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The StewartsDaily life in 1950s


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www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishhistory/
twentiethcentury/postwar/
Everyday_Life_in_the_1950s/index.asp

Everyday life in 1950s

Powerpoint. How did the shortages at the end of the war effect everyday life? What changed?

Try the quiz.

www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/
games_index.shtml

Time Tunnel Interactive Game 1950s Living Room

Click on the objects you think don’t belong in the 1950s living room to send them into the Time Tunnel.

www.ourglasgowstory.com/
category.php?id=1075906452

Read people’s stories about the games they played in the street during 1950s.

Which of these games are still played today?

www.channel4.com/apps26/learning/
microsites/E/essentials/history/
units/postwar_bi.shtml

How have things changed since 1940s?

Print the worksheets or do the quiz online.

www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/scotlandonfilm/
media_clips/clip_display.shtml?topic=
homelife&subtopic=domestic_life&clip_name=
waking_up_v&media_type=video

Video clips of different aspects of 1950s life.

How do you start your day? Watch a video of a 1950s family waking up and getting ready.

www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/
history/whatwhen.shtml

Game about the difference between a bedroom in 1950s and the year 2000.

Play the game. Drag the objects into the correct bedroom, either the 1950s or 2000.

www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/

What was on TV in 1950s?

Have you seen any of these programmes?

www.andmas.co.uk/

A light hearted look at life in 1950s.

Choose a cup in the Greasy Spoon Café for photos and information about life in 1950s.

www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/
Collections/OnlineResources/X20L/
Games/alldressedup.htm

Dressing Up Game

Choose the 1950s music then dress your boy or girl in 1950s clothes.

 

 

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