While the close of the Twentieth Century was not that long ago, it's effects on culture, politics, international relationships, and everyday life still loom large. Come join us as we take a random walk through the 1900's where we learn and discuss everything from toys from the 1980's, protest music of the 1960's, what people ate during the Great Depression, Y2K, the dances of the Roaring Twenties, and more! 

Class topics are:

2024 
Week of: 
October 7 Brief look a the Cold War
October 14 The History of Video Games 
October 21 JFK and the legacy of Camelot
October 28 World War I - From the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand to the end
November 4 The 19th Amendment - Women gain the right to vote 
November 11  The Radio - from the Age of Broadcasting 
November 18 The history of Jazz and Swing music
November 25 Generational Divides - From the Silent Generation to Millennials 
December 2 The Era of Prohibition 
December 9 Toys - from 1900-1950
December 16 Holiday Movies 
December 23 NO CLASS
December 30 NO CLASS

2025 Dates

Week of: 

January 6 The Television - from Philo Farnsworth to Cable Access 
January 13 Vaccines and Antibiotics - from Penicillin and Polio 
January 20 Music 1900-1920
January 27 The election, administration, and assassination of JFK 
February 3 Toys - From 1950-1980
February 10 How MTV changed music and pop culture
February 17 Food - from production and marketing to fast food 
February 24 Computers - from the Mark I to Apple
March 3 Star Wars - the Social, political and cultural impact 
March 10 Music of the 1920's 
March 17 NO CLASS
March 24 Toys of the 1980's 
March 31  Music of the 1930's 
April 7  The Titanic 
April 14 Rachel Carson, the creation of the E.P.A., and Earth Day
April 21 The Spanish Flu
April 28 The Civil Rights Movement
May 5 Toys of the 1990's 
May 12 Changes in the Arts - from Picasso to Andy Warhol
May 19 Y2K
May 26 World War II 
June 2 Changes in Young Adult and Children's literature 
June 9 Appliances and how life changed in the home 
June 16 Music of the 1940's
June 23 NO CLASS 
June 30 NO CLASS
July 7 The Space Race 
July 14 Healthcare - the first organ transplant, chemotherapy, pacemaker, etc
July 21 The invention of the World Wide Web
July 28 Cameras - from 35mm to digital
August 4 Music of the 1950's
August 11 Movie's - from Silent Films to drive-in theaters
August 18 The Berlin Wall
August 25 
September 1 Random inventions - scotch tape, white out, the blow dryer, etc
September 8 Music of the 1960's 
September 15
September 22
September 29 NO CLASS 
October 6 Music of the 1970's 
October 13
October 20 
October 27
November 3
November 10 Music of the 1980's 
November 17
November 24 NO CLASS 
December 1
December 8
December 15 Music of the 1990's 
December 22 NO CLASS
December 29 NO CLASS