Oral+History


 * Topic - Life in the 70's**


 * Interviewing - Parents of Siara, and Coco**

- Stereo 8, commonly known as the eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, or simply eight-track, is a magnetic tape sound recording technology. It was popular in the United States from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s, but was relatively unknown in many European countries. -People were fascinated by things with buttons, lights and beeps. Though most of the gadgets were pretty simple compared to today's high tech stuff we still enjoyed the 1970's Electronics wave. - Top 10 Songs in the 70's 1. Disco Inferno - Trammps 2. Brick House - Commodores 3. Y.M.C.A - Village People 4. September - Earth, Wind and Fire 5. Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees 6. You're My First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White 7. Last Dance - Donna Summer 8. Flash Light - Parliament 9. Heart of Glass - Blondie 10. Play that __ [|Funky Music] __ - Wild Cherry - A lot of the food that was popular back then, we still have today, but more modern. - Clothing styles during the 1970s were influenced by outfits seen in popular music groups and in Hollywood films. In clothing, prints, especially from India and other parts of the world, were fashionable - Significant fashion trends of the 1970s include: -In the 1970s, the renegade sports leagues of the American Baseball Association (founded in 1967), the North American Soccer League (also founded in 1967), the World Hockey Association (lasting from 1972 through 1979), and the World Series Cricket (lasting from 1977 to 1979) challenged older, established organizations. - The "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, who proclaimed the women's game to be inferior, was a turning point in sports during the decade; after King's victory, the match was heralded as a major victory for women in athletics. -To reflect the new social trends, television changed dramatically with more urban/edgy settings and replaced the popular rural/country wholesome look of the previous decade. This particular trend was known as the Rural Purge. Television was transformed by what became termed as "social consciousness" programming such as //All in the Family//, which broke down television barriers. - There were a lot of new TV shows back then, and they continued to boom. - Popular movie stars - Paul Newman Robert Redford Clint Eastwood John Wayne Burt Reynolds Al Pacino Woody Allen Barbra Streisand
 * Research -**
 * -**Much of the 1970s fashion styles were influenced by the hippie movement.
 * Bell bottomed pants remained popular throughout the decade. These combined with turtle necked shirts and flower-prints to form the characteristic '70s look. In the latter part of the decade, this gave way to three-piece suits, in large part because of the movie "Saturday Night Fever".
 * Sideburns were popular for men, as were beards, which had been out of fashion since the 19th century.
 * The large, round Afro was very popular among African-Americans.
 * Women's hairstyles went from long and straight in the first half of the decade to the feathery cut of Farrah Fawcett.
 * Platform Shows

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1970s.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s

1. What were your favorite shows or movies in the 70's? 2. What clothes would you wear most often? 3. What clothes did you see a lot of people wearing? 4. Was school very different back then from how it is now? If so, in what ways? 5. Did you have a lot of electronics? If so, what kind? If not, what were some of the more popular ones? 6. What sports did your family watch the most? 7. What was the most popular food back then? What food did you like the best? 8. Thinking back to the 70's, what was the most memorial thing about it? 9. What were the major differences from then to now?
 * Questions -**

Laugh in, Lassie and Fury
 * 1. What were your favorite shows or movies in the 70's?**

Bell bottom jeans, and long sleeve shirts.
 * 2. What clothes would you wear most often?**

Tie dye, hip hugger bell bottom jeans, tall boots, things with peace signs on them, big sunglasses
 * 3. What clothes did you see a lot of people wearing?**

There were no computers, and the teachers used to use chalkboards ; now they use smart boards.
 * 4. Was school very different back then from how it is now? If so, in what ways?**

Television, radio, tape player/recorder, although there weren't a lot of electronics available.
 * 5. Did you have a lot of electronics? If so, what kind? If not, what were some of the more popular ones?**

Football, baseball and basketball.
 * 6. What sports did your family watch the most?**

Most of the food was the same as today.
 * 7. What was the most popular food back then? What food did you like the best?**

War protests, hippies and news about the wars.
 * 8. Thinking back to the 70's, what was the most memorable thing about it?**

Computers. Cell phones, tiVo, and parents are around more now and do more stuff with the kids. In the 70’s, few parents drove kids around. Before, people went to a lot the sports games, and now, few people do. media type="youtube" key="9xQbyET0AAs" height="390" width="640"
 * 9. What were the major differences from then to now? **

We all thought the interviews went well. Based on our research and what our interviewees said, we learned a lot that was going on back in the 70's. The research and our real answers were both very similar. We learned so much about the 70's that we never thought went on. We thought that there was more technology back then, then there really was. There were so many stereotypes about the 70's, such as the big peace signs, bell bottoms, discos and many more that are actually true. We are glad that we did this topic because we learnt a lot about the 70's ; their food, their styles, their music and much more that we would have never known with out this project.
 * Reflection -**