Culture and Society: Interactions
Transcript of Culture and Society: Interactions
POPULAR CULTURE
ASSIGNMENT 2-1 CULTURE AND SOCIETY: INTERACTIONS
BY: Earl Dean
1945 - 1960Historical events in the U.S.
Literature in the U.S.ScienceMovies
Video games
Historic Events
F.D.R. dies 12 Apr ‘45
Germany is dividedsetting the stage for the cold war
Atomic Bomb is used
on Hiroshima 6 Augand
on Nagasaki 9 Aug 1945
VJ Day 14 Aug 1945
VE Day 8 May 1945
WWII ENDS!!
Gandhi assassinatedin 1948
The UN is established in 1945
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1950 - 1953
1954 U.S. Supreme Court rules against segregated schools.
1954 Dr. Jonas Salk develops
the polio vaccine.
The war was the first armed conflict in the cold war and is not officially over, because it is only in a cease fire.
In 1958 the first "video game” was invented by a physicists
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James Dean dies in a car accident at age 26.
Movies, Games, & Literature
The Lord of the Rings wasWritten in 1954To later become
2 movie animations and a 3-part movie masterpiece
Science
Replica of Sputnik 1–
the birth of the Space Age1957
Stamp showing Sputnik’s orbit
Nuclear energy; a military need for destruction
results in a power source,For both military and civilian
U.S.S. Nautilus becomes first atomic sub in 1954
References
Augenstein, B. (1982) Evolution of the US Military Space Program 1945 – 1960: Some Key Events in Study, Planning, and Program Development. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/2008/P6814.pdf
Cold War 1945 - 1960. (2007). Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.thecorner.org/hist/europe/coldwar.htm
Historical events. (2010). Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.designingwithtype.com/timelines.php?year=1940&id=11
Korean War. (2008). The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Retrieved February 24, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KoreanWa.html
Movie Timeline. (2005). Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150210.html
Picture of atomic bomb blasts. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
Picture of FDR Funeral Train. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://trainjotting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klara.jpg
Picture of James Dean’s car crash. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://cheddarbay.com/0000celebrityfiles/stars/jamesdean/crashscene.jpg
Picture of Korean War map. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/WWII/06/p2/TD/images/korean_war_map.jpg
References
Picture of the Lord of the Rings book. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/6781.jpg
Picture of News Paper article about segregation. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://brownvboard.org/trvlexbt/pnl10/pnl10-1.jpg
Picture of Polio Stamp. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/9/9b/Stamp-ctc-polio-vaccine.jpg
Picture of Psycho Poster. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/film_images/Psycho_movie_poster_Janet_leigh.jpg
Picture of Robert Bannister. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://www.achievement.org/achievers/ban0/large/ban0-020.jpg
Picture of Sputnik. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1
Picture of United Nations Logo. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://web.clark.edu/mceriello/MUN/un.gif
Picture of USS Nautilus. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://www.yccc.org/Meetings/Past/2002SepMeetingGroton/Nautilus.jpg
Video Games: Timeline. (2007). Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline1.html