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= Chrissy's pop page =

= week 1: 1940's = ==What was happening in the world in the 1940’s? ==  the 1940's was not happyest decas but lots of things were happening in the world in 1940 but the most important thing was world war II. the war affected lots of things like food shortige women had yo do different jobs than they did in the 1930's because the men were at war Adof hittler strated the war but he lost the war so he comet sucided on his wedding day in his bunker in 1945 The Frisbee was Invented in 1948 by Walter Morris The First Computer was Invented in 1946

 Invented at University of Pennsylvania

 Penicillin invented by Howard Florey as a practical antibiotic. = =

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Why were dance bands and their music so popular?
 dance bands was really poular because they did not have t.v back then so that was their entertament  people went to lots of dances for entertamet and thats where people were happy because of the war

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Why was nostalgia such an important element of pop music?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> nostalgia is such a impottant because the time was a very very sad time so, meorys is such an importan thing

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Who were the great music stars in the 1940?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> on of the bigest star was elvis prlely

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How did the roles and lives of women change during the 1940’s?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> In the 1930's the women had to cook and look after the kids and clean the house while the men went to work <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> But in the 1940 everything change because the men went to the war so that the women had to do all the : <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> `clean the house, look after the the kids, cook, and go to work

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In what ways was radio the lifeline of Australia in the 1940's?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Radio was the lifeline of Australia because it was often the only way people knew what was happening in the world and especially the war. It provided entertainment as there was no TV. Many people had family or friends in the war and wanted to know about them and if they were alright. The radio could tell them some details. Families would often sit together around the radio and listen together giving family time and enjoyment.

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happenings of the 50's
The baby boom started as wife were reunited with their familys because they were worried that Australia was going to be too small because so much people died in the war. It was five years after world war two and people wanted to create peace. When men came back from war women would be fired so that the men can get their old jobs bac

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">What was the Baby Boom?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> When the war stopped the baby boom stared <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> The baby boom is when the war stopped everyone was happy because the men came but and <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> the popultion went big so heaps and people had a lot more babys <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> so thats the baby boom.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Where did rock’n’roll originate?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Rock 'n' roll originated from the evolution of rhythm and blues. The term rock and roll was made up by Alan Fried <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Although difficult to nail down to an exact year, it is safe to say that rock and roll began in the mid fifties in the United States. It was a mixture of two traditions black rhythm and blues and white romantic crooning <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> black beat combined with white sentiment. What began in the mid fifties was an aggressive, sexual noise that arose from the beat of the music. The beat was bigger and louder than any beat before in the1940's and the reason was a simple electric guitars. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> rock 'n' roll originated from admerca

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">What threats to world peace flared during the 50’s?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> one of the threats was the cold war <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> The Korean war was one thing that was a threat to the world peace in the 1950's.World war three almost started. MacArthur planned to invade and bomb China .Asia. Lester B. Pearson received a Noble Peace Prize for his efforts towards peace.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In what ways did peacetime encourage economic and industrial change?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> People had decided they wanted change and to make peace to the world and live happy without the war.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In what ways were the 50’s conservative?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> the 50's were conservative as the rock 'n' roll decated and the deacad after the war What influence did rock and roll have on the world? people were mor happy and dancing more and going to bands to dance and a lot more people were takeing dance lessons

=<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> week 3 : __1960's__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> =

What was happening in the world in the 60's
​ Neal Armstrong was the first men on the moon in in 1969 July the 20th. Worlds first heart transplant in 1967.The 60's was a decade once again dominated by the Vietnam war. And the 60's was the start of the skateboard. The space race was on and USA was trying to be the first country to land on the moon while Russia was trying to beat them.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In what ways were the 1960’s revolutionary?
The 60’s was a complete change from the 50’s because people didn’t respect authority, teenages started experimenting with drugs and took them, church stopped being so important to some people, it was the start of real rock and roll music and people started asking questions,

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">How did the ‘Space Race’ impact on the world?
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> The space race increased much of the technology available today. Without The space race we could not what space was like and the plants in it and we would think the world was flat. the space race help us invented differnt things like the digtel cloak,sadelights and space food.the space race was about who ever got to the moon the guickest.

What was ‘social change’? Social change was a community or communities change. Like people changed the way they behaved and acted kids were being more bad and people were takeing drugs ang teenger were dress up like punk

What topics were the subjects of political demonstrations . Demonstrations that were held in the 60’s were the cival rights movement between the black and white, they Veitnam war and peace in genulare.

what was this decad called ?
this deade was called the swing sixtys

= week 4: 70's  =

What was the ’Civil Rights’ movement and how did it affect society?
The Civil Rights Movement was abot black people clased fighed as plants and animals people who hade very dark skin were not allowed to do any thing it was notillgule to kill them because they were classervied as a animal In early 1970s the prested wanted his troops to be whight from the war in Vietnam. But this did not happen because there was a huge protest to let black people fight in the so, black people were allowed to go anywhere and do anything they wanted,

What advancements were there in the women’s movement in this decade?
Before 1968, women didn't have the right to permanent jobs in the public sector. Equal pay for work of equal value wasn't won until 1972. In the early 1960s, any child born out of wedlock still had the word "illegitimate" stamped on his or her birth certificate this ment they were plants or animals. It was still taken for granted that men should, at all times, have automatic sexual access to their wives, regardless of consent, simply because they were married.

