1. Pop Culture in the 60’s
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2. Music
In the 60s there were many popular bands and
artists some of those were: The Beatles, Rolling
Stones, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Orbison,
Buddy Holly, The Drifters, Jim Reeves, The Mamas
Roy and The Papas, The Monkees, Simon and
Garfunkel, The Supremes, Aretha Franklin and
Cream . Most of these bands/artists are pop
some are pop rock some just rock and Bob Dylan
a folk artist. The music then is different to
today's because it was more rock and pop and
nowadays it is rap and hip hop and country etc.
This generation of music was following the king
of pop Elvis Presley from the 50s and the band
that still sells and is popular among some people
is the Beatles.

3. Food
Food in the 60s was a lot simpler in some ways
but just as yummy for example they are
sometimes quite similar because in the 60s lets
say you were throwing a childrens party a good
one you would cook, make and have: Carrot sticks,
grilled frankfurters on toasted rolls, raggedy ann
salad, chocolate cake, frozen fruit chunks and
watermelon punch. A fast food place that is still
here today that started in the 60s was wendys and
has maintained there restaurants throughout the
world. Some popular things were : Pop-tarts,
buffalo wings, ruffles potato crisps which are
coming back and are being advertised on the tv,
lucky charms and more.

4. Toys /Games
There were many popular games in the 60s some
were: Twister,clue, championship pool table,
rockem sockem robots, barbie foldaway case,
sketch-o-matic, the game of lifeand this may not
be considered game but the beatles magazine was
hugely popular especially among the girls. Some of
these are similar to the games we have now like
twister the twister now is exactly the same but it
just looks a little different.Toys and games are
different now than in the past because it is more
advanced in technology things because things don’t
just have to be on paper and cardboard people have
more range with what we know from research.

5. Fashion
In the 60s big hairstyles were really popular
among the girls and mini skirts and dresses
were also popular. The foundeer of mini skirts
was Mary Quant they would have them 6 or 7
inches above the knee. Short high heels and flat
boots were really popular the flat boots came in,
in 1965. Guys fashion was suits the popular
colour was brown with brown mochason shoes
the popular hairstyle was slicked back with gel.

6. Transport
Transport in those days may not seem as
flash now but were hugely popular then,
some were: VW vans, Austin/Morris mini,
Bentleys and Classical Fords. There
weren’t many cars back then and having
a car was considered a luxury many
people walked or biked to the places
they had to go to or for school everyone
went on school buses.

7. Technology
Technology in those days was not as extreme and
having something that is techno based was
considered extremely cool. Some of the technology
in that period of time was: Pocket transistor radios
every teenager had to have one of these otherwise
they weren’t cool they were just like mobile phones
today- cheap, colourful and highly desirable,
another piece of desired techno was the phillips
E3300 cassete tape recorder this was the worlds
first portable voice recording piece of tecnology it
was a high quality expensive product even the
humble battery shaver was considered cool and
even looked top class this came in, in 1967 which
was just the thing to pack in the hand luggage.

8. Social influences
John F Kennedy became the 35th
president of the U.S from january
20th, 1961 untill his assasination
on November 22nd, 1963. The
vietnam war was going on and
even though it was not a major
world catastrophe it still killed
many people.

9. History
In the 60s the maple leaf was officially made
canadians symbol and flag, Martin Luther King
Jr made a speech, "I have a Dream" on August
28, 1963. More than 200,000 people came to
Washington DC to demand equal rights for
Black and Whites. Martin Luther King jr died
was assasinated in 1968 April the 4th he was
standing on his balcony and was shot.

10. Economy
Things would seem cheaper to us now
because we earn more money but in the
60s things would seem more expensive
because they earn less money for example
to buy a new house in the early 60s it
would cost $12,700 and by 1969 it was
$15,500. So the price went up quite a bit.
Another example would be a gallon of gas
in 1960 it was 25c and by 1969 it was
45c. But it was cheaper in the olden days
because as I said people earnt less.

11. Bibliography
# www.about.com
# www.foodtimeline.org
# www.kyrene.k12.az.us
# www.retrowow.co.uk
# www.thebookssocialsite.com
# www.thepeoplehistory.com
# www.wikipedia.com
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