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Name(s) ______________________ Date ________ Block______
Between you and your partner search the web for the answers to these questions(IN a
DIFFERENT FONT OR COLOR), copy and paste images (if the question tells you too) then
e-mail me your word document. Please save your document. Thank you!
1950s Web-quest Activity: ​
Essential Question: What was the American dream of the
1950s?
1. What was theGI Bill of Rights?
2. What was meant by the suburbs? Attach a picture of Levittown, Long Island, New York
(in the 1950s)
3. Who was Jackie Robinson and was impact did he have on the Civil Rights Movement?
(Attach a picture)
4. What was meant by the slogan, “I Like Ike”? Attach an image that best represents this
slogan.
5. What was so special about Checkers, the dog? (Bonus if you can find animage of this
dog)
6. What was the baby boom? Attach or make a chart of the baby boom.
7. What fast food chains began to franchise in the 1950s? Find an image of the first
restaurants to do so (NOT MC Donald’s)
8. Name three television shows of the 1950s. List the show and the years that it ran on
television. Attach an image of each of the three shows.
9. Are the three shows from number eight still ontelevision (reruns included), if so, why do
you think they are still popular?
10. Which president is credited with the Interstate Highway System and find an image of its
construction or map of it?
11. Attach two images of family cars of the 1950s and explain why cars were so significant.
12. Attach three images of new appliances available to Americans after WWII and put a
caption of them.
13.What was meant by the phrase, “Rock ‘n’ Roll?
14. Attach 3 images of three bands/singers of the decade?
15. What was the beat movement?
16. How did Dick Clark shape the music industry?

17. What was meant by White Flight?
18. What was the space race? And why did it happen in the first place? Attach 3 images of
the space race in the 1950s.
19. Find two movie posters from the 50s and provide a summaryof each movie.
20.Find an image of the 50s kitchen attach it and explain how it is different than today.
21. What was the scandal of the quiz shows in the 1950s?
22.What was the importance of Dr. Kinsey’s report?
23.How did Lucille Ball help to change the role of the American woman?
24. Attach an image of James Dean and explain his role in defining the American “teenager?”
25. Now that you haveresearched the Decade of the 1950s, explain or define the American
Dream of the 1950s? Decide if this Dream is still true of Americans in 2012? Be
specific in your response.
Please e-mail me this document to ​
rodriguezf@paterson.k12.nj.us

Nombre (s) Luis Vargas AND Darwin Marroquin
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Entre tú y tu pareja buscar la web las respuestas a estas preguntas (en una fuente o COLORdiferente), copiar y pegar
imágenes (si la pregunta dice también) entonces Envíenme un correo electrónico el documento de word. Guarde el
documento. ¡Gracias!
Actividad de web-quest de los años 50: pregunta esencial: ¿Cuál era el sueño americano de la década de 1950.
1. ¿Cuál fue la GI Bill de derechos?
2. ¿Qué se entiende por los suburbios? Adjuntar una foto de Levittown, Long Island, Nueva York(en la década de 1950)
3. ¿Quién era Jackie Robinson y fue impacto tuvo en el movimiento de derechos civiles? (Adjunte una foto)
4. ¿Qué se entiende por el lema, "I Like Ike"? Adjuntar una imagen que mejor representa esta consigna.

5. ¿Qué era tan especial acerca el perro Checkers? (Bonificación si usted puede encontrar una imagen de este perro)
6. ¿Cuál fue el baby boom? Colocar o realizar ungráfico del baby boom.
7. ¿Qué cadenas de comida rápidas comenzó a franquicia en la década de 1950. Encontrar una imagen de los primeros
restaurantes de hacerlo (no MC Donalds)
8. Nombre tres programas de televisión de la década de 1950. Lista de la demostración y los años que funcionó en la
televisión. Adjuntar una imagen de cada uno de los tres espectáculos.
9. ¿Los tres espectáculos del número...