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Research Questions What did they do for recreation? How did they spend their leisure time? What hobbies did they have? Did they take vacations? Where did they travel to? Did the family get a daily newspaper? Weekly newspaper? Were there magazines and books in the house? Did they play a musical instrument? If so, what? What style of music was popular when they were young? What radio or television shows did they listen to or watch? Did the family like to go to the movies often? Were there recreational offerings in their community? What kinds of games did they play? Did they live near the beach or the mountains? Did they recreate at these locales? Did they pay frequent visits to neighbors and family? Did they go to dances? |
Resources on the Web The Birth of Professional Baseball in the 19th Century Popular Songs in American
History Music for
the Nation - American Sheet Music - 1820-1860 Published
Music in America 1870-1885 Folk Music of the
American Revolution Poems and Songs of the Civil War Civil War Music Site Toy Timeline Toys for a Lifetime Timeline covering the years 1862-2000 Arts & Entertainment during the 1930s and 1940s The Fifties Web is a web site devoted to everything from the 1950s.
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Music from the Early 1900s Original Dance Music of the 1920s and 1930s
Songs That Got Us Through WWII Billboard Pop Memories: 1945-1949 GI Jukebox: Songs from World War II
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