Starting off with the music. The music in the 50’s was mostly rock ’n’ roll. most popular music these days is mostly pop and rap. The 'Leader' of music was the king of rock 'n' roll Mr. Elvis Presley.
Second is the fashion. Men/Boys would wear pants while women wore long skirts. Teenage girls in the 50's would get taught to take care of younger children because women would normally be stay at home mothers while the father is out at work.
I searched on the internet 1950's slang and saw that some of their slang is almost the same as ours. such as: Was Up? - (1950) and Sup? Used today in 2014. Can was a word used in the 50's meaning bathroom. It was also used in the 40's meaning jail or prison. Badass was used in the 50's and today, meaning tough guy or girl. Then there are some weird slang from the 50's such as Bread meaning cash. Most of our slang is 'text talk' such as LOL meaning laugh out loud. "Oh my God" meaning I can't believe it. http://www.daddy-o.us/slang.htm
Hobbies is a big difference. Today teens stay inside watching Tv or playing video games. In the 50's teens and kids actually went outside because TV's weren't popular. They would go and play sports and they would even work on cars and motorcycles.
Current events in the 50’s was the cold war- Competition versing the USA and the Soviet Union, The Korean War- North Korea was invading South Korea, And that Russia could build more advanced thing than the USA for somethings, such as building bombs and building rockets. The major things going on today is Russia and the Ukraine- The president of russia is trying to take over the ukraine. Isreal and Palestine- Fighting over land.http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war
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