The following links will help you gain an understanding of life in the 1950s. Your assignment is to review 3 of the websites/articles below. Each website/article must be from a different category. For example, you may review one website listed under Teenagers, one website listed under Rock and Roll, and one listed under History of the 1950s. For each website you review, write down 15 important things you learn and write one question.
Teenagers
The Invention of the Teenager
The Truth About Teenage Angst
What's Wrong with the Teenage Mind
Rock and Roll
History of Rock and Roll through 1960
Elvis Presley's Biography from Rolling Stone
History of the 1950s
1950s Happy Days from USHistory.org
An Overview of the 1950s from History.com
1950s U.S.A.
McCarthyism
J.D. Salinger
Biography
Additional resources for Catcher in the Rye:
Teenagers
The Invention of the Teenager
The Truth About Teenage Angst
What's Wrong with the Teenage Mind
Rock and Roll
History of Rock and Roll through 1960
Elvis Presley's Biography from Rolling Stone
History of the 1950s
1950s Happy Days from USHistory.org
An Overview of the 1950s from History.com
1950s U.S.A.
McCarthyism
J.D. Salinger
Biography
Additional resources for Catcher in the Rye:
The Catcher in the Rye - A Reader's Companion
The Catcher in the Rye - Complete text and annotations on Rap Genius
The Catcher in the Rye Audio Book - Free Online Version
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