Zaras+Pop+Culture

= Zaras Pop Culture Page = 1940s What was happening in the world in the 1940’s? World war 2 started in 1939 and finshed 1945. Because all the men were at war the ladies had to do the mens jobs as well as there own. In 1945 Adolf Hittler committed suiside in his bunker on the day of his wedding as Germany had lost the war. In 1948 the olympics was heled in london but in 1940 and 1944 the olympics was canceled due to the war. In 1942 the worlds first helicoppter flew.

Why were dance bands and their music so popular? They were the only entertainment out on the streets besides we didn't have any telly back then.

Why was nostalgia such an important element of pop music? When Nanny was young every one was sad and before the war we were all happy well the majoraty of us any. One of the ways to be happy again was to listen to happy music and remember what it was like before the war.

Who were the great music stars in the 1940? Some of Nannys favourite singes were Doris Day ,Les Brown ,Freddie Slack ,Ray Mckinley, Will Bradley, Andrew sisters,Billy Holiday and Elvis

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When the souldures came home from war and got married and had babbies. Where did rock’n’roll originate? Rock'n' roll originated from the evolution of rhythm and blues. The term rock and roll was coined by Alan Fried, a Cleveland, Ohio USA disc jockey. What threats to world peace flared during the 50’s? The cold war was a time when citizens of the United States viewed themselves as competitors. We had to WIN the Space Race; we HAD to land a man on the moon FIRST! We HAD to have the FASTEST cars! We HAD to have the BEST fighter pilots! We HAD to BEAT the Communists in Vietnam! The United States HAD a PURPOSE! America HAD to WIN! In what ways did peacetime encourage economic and industrial change? It changed the main economy from fishing and production by hand to machines, which opened up new jobs as well as making it the sole part of the economy In what ways were the 50’s conservative? A great deal of 1950s women's clothing attire stemmed from the bland, simple styles of the late 1940s war era, which was more traditional and conservative, with longer pencil skirts matched with light colored blouses. The introduction of rock and roll music and teenagers becoming more active socially than in years past, brought about modest revisions of the original 1940s attire. Young women were looking for more active, exciting, stylish options as well as still keeping their looks reformed and plain to please parents and adults. Older women remained conservative, with loose fitting house dresses and colorful Capris that they could wear both inside and outside of the home, feeling more comfortable than in the clothing popular a decade prior
 * What was the Baby Boom?

|| 1960 In what ways were the 1960’s revolutionary? People got telly in there house,Church was not as important to as many people any more, Hippies were taken to the cat walk and the clothes they wore were thought to be fashinable.Rock & Roll became popular. Teenages started playing with drugs.Many women did not go back home, they liked the challenge and/or money in the work force. The Civil Rights, drugs, Vietnam War, riots following assassination of Martin Luther King. How did the ‘Space Race’ impact on the world? The space race increased much of the technology available today. Before this age, space travel was just a dream. And no one imagined satelites would be so importants as they are today. Without them we can't do nothing in terms of communication, transportation and all media resources. Just NASA has, in the period of space race, registered about 300,000 patents, including digital clock, waterproof pen and the velcro. We can't imagine the future of human being out of the space exploration. The space research help us to understand ourselves as kind on this little platform of life that we call Earth. As Werner Von Braun once said: the space race opened the gates to the heaven



1970s What was the ’Civil Rights’ movement and how did it affect society? The Cold War between the Us and Soviets was fought over larger issues in the world than just Us civil rights. What advancements were there in the women’s movement in this decade? They got the rights too devorce as they couldnt in the pa st

How/why did the Environment become an important issue? because of the hippies wanting to save the inviroment

= 80 = Who were the influential musicians of the 1980’s and how did they impact the '80's? Madonna was a huge influence especilly in the world of fashion, and in her film clip material girl it was a big influemce to other and in the world of music. How did the removal of the Berlin Wall impact on western culture? The berlin wall was mostly put up in the 40's because of the war. Wen it was taken down everyone could be reunited with their families once again. It was a very hard time when families were seperated but when the wall was taken down the East and West side could be together and then it was called Germany. People tryed to get over the wall but the guards would shoot them and many people died while trying to climb over the wall. Why are the 1980’s seen as the ‘Me’ years? It was called the me year because people had more money and wanted it to them selfs. Also people were self centered and only cared about themselfs. Teenages did not listen to their parents and decided that they wanted to do their own things and spend money on themselfs.


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In what ways were the 90’s the ‘Electronic Age’? The World Wide Web was born in 1992, changing the way we communicate, spend our money , and do business. By 1994, 3 million people were online. How did the advent of personal computers impact on language? Computers impacted language by introducing chat features, this new softwere caused millions of Personal Computer users to use what most people call.Example what = wot Where were the beginnings of terrorism evident? The start of the terrorrism stared in Afgunistan because the people believed that if you did not believed the religen you were not to be treeted well they may even be killed.


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In what ways has ‘terrorism’ become a part of life? on september the 11th 2001 the twin towers got hit by a plane and people having kids were not woken to feed their babies and when they woke they were told that the world was at war witch was obviously not the case! when the mums woke up and said that they had missed out on feeding there baby they were told that there was more important things going on. What world events have had an impact on our lives? 4/9/10 New zealand had a massive earth quake people in Crist Church are still recovering What world events are shaping our lives now?