Britain - Teenagers
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- Teenagers
- 1950s Teenagers
- By the 502 the word teenagers became known as the ages between adulthood and childhood.
- Teenagers began to:
- Look different to their parents.
- Spend more time with friends listening to rock and roll.
- Go to the cinema to watch Hollywood films.
- Economy
- Teenage consumers boomed in the 60s as the teenage market boomed with new products and advertising.
- Cycle of consumerism
- Saturday jobs and financial power.
- Cycle of consumerism
- Radios became portable so teenagers could listen to different music than their parents and do it with friends.
- Record players became cheaper.
- Programmes created especially for teenagers: Ready, Steady, Go!
- Transport became focused around vespas and motorcycles as it was more affordable and fashionable.
- Teenage consumers boomed in the 60s as the teenage market boomed with new products and advertising.
- Culture
- The music industry developed massively from the 50s where teenagers listened to what their parents listened to.
- The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
- Lyrics were usually rebellious and challenged traditional values (sex and drugs)
- Concerts became fashionable and shows such as Top of The Pops.
- Radio Caroline was a pirate radio station that played records from a ship in the North Sea, it played rebellious songs that were banned.
- Fashion broke apart from the past.
- New young designers such as Mary Quant.
- London became a place for youth fashion.
- The music industry developed massively from the 50s where teenagers listened to what their parents listened to.
- Behaviour
- Pop stars criticised traditional values. John Lennon: "The Beatles are more popular than Jesus."
- A sexual revolution. 1961 Contraceptive Pill.
- Mods and Rockers Clash.
- 1964 - Brighton and Hasting.
- Led to subcultures, hippies, skinheads and punk rockers.
- Student protests such as the Vietnam War protest outside the American Embassy,
- Teddy Boys were involved in the Notting Hill riots.
- Education
- Changes to the Education System:
- Sex education lessons.
- More people attending university.
- Tripartite System: grammar school, secondary technical school and secondary modern schools.
- More opportunity for girls in education.
- Secondary school was free until the age of 16.
- By 1964 comprehensive schools were created to ensure students weren't hurt by the tripartite system.
- Changes to the Education System:
- 1950s Teenagers
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