Exploring American Histories: Printed Page 821

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Interpret the Evidence

  1. Question

    What information in these documents confirms commonly held beliefs about teenagers in the 1950s?

  2. Question

    What information in these documents challenges the conventional wisdom about teenagers in the 1950s?

  3. Question

    Documents 25.5 and 25.7 speak specifically to teenagers. How do they differ, either in tone or in content, from those written about teens (Document 25.6) or by teens (Document 25.8)?

  4. Question

    What do Documents 25.6 and 25.8 tell us about generational differences?

  5. Question

    How much do these documents tell us about racial differences among teenagers in the postwar era?

  6. Question

    What do Documents 25.5 and 25.10 reveal about gender roles and expectations within teenage culture in the 1950s?

Put It in Context