Felicia+1960+to+1970

My decade is 1960 to 1970, here is my project:

//In itallics you will find things I have added to assist the students. These are not actually project requirements.// //I started my search at// [|//http://www.about.com///] // and searched the 1960s. It gave me a timeline with all sorts of information to start with. I pulled all of the topic events off that site and then I double checked it with others.//  1.  A piece of music- this can be music that was composed during this period or music that was written about this period. It must in some way relate to historical events that occurred during their assigned time period. //I went to Google and searched 1960s music. I found this site// [|//http://www.1960sflashback.com/1962/Music.asp//] //and it gave me the top ten lists for songs, the top albums, and who won a Grammy by year. I looked through the 60s and I found something that was similar to an event listed in the timeline. The Beatles appeared both places. So I searched for information about them.// For this part of the project I did not concentrate on one song; instead, I looked at the Beatle’s Invasion. I Want to Hold Your Hand was the first single released in the US in 1964, and Can’t Buy Me Love was the first album to simultaneously top US and British charts. The Beatles made huge contributions to Western Popular Culture. They were one of the first groups to travel overseas and they broke numerous barriers to do so. All the information in this outline came from their [|Rolling Stone Biography]. If you want to hear some Beatles Music go here: http://www.beatlesradio.com/ 

2. A piece of art- this can be a movie, a video, an ad, a piece of artwork, etc. Again, you must be able to explain it's relevance to your time period in some way.  In 1969 the first episode of Sesame Street aired. I would venture a guess that every single person in our class remembers watching Sesame Street at least once in their lives. Sesame Street is the most widely viewed program in the world and it airs in 120 countries. (From http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=52044) Sesame Street has changed how children are educated and it is a publicly funded entity. It is an educationally based show that is also a media giant. This show is important to US history because it changed the world as we know it. The debut was the first step in that process.

If you want to know a little bit more about [|Sesame Street.]

3. A piece of literature- this should be something (a novel, a poem, an article, an essay, a speech etc.) written in or about this time period.  In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I have a dream speech. This is one of the most famous speeches in US history. Martin Luther King Jr. was Time’s man of the year in 1963 and he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was a leader in the civil rights movement who was known for his nonviolent approach. The “I have a dream” speech was the final stop on a march to Washington where he addressed over 250,000 people. [|This is where I found my information] [|This site provides the text, audio, video and music of the speech.]  4. A significant historical event- this can be a court decision, a presidential election, a war, a shift in technology, etc. This is something that changed the world from that point on.

The Cuban Missile Crisis took place in 1962. Kennedy was president and the CIA found photo evidence that Soviet nuclear missile instillations were being built in Cuba. Kennedy was given various options for how to handle the situation but ultimately decided to create a naval blockade against Soviet ships. This method was successful and a nuclear war did not take place. This event was especially important in US history because it provided us with numerous lessons. The scope of the event changed as it was studied more and it provides an event for people to study political decision making strategies.  [|This is where I found all my information about the Cuban Missile Crisis]  5. A discovery- This is any significant discovery that happened. It can be a scientific, historical, mathematical, environmental, anything as long as it produced a new piece of knowledge that did not previously exist.  The event I chose for this topic was a discovery in that it was a brand new way of doing things. In 1960 the presidential debates were televised for the first time.

6. Something I think you should know is- This is anything you found that you thought it would be important for myself and your classmates to know. It can involve a significant sports event, a change in fashion trends, an idol or hero who was born during that period, or a fun fact. Anything you want to offer the class. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In 1961 the Soviets launched the first man into space.