Project Reflection
The majority of what I learned in this project was in the art and politics. Lots of my knowledge prior to this project revolved around the bands and music scene of the time. What most surprised me was how much each of the presidents at the time did. John F. Kennedy passed the civil rights act of 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson took over the position after Kennedy’s assassination then ran for president and won, and then Richard Nixon made heavy choices regarding the Vietnam war that in the end helped.
The first way that 1960’s new york can be connected to modern times is the protests of the time. Although, now we have protests regarding gun control and not nearly as many civil rights movements as the 1960’s. We can also draw connections to the women's pay wage gap, although they make more now, the difference is still there and very real. Yes there are similarities but the differences are very noteworthy. To start off we have modern media. Media in the 1960’s was just beginning to pick up speed in the digital world through tv’s. Now we have nearly ditched the television set and 85% of adults get news from cellular devices.
Of the four artifacts my personal favorite is the newspaper. This piece was just fun to make, I enjoyed writing about the topics we put into the paper because while reading about them you could tell how excited the citizens were at the time. For example the “space race”, every paper I saw with this headline or read just had so much energy in it and passion.
Similar to what I said earlier the most new information I gained was in the politics of the time. I knew very little about the involvement each of these presidents had on the society of the time. Although they had very strong views for the most part, not all of them were that bad.
The one thing I’d change about this project is the time on the presentations. I think the time limit of 15 minutes was too easy to reach with all of the artifacts we had to explain and create. For 15 minutes to make sense, there should be less artifacts and less of a focus on separating the social life, politics, and economy from the pieces.
We read Fallout By Todd Strasser, the book is set in dystopian 1960’s New York. It’s a alternate universe that kicks off with the soviets dropping a nuclear bomb on the city and the entire book takes place in the high stress bomb shelter. When the bomb went off the meant for four people shelter was flooded with six neighbours of the main character. This book only relates to the place and time period of our group, but also touches on segregation and racism.
The first way that 1960’s new york can be connected to modern times is the protests of the time. Although, now we have protests regarding gun control and not nearly as many civil rights movements as the 1960’s. We can also draw connections to the women's pay wage gap, although they make more now, the difference is still there and very real. Yes there are similarities but the differences are very noteworthy. To start off we have modern media. Media in the 1960’s was just beginning to pick up speed in the digital world through tv’s. Now we have nearly ditched the television set and 85% of adults get news from cellular devices.
Of the four artifacts my personal favorite is the newspaper. This piece was just fun to make, I enjoyed writing about the topics we put into the paper because while reading about them you could tell how excited the citizens were at the time. For example the “space race”, every paper I saw with this headline or read just had so much energy in it and passion.
Similar to what I said earlier the most new information I gained was in the politics of the time. I knew very little about the involvement each of these presidents had on the society of the time. Although they had very strong views for the most part, not all of them were that bad.
The one thing I’d change about this project is the time on the presentations. I think the time limit of 15 minutes was too easy to reach with all of the artifacts we had to explain and create. For 15 minutes to make sense, there should be less artifacts and less of a focus on separating the social life, politics, and economy from the pieces.
We read Fallout By Todd Strasser, the book is set in dystopian 1960’s New York. It’s a alternate universe that kicks off with the soviets dropping a nuclear bomb on the city and the entire book takes place in the high stress bomb shelter. When the bomb went off the meant for four people shelter was flooded with six neighbours of the main character. This book only relates to the place and time period of our group, but also touches on segregation and racism.
Here are the photos of the artifacts we created
Potluck Food
We ended this project with a class potluck in which we had to bring a food that connects to our decade/place. My group chose to bring in fondue and cheesecake. Fondue originated in Switzerland during the 18th century, and the word fondue comes from the French word "fondre" or to melt. Then in 1964 fondue was introduced to the states at the 1964 worlds fair, and grew in interest from there on. Cheesecake was originally created in New York, while trying to recreate the french neufchâtel cheese William Lawrence accidentally created what we know as the modern New York cheesecake.
Our Choose Your Own Adventure StoryThe story is set in 1960's New York and you follow a street artist by the name of Allen Smith. You make his choices and decide where he goes next. folow https://newyorkinthe1960s.weebly.com/
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