Title: Nifty Fifties Dictionary
Topic: dictionary, vocabulary
Subject: Language Arts, History
Grades: 6-8
URL: http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/webquest/Owen/index.htm
Overview: Students work in teams of five to create a dictionary about the 1950s. Assuming the roles of editors in the fields of music, science and technology, fads, United States history, and arts and entertainment, students research information about that decade. Each team uses its research to create a dictionary describing terms, fascinating facts, and important people of that period.
Notes:
Please note the following changes in the Resources section.
Click the titles below to reach the new links for the sites below.
For the Memphis and Graceland resource, you will be redirected to http://www.memphisguide.com/directory/dir00738.htm.
The Style-O-Rama site is no longer available. Students can use Fifties Web to find the necessary information.
10/09/2002
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