https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse en-us 2019-01-11 16:57:12 UTC 2019-01-14 17:10:40 UTC hello@padlet.com jfadhli2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320389358 Americans built bigger and more elaborate homes and drove more expensive automobiles, then worked longer hours to pay for them. ]]> 2019-01-14 16:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320389358 nbrady2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320396118 Americans spent more, borrowed more, and went more deeply into debt.]]> 2019-01-14 16:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320396118 jfadhli2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320396935 In 1977, Atari released the Atari 2600 (also known as the Video Computer System), a home console that featured joysticks and interchangeable game cartridges that played multi-colored games, effectively kicking off the second generation of the video game consoles.

]]> 2019-01-14 16:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320396935 nbrady2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320398612 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a religious allegory. In it, we find that Aslan the lion represents Christ or God, the White Witch represents evil, and Edmund represents Judas as the betrayer.]]> 2019-01-14 17:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320398612 jfadhli2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320398645 This was a well known allegory written by Dr Seuss that recognized Dr Seuss's take on environmentalism and how humans are destroying nature.]]> 2019-01-14 17:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320398645 nbrady2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320399432 Allegory is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events. It can be employed in prose and poetry to tell a story, with a purpose of teaching or explaining an idea or a principle. The objective of its use is to teach some kind of a moral lesson.

]]> 2019-01-14 17:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320399432 jfadhli2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320399713 In 1967, developers at Sanders Associates, Inc., led by Ralph Baer, invented a prototype multiplayer, multi-program video game system that could be played on a television. It was known as “The Brown Box.”

]]> 2019-01-14 17:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320399713 jfadhli2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320401185 In a time of extremes and uncertainties, Americans sought out spiritual direction, not only returning to mainstream churches but also exploring an array of spiritual alternatives.

]]> 2019-01-14 17:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320401185 nbrady2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320401586 In 1962, Steve Russell at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology invented Spacewar!, a computer-based space combat video game for the PDP-1 (Programmed Data Processor-1), then a cutting-edge computer mostly found at universities. It was the first video game that could be played on multiple computer installations.

]]> 2019-01-14 17:06:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320401586 jfadhli2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320401717 The Eighties see the collapse of traditional communism and the ending of the Cold War. Microsoft, IBM, Intel and Apple begin to have an impact on all our lives as small Computers becomes cheaper and more wide spread.]]> 2019-01-14 17:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320401717 jfadhli2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320402565 At home, people watched family sitcoms like “The Cosby Show,” “Family Ties,” “Roseanne” and “Married...with Children.” They also rented movies to watch on their new VCRs.]]> 2019-01-14 17:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320402565 nbrady2022 https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320402680 At the movie theater, the 1980s was the age of the blockbuster. Movies like “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Return of the Jedi,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Beverly Hills Cop” appealed to moviegoers of all ages and made hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office.]]> 2019-01-14 17:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jfadhli2022/1nx9jpph4bse/wish/320402680