50s intro lesson & Trial of Lee Harvey

Oswald Lisa Christy

christyl@whitehallcityschools.org

John Hillhthillj@whitehallcityschools.org

Life in the 50s

The Game of Life:The 50s

• Take a game piece

Everyone gets a car!57 Chevy

Vets go to college•GI Bill- provided college or vocational

education to WWII vets• others go to work- non-vets get their career

Look for your spouse!

• Ladies- Get your wife’s guide!

You graduated from college!• Take a career card

• increase of white collar jobs- office jobs

Spin for a TV•TVs become more popular, color TV is

invented• Odds or evens get a TV, whatever it lands

on!

Watch TV• Father Knows Best clip

Baby Boom!•baby boom- time period when WWII vets came home, got married, & had babies!

• Will you have twins? Spin to find out!• New vaccines, like Polio

Buy 1st your house!•VA loan- loan for WWII vets to buy a house

• Levittown

Some wives go to work• Spin to see you needs to go to work to

support the family, TV, cars, house, etc.• spin 4 times

road trip!•National Interstate & Highway Safety

Act- created freeways & interstates across the country to connect the suburbs, help the car industry, & for national security

Music!

• Elvis Presley on TV• Rock’n Roll clip

Scared of the cold war? Go to church

• Billy Graham video

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

Impact of the assassination

• Student role playing the mock trial of Lee Harvey Oswald’