1. first initial post – incite qoutes and reference page for both posts below also respond to both peers Define the term “suburbia”. What were some of the common valuesshared by popular culture within the suburban landscape of the 1950’sand 1960’s. How did these values begin to shift? 250 word minimum foryour initial post.

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Discuss the social impact that musicians such as Bob Dylan and theBeatles had on the youth culture of the “baby boomer”/ “Woodstock”generation. Your initial post should be a minimum of 250 words.

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peer 1:suburbua post – respond to this student nicole

When it comes to the definition of suburbia, there are multipledifferent definitions. The first one would be it means a residentialdistrict that is found on the outskirts of a city. The second one has todo with suburbanite’s, which are considered a cultural class orsubculture. (Definitions for Suburbia, n.d.)

In the 1950s to 1960s, family life was centered on buying homes,appliances, automobiles, services and fun activities. During thisCold War and Soviet Union conflicts, Americans found a new way of lifeand loved to contrast the freedom and prosperity in the system ofmiddle-class democracy and capitalism. A man named William Levittbought 1,500 acres of potato fields where houses, playgrounds, pools,shopping centers, bowling alleys, and a town hall werebuilt. Since suburbia was growing so quick, people could get mortgageswith low-interest, low to no money down and tax subsidies. This allowedfor a lot of houses to go up, but it also meant that there was lessforests, and land for farming. As time went on, Suburbia was noticed byseparating people by race because as white people moved to suburbs,African American and Hispanics were left in the inner city. People whowere single, minorities or elderly were also not found it the suburbs.As middle-class people started to move out of inner cities, they startedto deteriorate and crime rates went up drastically. (Moss, n.d.)

peer two respond to this post gao yang

The issues of the baby boom time period are that it could hugelyimpact the population change and cause social and economic impacts. Oneeconomic impact of the baby boom is the concern that when baby boomersget older and retire, the dependency ratio will increase.

The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Woodstock all came at a veryinfluential time in America. Dominant culture was taking over and try tocalm the fears of parents, but adolescences like the baby boomers wereready to experience the world. The success of Bob Dylan as a musicianduring the 1960s is complex to assess. He was credited and redefining anentire genre of popular music. He introduced the electric guitar tofolk music, became the first truly popular singer to a usenon-conventional, raspy voice.

As The Beatles popularity grew, so did their taste for freedom.With their lyrics, they started having drugs and controversial lyricsand their fans has followed as well. Parents started to not like thelyrics and disapproved. With Bob Dylan, parents never liked him. He wasfree spirited and had no problem expressing his views about America.

With the baby boomers, hippie had influence and spread rapidly.This allow the young adults to escape from polictics and everydayexpectations of America. The idea that is behind Woodstock counterdrugs, peace, and love is oppsing viewpoint of everyday norm. It waseverything that parents had fought so hard to keep it away from theirchildrens. It is something dangerous that could get the childrens indeep trouble.

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