The 1960's

The Later Years primary have been looking at events that took place in the 1960's as part of their Swinging Sixties project. The children researched and made notes whilst watching a video of the decade. The children were then asked to write up their notes in an interesting way. Below is a brilliant example from Ailis

In the Sixties if you wanted to be in fashion you go straight to Carnaby Street. If you had the right gear, you had real class. Carnaby Street was where all the big stars shopped such as Liberace.

Once you've got the right clothing most people would have a new car to drive such as a Mini. There were over two million Mini's made in the Sixties and they were very popular.

The Caroline radio station was very popular as well. Broadcasting sales adverts, they played the new music from America and England. Lots of people tuned in to listen to such artists as the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley.

It wasn't just new, fresh music people liked to hear, in America President John F Kennedy was elected and was famous for being the youngest President. Kennedy promised America change, but some people weren't ready for change so three years after being elected he was assassinated.

Martin Luther King Jr. was also talking about change. He wanted black and white people to be treated the same. He made a famous speech about this known as 'I have a dream...' Unfortunately in America some people still weren't ready for change and Martin Luther King Jr.'s life was cut short by an assassin.

In London, hundreds of people caused a riot protesting about the Vietnam war. First the people held up signs and shouted but it soon became violent. 170 police got hurt and only 45 protesters were.

You may have heard of the first man on the moon but before him was the first man in space. Yuri Gagarin, a Russian family man, was the first man in space. It was a race between Russia and America, Russia was in the lead but America caught up with the first man on the moon -Neil Armstrong!

By Ailis