Post-war American popular culture
I can assess the changes in American popular culture during the post-war period.
Post-war American popular culture
I can assess the changes in American popular culture during the post-war period.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Televisions became widely available and popular.
- A new 'teenage' identity developed in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Rock and Roll became a popular form of music.
- Advertisers and the entertainment industry targeted teenage audiences.
Keywords
Popular culture - popular culture is the types of entertainments enjoyed by ordinary people in a country
Broadcast - a broadcast is to send out a TV or radio programme
Generation - all the people in a society or family who are approximately the same age are called a generation
Common misconception
All older Americans were opposed to teenage culture in the 1940s and 1950s.
Adults working in advertising as well as some in the entertainment industry were happy to target teenage audiences.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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