Television changed the culture of the United States and later the world. Americans began buying televisions in the 1950s, and by the end of the decade, 90% of families owned one. In the early 1960s Newton Minow served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Later, he was chairman of the board of PBS. He once described television as a “vast wasteland.” He also said, “When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.”

Reflect on this idea as you describe the changes television brought to America during the 1950s, how TV influenced society, and the implications TV would have for the future.

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How did modern american history begin with “contact”?

Final exam: us history playlist project instructions: in lieu of a final exam you will have a project that is due thursday june 20 @ 11.59pm this exam is worth 60 points. you may choose to complete the traditional exam or this exam. they are worth the exact same score i will simply exempt one, and give you credit for the other you are to create playlist of songs from each era we studied this year you will have anywhere from 10.12 songs depending on how you view the year you may do it on powerpoint word prezi spotify, itunes or anything else you can think of assignment find a song that you can relate to a histoncal era we discussed in order to earn full credit you must submit the name of the song and artist 2 the lyrics to that song either a portion or all with the lyrics highlighted that you feel remind you of something we studied i will not go searching for these make sure you include them 3 a 3-5 sentence paragraph that explains why these lyrics remind you of the era we studied. this is your chance to make connections to what you have learned prove me to me you understand what was going on in the world during this time period see rubric for grading specifics these same songs mo mendy's example: see next page (note: the example is for a us history course you may not i would do an image like this yours would have more songo)