The 1970s:
Social Media Style
Your job today is to imagine life in 1970s America, through the scope of modern day social media. You will choose items, events, and people that meet the criteria below and post about them in the manner we discuss pop culture in society today! For each item that you include you will need to have an image, a description, and an explanation of its popularity/significance. Feel free to throw in some modern day elements… emojis, hashtags, filters, etc. The content itself should be limited only to the 1970s. You may use the website as a starting point for research, we have used this website in the past to examine pop culture.
Requirements:
- technology based invention
- popular television show
- popular movie
- popular musician/band/singer
- toy or game
- fashion trend
- political event
- sporting event/athlete
- environmental issue/event/law
- a 10th item that is your choice from the above categories
You can choose to present this information through a variety of methods. Creating a social media account (i.e. Twitter or Instagram) would be preferable. You could also create a blog, or other infographic layout such a Prezi.
The 1960s:
Social Media Style
Your job today is to imagine life in 1960s America, through the scope of modern day social media. You will choose items, events, and people that meet the criteria below and post about them in the manner we discuss pop culture in society today! For each item that you include you will need to have an image, a description, and an explanation of its popularity/significance. Feel free to throw in some modern day elements… emojis, hashtags, filters, etc. The content itself should be limited only to the 1960s. You may use the website as a starting point for research, we have used this website in the past to examine pop culture.
Requirements:
- technology based invention
- popular television show
- popular movie
- popular musician/band/singer
- toy or game
- fashion trend
- political event
- sporting event/athlete
- environmental issue/event/law
- a 10th item that is your choice from the above categories
You can choose to present this information through a variety of methods. Creating a social media account (i.e. Twitter or Instagram) would be preferable. You could also create a blog, or other infographic layout such a Prezi.