The Peoples History – 1980

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6 thoughts on “The Peoples History – 1980”

  1. rhasting says:

    Hey Brian, that project that you thought was mine was mine. There was a little problem in posting it yesterday. Thank you for your comment. Yes, our two projects do look quite different, I think mainly that is because thepeoplehistory.com was a pretty useless website. It only offered very shorts sentences for each year’s event, which in my opinion, did not suffice. And in many instances, it was missing some pertinent yearly info. For instance, on 1982, thepeopleshistory had no mention of the dedication of the Vietnam Memorial in D.C. Instead, I used that website as a metric/guide and extrapolated what I needed and found the rest from outside sources, as you can see from my bibliography.

    Being a child of the 1970s and 1980s, I enjoyed reading your presentation. It did not even occur to me to include a bullet on the fashions of that decade. I think that it is because the hair and clothing fads were so painful to look at, then and now. If you do not watch the ABC show “The Goldbergs,” you should. It is a funny show that portrays the life of a suburban family growing up in the 1980s. (I pledge, 197)

    • Brian Branigan says:

      I thought I saw you name either on the upload or within the project. I know I have seen it on the sign in sheet at the Writing Center, which is a great thing. I agree that the fashion of the 80s was painful to view. I notice that a large amount of the items I remember for the 80s are resurfacing in fashion today. I guess fashion trends are cyclical. I will have to check out “The Goldbergs.”

      “I pledge” (82)

  2. conger87 says:

    Now that is a very well done Power Point. The 80s were a mythical time to me (I am a 90’s kid), and I always remember how growing up everybody said the 80s were better. I feel like the 80s are most well remembered for TV shows, fashion, and music, with little attention to policy both foreign and domestic. Why did you select the 80s over the 70s? To me the 70s has more appeal: end of Vietnam, Iranian Revolution, Watergate, and funk music. On my project you asked if there was anything I would have liked to have included, so I will ask you the same on yours. One thing I would suggest to have been included is the video game “crash” of 1983. That was when the Atari 2600 bottomed out on the market, and it looked like household video game consoles may have just been a fad: oh how wrong they were.
    (I pledge 155)

    • Brian Branigan says:

      Thank you for your comments on my project. For me selecting the 80s made sense, I was born in the 70s but grew up in the 80s. The project gave me a chance to relive childhood while gaining a better understand of the political environment my parents dealt with while growing a family. I cannot disagree with you that the 70s political and social agendas were appealing, it just came down to what moved me. The 80s won over the 70s. I see you point with the video game angle, that was a miss on my part. Unless a multi-billion-dollar industry is a fad, they were wrong. I appreciate your comments I hope you enjoy my reply.

      “I pledge” (118)

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