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1950 YOUTH CULTURE

1950 YOUTH CULTURE. Objectives… Examine the various influences on the emergence of the teenager in American society. Deconstruct the popular notion that American society was at risk due to the behaviors of teenagers. Activity. Songs of the 1950s:

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1950 YOUTH CULTURE

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  1. 1950YOUTH CULTURE Objectives… • Examine the various influences on the emergence of the teenager in American society. • Deconstruct the popular notion that American society was at risk due to the behaviors of teenagers.

  2. Activity

  3. Songs of the 1950s: “Yakety, Yak” – “School Days” - “Almost Grown” * While listening to the songs below identify what is on the minds of American teenagers... -Sources of entertainment for teens... -Sources of conflict for teenagers... -Concerns... -Distractions... -Social change or changes in norms.... The Coasters - “Yakety Yak” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xAi80ShG0I Chuck Berry “School Days”... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt7Y2aNxvzM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc7oGWgeA8s

  4. Objective… Identify the elements of mass culture in the 1950s. Describe the various criticisms of mass culture.

  5. The basic elements of mass culture in the 1950s… • Music – Rock and Roll • Teen magazines • Radio

  6. The Youth Market 14) Who were the first “teenagers”? The first “teenagers”…. -Born in late 30s & war years -Born into an affluent society 15) What businesses pursued the teenage market? Teenagers were consumers...Cosmetics, clothes, radios, phonographs, music & cars

  7. “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll!” 16) How did radio programming change in the 1950s? National shows are replaced with local music shows

  8. The economics of Rock & Roll… Record Sales 19541959 $213M ……. $603M Radio Stations 1956 - 2,700 radio stations - 70% of all airtime involves music

  9. Traditional Blues + Rhythm & Blues + County + Pop = 17) What is meant by the term “crossed over”?...

  10. 18) What did Alan Freed do to promote RR?...

  11. “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll!” 19) Why did it take white artists like Elvis Presley to exploit the new sounds and styles?

  12. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU4i5gyFK1s

  13. “Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll!” 20) The racial issues involved in popular music… “But no music has been the object of more apocalyptic fears than rock-and-roll in 1950s America.” - A Renegade History of the United States

  14. “Crossed-over” or “Cover” versions... Chuck Berry version of Memphis Tennessee... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ezeUM6c74 Jonny Rivers version of Memphis Tennessee... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-FSRVrTco

  15. Chuck Berry Maybelline... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-azvd30UKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm8ktxzaumg …Nadine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyp13Q6dQjY …Little Queenie Johnny B. Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVT65M4mRnM Back to the Future… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1i5coU-0_Q The Chicken Walk

  16. American Bandstand with host Dick Clark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AoAzhCKGXU

  17. Almost Grown /Deviance & Delinquency 21) How & why were teens torn between youth & adulthood?... 22) The adult reaction to “rock ‘n’ roll”… 23) Juvenile delinquency: Perception v. Reality…

  18. Almost Grown 24) What is meant by the term “the erosion of adult authority”?...

  19. Almost Grown 25) How did the views of parents & teens differ in regard to Marlon Brando, James Dean & Elvis? Dean Elvis Brando James Dean – “Rebel Without A Cause” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAlzg0S51GY Marlon Brando clip...“The Wild Ones” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT_xrsjKN_Y

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