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This 23 slide PowerPoint presentation is part of a series of presentations dealing with the decade of the 1950s. It focusses on the years 1951 & 1952 and provides an overview of those years covering such things as; - Major political, economic and social events in the US
- Major international events
- Main fears and concerns of the era
- Significance of sci-fi film genre to that era
- Music
- Scientific & technological achievements
- Urban living and travel
- Role of women
- Strange phenomena
- Archaeological & historical discoveries
This presentation would be suitable for History / Social Studies; English teachers wishing to place texts in context as well as for Home school students. A series of student activities involving the early 1950s is also included on the last slide and may be accessed by clicking on the Word document icon.
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