1950's+Dylan

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My name is Dylan, and I'm doing a report a﻿bout the 1950's. You will be surprised about how it was so different, even though it was only 61 years ago. You'd think that the 50's wouldn't be THAT different, but you are wrong. If you were to bring someone back from the 50's to see what we have now he or she would probably think he or she died. To see the future would be amazing to him or her. ====== __Money __

If only life was as cheap as the 50's... Back in the 50's things were half-price, but note that you didn't get paid as much. Most prices rose, because it cost more to transport goods. Gasoline prices went up because it was being used and that made the goods prices go up. For Example, Bread in the 50's: around 25 cents Bread Now: around $2.00. That's 8 times the amount of money that bread cost in the 1950's! You know how I said that people didn't get paid that much ? Well rich people still made a lot compared to today. They made millions, but didn't hold on to it like today. Rich people in the 50's spent their money instead of saving it like today.

Some coins that were around in the 50's that aren't today.



__** Food **__ Food was very different back in the 50's AND getting the food was crazier. Okay, food was crazy back in the 50's. //Boy//: " Hey Ma, what's for dinner." //Mom//: " Deer meat and catfish." Did she say **Deer meat and catfish?** Of course she did. The man of the house had to be an excellent fisherman and huntsman, because he had to fish for catfish and hunt for deer. Now, if the same thing were to happen, people would be freaked out. See, they would have this persistently and in 2011 we'd probably not eat so much deer meat and catfish.You would usually eat a donut fairly often, but not in the 50's. If you were a kid and you wanted a doughnut or 2 (or something like that) you'd have to pay for it, unless your parent was nice and bought it for you. Sometimes the wife would make a cake that the family could snack on. __ Ho﻿usin﻿g __ Housing was kinda different in the 50's. It still had drywall, but they called it Sheetrock or at least my interviewee called it that. Houses were made out of wood, drywall/Sheetrock and **asbestos**, which was later discovered to be poisonous if breathed. Houses were smaller in the 50's. 2 or 3 bedrooms is all they had, except for a living room and kitchen. Only big houses, had a family room, dining room and\or a ''catch-all room" (mudroom). But, the rooms were pretty good size at 12 feet by 12 feet. Some houses came with a warm air heater.
 * Deer meat || 2-3 months ||
 * Catfish || 1 meal ||



The safety was kind of primitive too.

Well, that was some facts about the 50's.The 50's was a very different time. A lot happened in such a few decades. In a short amount of time we have things that couldn't even be thought up in the 1950's, such as the cellular phone, the desktop computer, the laptop and much, much, much more. We found out that asbestos is poisonous if inhaled (as I mentioned). The 50's was...a cool thing to study, with help from Wallace.

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