical Advances: Transplant Heart • The first artificial heart is transplanted. • The recipient was Barney Clark a dentist from Utah. • He lived for 112 days after the transplant. • This was a great break-through in the medical field because now more people can be saved or helped. • This impacts families because life-expectancy rises and the population continues to grow.

  16. Medical Advances: Drug = Crack • Crack Cocaine: became a huge problem and by 1982 about 22 million Americans had tried it. • Crack became the drug choice of Hollywood celebrities. • This drug impacted families because some children and adults were both experimenting with crack. • Nancy Reagan started the “Just Say No” campaign.

  17. Medical Advances: Test tube baby • First American test tube baby is born in 1982. • Also known as: In-Vitro fertilization. • This was a big event because it started debate about ethical issues. • In-Vitro fertilization is a conception method still used today to help women become pregnant when they may otherwise can’t.

  18. Home Economics Journal Topics • Community-Based Sex Education Programs: A Challenge and a Model (1981) • Using Computers to Change Home Economics (1981) • The Remarried Family: Challenges and Opportunities (1985) • Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy: Promising New Approaches (1986) • Homelessness in the U.S.: How Home Economics Can Help (1989) • Working Women: Issues and Implications (1980)

  19. Works cited About the White House: Presidents [Biography of Ronald Reagan]. (n.d.). Retrieved September 21, 2009, from The White House website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan Britten, L., & Mathless, P. (Eds.). (1999). Our American Century: Pride and Prosperity: The 80's. Alexandria, VA: Time Life Books. Mobile Phone. (Picture). Retrieved September 21, 2009. www.blog.radvision.com Nintendo Entertainment System. (Picture). Retrieved September 21, 2009. http://www.forums.arena.n-gage.com Niskanen, W. A. (2002). Reaganomics. In Library of Economics and Liberty [Concise Encyclopedia of Economics]. Retrieved September 20, 2009, from http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/Reaganomics.html Rudd, N. M., & McKenry, P. C. (190). Working Women: Issues and Implications. In Home Economics Archive [Journals]. Retrieved September 17, 2009, from http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;cc=hearth;rgn=full%20text;idno=4732504_72_004;didno=4732504_72_004;view=image;seq=28;node=4732504_72_004%3A8.12;page=root;size=s;frm=frameset

  20. Works Cited Continued. Sally Ride and AIDS . (2001). 80's Big Events [Web Quest]. Retrieved September 16, 2009, from C.T. Young Elementary website: http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111064/80home.html Sullivan, W. (1982). First 'Test-Tube' Baby Born in U.S., Joining Successes Around World. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1228.html (2008). First American Woman in Space. In Lucidcafe: Library [Sally Kristen Ride]. Retrieved September 19, 2009, from http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96may/ride.html 1980-1989. (2008, September). American Cultural History [Web Quest]. Retrieved September 16, 2009, from Lone Star College, Kingwood website: http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade80.html 1980s picture. Retrieved September 20, 2009. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A738669

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