How/why did the Environment become an important issue?
In the 70´s earth day first started as people stopped and thought about the earth, as they had not before. As the environment started becoming an issue people started to worry about the environment. Population raided a bit so more Electricity was used, people did not turn off the lights at night and when out they kept the light on. More and more people started buying cars and more people drive everywhere so more gas. There was a couple oil spilled into the ocean what made animals die and make them look ugly. Do you know that people wrote songs in the 70's about the eroment like the Big Yellow Taxi.

Why did so many social movements take place during the seventies?
The seventies environmental issues early activists from the '60s, such as Rachel Carson, warned about. The moon landing that had occurred at the end of the previous decade transmitted back concrete images of the earth as an integrated,. On April 22, 1970, the United States celebrated its first Earth Day in which over two thousand colleges and universities and roughly ten thousand primary and secondary schools participated.

week 6 :80's

The 80´s were known as the ´me´ decade. Berlin wall got taken down as families went to bethe rich and poor .Michael Jackson was huge and very popular in the 80´s along with Madonna.Video games were huge for entertainment and the Nintendo was out and pack man was one of the most popular video game. A lot of music was changing.Prince Charles married Diana Spencer.AIDS was a big thing in the 80's as everyone was getting them and getting very sick and died.

Why are the 1980’s seen as the ‘Me’ years?
<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tom Wolfe stared calling this decade the Me decade because everyone was self certed for e.g people were saying <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">why shoud i clean my room when my mum can,that why thedecade was called the me decade

Who were the influential musicians of the 1980’s and how did they impact this era?
some of the influential were Crowded House Men At Work The Clash Michael Jackson Madonns and Prince these people have influential some artest like Pink some musicians band named Men At work made a song named Down Under what was world wide the song tout americans how austeraloin live

How did the removal of the Berlin Wall impact on western culture?
When the Berlin Wall was up it was mostly because of the war in the late 40´s. It was a very hard time for families when the wall was up because they could not see their other families and feed the poor people and many died as they tried to climb up the wall (if you tryed to get across the wall you would be shooted down by a gard). When it was taken down many people were happy and people on the western side could be with their families on the other side agen. The German families were quit happy because other side could now be with them.The Wall separated East Berlin and West Berlin for 28 years thats a very long time. Do you know that a least 133 people had been killed while trying to attempt to climb over the wall. The end of the Berlin Wall had a huge impact on Western culture as they could be reunited with their families. Do you know that some student physically knocked down the wall.

= week 7:90's =

happenings
this decade is like the 2000's The electronic age started and the MP3 player was made as it was very popular and still is.Tattoos was very popular as it came back from the 80's. Retro style was also in with lots of color. . Reality television began with MTV. Blood and gore was in television.

In what ways were the 90’s the ‘Electronic Age’?
in the 90's there was a big growth of electronics. the computers were upgraied more .ebay was inved. pagers replaced mobile phones near the end of this decade.Digital cameras became avialebale. mid-1990s expanded satellite television services that carried up to 500 television channels.and many more things

How did the advent of personal computers impact on language?
well personale computers and text ing as imactd on our languge.For one resin people have been writing 'u' insted of 'you ' and people have been saying' lo'l insed of lauthing and 'brb' meaning be righrt bacck.

Where were the beginnings of terrorism evident?
the start of the terrorrism stared at afgunistan because the people believed that if you did not believed the religen you were not be treed well may even be killed.then in 2001 terrorised bombed the twin towers.

week 9 :2000's
Happenings Ipod touch was invented iphone was invented

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Lots of world events in the 2000's have impacted our lives.The Twin Towers was a huge impact and also America's first black presedent the teclodgty has changed jamitly and som disters as chage the looks of austrila ======

What world events are shaping our lives now?
teclogy"phones' as chaged this means kids will texts not talk on the phone terism has been a big thing so people do not go to places like afguestan and Bali to hoilday people a worred abot the evoment so they do not waste water or destory wildlife tecloigty 'computars'peole well type not hadwrite in nowdays

==<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;">There have been many natural disasters during the 00's. Explain how some of them they have impacted this era? == <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"> Hurricane Katrina was one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the United States.It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. It was a huge impact on this era as many people died and many buildings were destroyed as people had to spend so much money to get buildings and houses fixed. Also the 2008 Sichuan earthquake or the 'Great Sichuan Earthquake' and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was also a huge earthquake and very dangerous as also these earthquakes took lots of money to fix.in fact millyons of dollars