Prepared by: Kimberly Harris

Kennedy Johnson Nixon Ford Carter

1960-1963 1963-69 1969-74 1974-77 1974-81

On July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 lands first man

on the moon

History, Science, & Technology, and from 1960-1980

The 80's signaled the start of the computer age, following on from the

creation of Microsoft and Apple towards the end of the 70's ,

The Vietnam War -Sept. 1959- April 30, 1975

This

would

be the

first

flight

for the

Saturn

V-

Rocket

- Nov.

1967

Civil Rights Act 1964-Voting Rights –

Segregation Outlawed in Schools

The first floppy disk

was available for

public use in 1980

Presidents that served our country from

1960-80

Money and Inflation 1960-1980’s

An estimate of inflation value of $100 US

Dollars for the first year in the decade to the

equivalent in today's money .

If you have $100 Converted from 1960 to

2005 it would be equivalent to $679.09 today

.

If you have $100 Converted from 1970 to

2005 it would be equivalent to $517.65 today

.

If you have $100 Converted from 1980 to

2005 it would be equivalent to $243.45 today Retrieved from

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960s.html

Popular Music , Magazines, TV & Movies 1960-1980’sHit’s 1960’s

The Twist - Chubby Checker

Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations

Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - Four Tops

I Want You Back - Jackson 5

80’s Hits

Rock With You - Michael Jackson

I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince

Upside Down - Diana Ross

On The Radio - Donna Summer

Hits of the 70’s

I'll Be There - Jackson Five

(They Long To Be) Close To You -

Carpenters

The Wonder Of You - Elvis Presley

1960’s 1980’s

The Flintstones Cheers

Bewitched- Popular Sitcom The Cosby Show

Andy Griffith- Fatal Attraction

Sandra Dee was a popular ET

film star of the 60’s

1970’s

Towering Inferno

Star Trek the Motion Picture-1979

The Brady Bunch

Sesame Street

The first issues of People was published in

1974 June and 1974/ March 1980

Art and Literature1960’s

Maya Angelou popular poet 1960’s

Gwendolyn Brooks popular poet of 1960’s

New artist that appeared in 1960’s Andy Warhol –

The art of the sixties was modern.

The was a surge of environmental consciousness . (The

art of the 60’s was represented that theme)

1970 & 80’s

The Secret Woman, Victoria Holt

Roots, Alex Haley (1976)

The art of the early 70’s and though the 80’s continued the

theme of the 60’s

Pop Art - An art movement and style that had its origins in England in the

1950s and made its way to the United States during the 1960s.

Pop artists have focused attention upon familiar images of the popular culture

such as billboards, comic strips, magazine advertisements, and supermarket

products.

References

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from http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html

Pictures of Civil Rights Leaders. Retrieved, on 25 February,

2010.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AfricanAmericans1.png

Picture of floppy disk. Retrieved from http://designboom.com/history/floppydisk.ht

Picture of John F. Kennedy. Retrieved on 25, February 2010 from www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960s

Pictures of magazines. Retrieved on 2, March 2010 from http://2neat.com/magazines/index

Pictures of Magazines. Retrieved on 25, February, 2010. from:

http://www.ask.com/pictures?q=Time+%28magazine%29&qsrc=3046&o=0&l=dir

Picture of People Magazine Covers. Retrieved on 25, February, 2010. from:

http://search.people.com/TIISearch/people/search/search.html

Pictures of Pop Art. Retrieved on 4, March 2010 from rethttp://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/popart.html

Picture of Presidents . Retrieved on 6, March 2010 from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States

Picture of NASA Glenn’s Historical Time Line. (Last updated 8 May, 2008.) Retrieved on 25, February 2010 from:

https://www.nasa.gov/cneters/glenn/about/history/timeline.html.

Picture of Sandra Dee. Retrieved from http://www.sandradeefans.com/main

Picture of Vietnam War. Retrieved on 25, February 2010. https:.//encyclopedia.com