Day 2: Time Period Research

Today you will explore the time period in which your veteran or active military member has
served.

Goals for today:

● Through research, you will gain knowledge that will help you to understand the time
period in which your veteran served.

Look at your veteran’s profile. During what years did your Veteran serve?

Try to get 2-3 bullet points in each box if possible.

What were some major world events that What were some major U.S. events? Did
took place? Did any of these involve the any of these involve the U.S. military?
U.S. military?

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What types of natural disasters or What were the advancements in technology

environmental factors played a role during during this time that could impact how the
this time? military operates?
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What types of jobs were needed during What specific events, world or U.S., that
this time - engineers, combat, data would have encouraged men and women to
analysts, and doctors - due to current enlist in the Armed Forces during this
events? time?

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What was the economic status of the U.S. Were there any aspects of *Pop culture
during this time? that impacted life?

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● Pop Culture (popular culture) describes the lifestyle and tastes of mostly the
younger people at a certain time. For example, during the eighties pop culture included
things like big hair, neon colors, movies like E.T and the Goonies, and toys like Cabbage Patch
Kids.

WEBSITES that will help you:

1. https://www.thoughtco.com/20th-century-timelines-1779957
This website gives a complete timeline of the twentieth century, so find your
veteran’s specific years and learn about major events.
2. https://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear
This website will allow you to research the specific years that your veteran served.
The website can be divided into World and U.S. events.

3. http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/yearsanddecades.html
This website is organized by individual years and decades.

4. You may choose another reliable website. Copy and paste the link here.
Now, look back at your research. Do you see any themes or patterns. Highlight
common ideas with the same color. Then, organize your information by theme in the
chart below.

Theme/Category: Topics/Facts:

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