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Activities kids participated in during the 50s and 60s

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Activities kids participated in during the 50s and 60s

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During the 50s and 60s, activities kids participated were different than today in many ways. Job availability and payment was not very similar to our society's today either which made it hard for kids to have a lot of things to do and own. Many kids played street games and even fought for fun, while other kids read a book or helped with chores. "In the 1950s and 1960s, young Americans had more disposable income and enjoyed greater material comfort than their forebears, which allowed them to devote more time and money to leisure activities and the consumption of popular culture."

"Popular Culture and Mass Media in the 1950s." Khan Academy. Khan Academy, n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2019."

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Slang in this time period was very different than today's and was very unique.
Here is a few examples of slang during this period:
Actor: show-off

Agitate the Gravel: to leave (hot-rodders)

Ankle Biter: a child

Ape: (used with “go”) to explode or be really mad

Baby: cute girls, term of address for either sex

Back seat bingo: necking in a car

Bad news: depressing person

Bash: great party

Big Daddy: an older person

Big tickle: really funny

Bit: an act

Blast: a good time

Blow off: to defeat in a race (hot-rodders)

Boss: great

Bread: money

Bug: “you bug me” – to bother

Burn rubber: to accelerate hard and fast

Cast an eyeball: to look

Cat: a hip person

Chariot: car

Chrome-plated: dressed up

Circled: married

Classy chassis: great body

https://www.lsrhs.net/departments/history/shenm/site/20th_classwork,_handouts_files/1950s%20slang.htm

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Social Activities during the 50s and 60s

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Social Activities during the 50s and 60s

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During the 1950s-60s, students and teens would hang out at restaurants and socialize at a local sporting event. In today's society, social activities are mainly over social media and online games. "Not only were there were no video games, even children's television programming operated at a bare minimum, with the medium still in its infancy at that time. Yet such limitations frequently forced them to spend more time outdoors or to play creatively -- activities many child development experts today say lead to more satisfying experiences for children overall."

Smith, Stacy. “What Kids Used to Do for Fun in the 1950s.” Synonym, 21 Nov. 2017, classroom.synonym.com/kids-used-fun-1950s-16501.html.

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School children in the 1950s and 60s dressed differently than children do in society today. The clothes kids wore in the 50s had little diversity between each other and were very alike.