2. Why should we care??? Skateboards were invented! Led to the great music and movies we have today.
3. Music of the 1970’s There was a rise in soft/rock and pop/rock music. In the mid-1970’s there was a rise in disco music. Hard rock began growing.
4. Movies: The 10 highest-grossing films of the decade were: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Jaws Grease The Exorcist Close Encounters of the Third Kind Superman The Godfather Saturday Night Fever Rocky Jaws 2.
6. People!!! President Nixon is reelected John Edgar Hoover dies Louis Armstrong dies Led Zeppelin David Bowie Elvis Presley dies
7. Events!!! US explores the moon! Skateboards were invented! Chinese clay army was found! Supreme Court overturns abortion laws! STAR WARS, the movie was aired for the first time.
9. Video clip!!! McDonalds Commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKR1ScQUpcA&feature=PlayList&p=A2812F2E958406AC&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=15
10. Questions??? Which people do you think were the most important in the 1970’s? Do you think it’s important that music progressed in the 1970’s? If you could choose only 1 thing to be created in the 1970’s and your options were: Skateboards, and STARWARS. Which one would you choose?