1. 1980’s Gag me with a Spoon!

2. Slang--Pick five to try and define Bean Counter Chill Couch Potatoe Dude Dweeb Floppies Gag me with a spoon Hacker Happy Camper Slammin What’s Shaking YUPPIE Twisted Grill Where’s the Beef? Dancercise Have a cow

3. Fad and New Innovations Answering Machines Airbags Minivans Nintendo Personal Computers Email Walkmans/cassette Space Shuttle 9-1-1 New Coke Hair mousse Boombox Wireless remote control

4. Sites on the 1980’s CNN Highlights http://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/1980/index.html http://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/1980/index.html Iran Hostages http://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/1980/iran.ho stages/hostage.lg.movhttp://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/1980/iran.ho stages/hostage.lg.mov CNN starts http://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/1980/cnn.born/cnn.lg.movhttp://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/1980/cnn.born/cnn.lg.mov John Lennon Shot http://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/1980/lennon.shot/l ennon.lg.movhttp://www.cnn.com/resources/video.almanac/1980/lennon.shot/l ennon.lg.mov Timeline: http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1980.htm 1986 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/challenger/video/launch_qt.html