Unit II – 1950s Sub Culture Date:

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Lash Out Against Conformity! teenagers, beatniks, and rock n roll

What characterizies teenagers from other groups?

TEENAGERSo

d o Parents were fearful of new teenage subculture

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d BEAT MOVEMENT

o What was it?

o Define beatniks.

Rock n Rollo

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Admit Ticket: Based on what we know is going on in the world (i.e., Cold War), why would a “perfect family” lifestyle in the 1950s be ironic?