Contagion: The Spread of Eugenics Throughout American Popular Culture in the 20s

What part does media play in creating, defining, and perpetuating popular culture? High schoolers chart their encounters with fads, trends, and icons and reflect on the media's influence on popular culture.

Spark an animated debate in your class! Young adults consider some of the fads or trends that are prevalent at their school, as well as their own level of participation in them. Just how much of a role does popular culture play in their...

American popular culture was many-faceted prior to the Civil War. Find out about the explosion of the number of newspapers and magazines, the many kinds of popular entertainment, and even phrenology as entertainment.

A description of many different forms of popular culture in the first half of the 19th century ranging from sensationalized newspapers to dime novels to pseudoscience. Read about Stephen Foster's music, theatrical productions, and even...

Original photographs look at pop culture and entertainment in the early part of the 20th century.

This video provides an introduction to daily life in the 1990s as well as highlighting some of the broad trends in popular culture during that decade. [10:11]

Upper graders explore pop culture and pop music as a forum for female role models. They explore women who have currently contributed to our pop world and why they could be considered role models. They each interview a woman in their...

General overview of African American pop-culture in the mid 20th-century highlighting music, art, theater, and sports.

This video provides an introduction to what daily life was like in the 2000s, as well as exploring some of the broad trends in popular culture throughout the decade. [11:42]

This video provides a brief introduction into what life was like in the 1980s, as well as exploring some of the broad pop culture trends of the decade. [12:34]