1. U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: Oregon became the 33rd member of the Union Alexander Graham Bell filed an application for a patent for the telephone Arizona was admitted as the 48th U.S. state The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on television.
BELL WORK: #5
PICK-UP POPULAR CULTURE.
COMPLETE ACTIVE READING:
1. READ PASSAGE.
2. UNDERLINE IMPORTANT INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES.
3. CIRCLE UNFAMILIAR INFORMATION/TERMS/ NAMES.
4. ASK QUESTIONS IN MARGINS, SPACE BELOW OR BACK ABOUT CIRCLED ITEMS
5. ***WHICH ASPECT OF 1950s POP-CULTURE INTERESTS YOU THE MOST? WHY?*** PLACE ON BACK!
AGENDA: (31:50)
DISCUSS FIFTIES POP CULTURE.
COMPLETE & DISCUSS FIFTIES CULTURE ACTIVITY 6.6. (#3.6)
COMPLETE EXIT TICKET.
HOMEWORK:
VIDEO 6.7 & CORNELL NOTES.
UNIT 6 :
VOCABULARY QUIZ WEDNESDAY.
BINDER CHECK & TEST THURSDAY

2. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.6 Assessment
The 1950s witnessed the birth of a new means of mass media. (1)___ broadcasts began in 1949 but it was the 1950s that became known as the Golden Age of television. While millions of Americans enjoyed the shows on TV many attacked it for enforcing stereotypes and for only portraying (2)_____ America. (3)_____ would survive by providing other programming like news, weather and music. (4)_____ would survive by adding color, larger screens and stereo sound, all features TV could not provide.

3. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.6 Assessment
The 1950s also witnessed the birth of (5)_____, a form of music that saw electronic instruments used with traditional music. Early on the music was very popular with (6)_____ listeners while being played by black musicians. The most famous singer of this time was (7)_____ who was known as the “King of rock ‘n’ roll”. Adults condemned the music as immoral and (8)_____. The 1950s saw the birth of a major subculture called the (9)_____ which was a movement of artists, poets and writers who were rebelling against the suburban lifestyle. The most famous of these (10)_____ , as they were known, was Jack Kerouac.

4. Exit Ticket/Objective 6.6 Assessment
Based on what you have learned, would you have enjoyed the pop-culture of the 1950s?
Be sure to provide:
C (claim, restate question with opinion)
E (two pieces of supporting evidence)
R (reasoning, explain evidence)