DECADE PROJECT WEBSITES

I.  Comprehensive Sites - links to all decades

Try these sites FIRST!

American Cultural History - The Twentieth Century
    Links to each decade, then specific topics in that decade.
    NOTE: Includes links to most of the sites that follow
Decades: A Study of the 20th Century
Lisa's Nostalgia Cafe
     Be sure you try this one - links for each topic in each decade.   "Lifestyles and Fashion" is MUCH more than fashion - technology (computers, CD's, Internet, home shopping, TV, food and drink, hair, clothing, etc.)
WWW-VL History: United States
    Links by decade are at the bottom of the second column.
   You are very likely to find a link to your specific topic here, scroll down and see.
America’s Story from America’s Library - the Library of Congress

II. SPECIFIC Topics – Useful for all Decades

Costume History

     Scroll down for your decade – also look at other links below Decades list. 

     Timeline contains many pictures, also Hair Styles links
The Costume Gallery - 20th Century Fashion

Hair Archives 
     Pictures of hair styles from every decade 
Famous People - Celebrities
Movie Posters
Technology Timeline
      Use arrows to scroll to your decade
Musicians
     Links to short biographies of musicians from every decade. Search by name or by
    decade.  
TV Milestones

III. Specific Decades 

The 1920s
The 1920s Experience 

The Twenties
 Fashion

The 1930s
FDR and the 30s

1930s WebQuest Note all the good links

1930s Hair Styles 

1930s Hair Styles- Pictures Only

1930s Fashion #1

1930s Fashion #2

The 1940s 

1940s Costume/Fashion
1940s Music, Fads & Style

The 1950s  

Fifties Web

The Fifties
     Go to Webography. Good for specific people of the 50s.

The 1960s

The Psychedelic 60s

 The 60s Section - What Happened in the 60s
The Sixties

The 1970s  
In The 70s-Websites for the 1970s  
What Happened in the Seventies
Welcome back to the 70s

The 1980s
The 80s Serve
In The 80s 
Websites for the 1980s

The 1990s
1990s
1990s Women of the Century More than just information about women

IV. Biography

Biographies  Browse by category
Biography Center  Browse by name

WhoWhatWhen?  Good for seeing who was alive during a particular time. 

American Masters Database  Good for seeing who was alive during a particular time.

V.  IMAGES
Google Image Search 
     Once on Google, click on Images above the search box. 
     Next, go to Preferences, set SafeSearch Filtering for "Use strict filtering"
      Click "Save Preferences."
Altavista Image Search 
AllTheWeb Image Search

Media Center Homepage

Updated 01/28/2008