American Working Class in Literature and Film by https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76 All around the 1970s in America by Nicole Miller, Nike Gaffga, Sarah Plewan, Kim Sophie Hunecke-Ruckel en-us 2021-12-03 08:55:55 UTC 2025-11-06 11:23:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 1972-1974: Watergate scandal and investigation https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1928703778 2021-12-04 12:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1928703778 1972: Surgeon General's report https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1928762054 - Made people aware of possible harm due to smoking
- First bans concerning smoking in public areas]]> 2021-12-04 13:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1928762054 1975: Unemployment nearly doubled (since 1973) https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1928769233 2021-12-04 13:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1928769233 1970s: In contrast: widespread skepticism about all authorities and traditions https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1928775164 - FBI illegally harassing civil rights leaders (e.g. Martin Luther King, Jr.)]]> 2021-12-04 13:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1928775164 1973: War Powers Act & U.S. economy reached stagnation kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929444990 2021-12-05 11:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929444990 late 1970s: decreasing number of Americans who believed they could trust the federal government kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929446183 2021-12-05 11:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929446183 1973-1976: Boston experienced the worst school desegregation violence kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929448659 2021-12-05 11:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929448659 Since 1950s: public spaces became desegregated kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929449137 2021-12-05 11:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929449137 1977: Star Wars - films that helped Americans kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929450863 2021-12-05 11:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929450863 1971: Nixon detached the dollar from its guaranteed postwar price of $35 per ounce kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929454191 2021-12-05 11:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929454191 1972-1973: Oil/Energy Crisis kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929456999 2021-12-05 11:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929456999 1970s: new family norm kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929458874 - all adults working for wages outside the home]]> 2021-12-05 11:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929458874 1968: income of CEO of the largest U.S. corporation General Motors kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929460179 2021-12-05 12:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929460179 1972: The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929464501 - restrain individual behavior (including public disclosures of one's own and one's own family's most intimate behaviors)]]> 2021-12-05 12:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929464501 1977: Looking Out For #1 by Robert J. Ringer - captured growing trend in American culture kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929466011 2021-12-05 12:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929466011 1978: Whole foods opened kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929467666 2021-12-05 12:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929467666 1978: Jogging and running pervaded the nation kimhuneckeruckel https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929470249 2021-12-05 12:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kimhuneckeruckel/kh7qvpdd78c2fc76/wish/1929470249