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POP CULTURE
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**CONTENT QUESTIONS**


 * **DECADE** || **UNIT QUESTION** || **CONTENT QUESTIONS** ||
 * 1940s || In what ways was radio the lifeline of Australia in the 1940’s? || * What was happening in the world in the 1940’s?
 * Why were dance bands and their music so popular?
 * Why was nostalgia such an important element of pop music?
 * Who were the great music stars in the 1940?
 * How did the roles and lives of women change during the 1940’s? ||


 * 1950s || What influence did rock and roll have on the world? || * What was the Baby Boom?
 * Where did rock’n’roll originate?
 * What threats to world peace flared during the 50’s?
 * In what ways did peacetime encourage economic and industrial change?
 * In what ways were the 50’s conservative? ||


 * 1960s || What was this decade called “The Swinging Sixties?” || * In what ways were the 1960’s revolutionary?
 * How did the ‘Space Race’ impact on the world?
 * What was ‘social change’?
 * What topics were the subjects of political demonstrations? ||


 * 1970s || Why did so many social movements take place during the seventies? || * What was the ’Civil Rights’ movement and how did it affect society?
 * What advancements were there in the women’s movement in this decade?
 * How/why did the Environment become an important issue? ||


 * 1980s || What influence did the birth of video gaming have on the world? || * Why are the 1980’s seen as the ‘Me’ years?
 * Who were the influential musicians of the 1980’s and how did they impact this era?
 * How did the removal of the Berlin Wall impact on western culture? ||


 * 1990s || What were the major events that influenced the world during the 1990’s? || * In what ways were the 90’s the ‘Electronic Age’?
 * How did the advent of personal computers impact on language?
 * Where were the beginnings of terrorism evident? ||


 * 2000s   ||   There have been many natural disasters during the 00’s. Explain how some of them they have impacted this era?   || *  In what ways has ‘terrorism’ become a part of life?
 * What world events have had an impact on our lives?
 * What world events are shaping our lives now?  ||