Postwar Suburbia Assignments & Activities

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Image Analysis: Levittown

1. Briefly introduce Levittown, the landmark postwar suburb built on New York's Long Island, and show your students these images of the community:...

Video Analysis: 1950s Advertising

In this exercise, your students will examine some postwar television advertisements in order to determine what they reveal about postwar suburban culture. More broadly, they will consider the role of advertising in reflecting and shaping cultu...