Pop Century - Exploring the Decades GENERAL INFORMATION: NAME: Margaret J. Ford SCHOOL: Memorial High School WORKSHOP LOCATION: Memorial High School Library TITLE OF COMPANION ACTION PLAN: Exploring the Decades GRADE LEVEL(S): 9-10 CURRICULUM/SUBJECT AREA: Language Arte/Social Studies SPECFIC TOPIC: Popular Culture CONTENT INFORMATION: Summary: What are the defining people, moments, icons of the Twentieth Century? Use the resources below to choose signature personalities, events and symbols of each decade of the Twentieth Century. Justify your choices with solid research, put them all together and you will have a definitive portrait of the Twentieth Century. Dewey Numbers: 973.91 92 920 306 391 796 791.4 302.2 780 301 792 Subject Headings: Civilization â?? sociology Twentieth Century Biography Collective Biography Fashion Sports Television Communication Music Sociology Theater What elements - events, personalities, inventions, icons-- of each decade of the Twentieth Century are the most significant in defining that century? Use the following resources to help you research this question. What decade do you think this icon represents? Weblinks Decades - represents all decades 20th Century History By the Decades From the Chico High School Library Decades in 20th Century America Kingwood College Library American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century Decades Satellite Radio - music of the 40's through 90's Decades of the 20th Century Nationmaster Encyclopedia of the 20th Century Decades: A Study of the Twentieth Century Cybernewseum - check out the stories of the century and timeline. This Day in History The Fifties Web Biography - check out personalities of the decades. Biography Center Lives, the Biography Resource American Variety Stage Dining through the Decades Classic TV Ads Bissonnette on Costume The Twentieth Century Books (Non-fiction) Bowen, Ezra, ed. This Fabulous Century. 2 vols. This Fabulous Century. New York: Time Life Books, 1969. Childrenâ??s History of the 20th Century. New York: DK Publishing, 1999. Pendergast, Sara, and Tom Pendergast, eds. Bowlin, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America. 5 vols. Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America. Detroit, Mich.: UXL, 2002. Sawinski, Diane, Julie L. Carnagie, and Christine Slowey, eds. UXL American Decades. 10 vols. UXL American Decades. Farmington Hills, MI: UXL/Thomson/Gale, 2003. Szumski, Bonnie, ed. Americaâ??s Decades. 10 vols. Americaâ??s Decades. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 2000. Books (Fiction) Gallo, Don, ed. Time Capsule : Short Stories about Teenagers throughout the Twentieth Century . New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. Hoobler, Dorothy, and Tom Hoobler. Century Kids. Century Kids. Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 2002. INFOhio Resources American National Biography Annals of American History Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (Oxford Reference Online) Ebsco Secondary Sources Choose the appropriate INFOhio resource and search the database for information concerning your decade. Webquest Pop Century An Internet WebQuest on Decades of the Century