1980's

  • 1980's Transportation

    1980's  Transportation
    Fact 1: Ford attempted to make a 2 seater compact car.
    Fact 2: people made or attempted to make fast cars
    Fact 3: Trucks in the 1980's were very old looking
  • U.S President/Jimmy Carter

    U.S President/Jimmy Carter
    Fact 1: Spent 4 years in office
    Fact 2: Was born October 1, 1924 in the plains
    Fact 3: Went to school at Plains High School
  • 1980's Fashion

    1980's Fashion
    Fact 1: Women wore skin-tight cotton stirrup pants with leggings and a huge turtleneck sweater.
    Fact 2: Men would wear washed jeans, jean jacket, parachute pants, high top shoes and T-shirts.
    Fact 3: pants and skirts, turtlenecks with mock vests, elastic waist pants, drop yoke skirts, tent tops, crew neck tops, denim jeans with pleat front and accent pockets were popular.
  • 1980's News Events/computers

    1980's News Events/computers
    Fact 1: Apple begin to have an impact on all our lives as small Computers becomes cheaper and more wide spread including home and Business
    Fact 2: the early beginnings of mobile phones as technology gets cheaper and smaller.
    Fact 3: Famine in Ethiopia causes major music stars to band together to raise money and awareness
  • 1980's Toys

    1980's Toys
    Fact 1: The Musical Teddy Bear has been around for 60 years as a top maker of stuffed toys.
    Fact 2: The rabbit Plush toy was considered a strangulation threat because of the 10-inch scarf
    Fact 3: the Rubik's Cube would be the best selling toy of all time.
  • Music

    Music
    Fact 1: I Want to Be Where You Are" was released May 2, 1972 by Michael Jackson
    Fact 2: Holiday" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna

    Fact 3: Annie Lennox is a singer/songwriter known for her work with the Arrhythmic
  • Technology

    Fact 1: the personal computer pre-1980s, including the Apple II, it was IBM that coined the term when it released the IBM 5150 on 12 August 1981
    Fact 2: The Humble CD was a really contested invention.
    Fact 3: Motorola launched the DynaTAC 8000x in 1983 with the dimensions of 300x44x89mm and weighing in at a lovely and light 785g
  • Movie

    Movie
    Fact 1: The hotel plays the shinning on a loop on one of its channels.
    Fact 2: A theory floating around hat Stanley Kubrick typed all 500 pages
    Fact 3: The Stanley hotel in Estes park inspired the shinning.
  • Actor

    Actor
    Fact 1: Tom Cruise was 19 years old when he started his acting career.
    Fact 2: Tom did wrestling in high school
    Fact 3: Cruise described his father as an abusive one. had and abusive family
  • TV or Radio Show

    TV or Radio Show
    Fact 1: Sesame Street came out in 1965 and still comes on today.
    Fact 2: 77 million adult Americans had watched the show.
    Fact 3: Sesame has won 159 Emmys and multiple grammys.
  • Sports Figure

    Sports Figure
    Serena Williams
    Fact 1: Was born September 26, 1981
    Fact 2: Serena Williams has won 4 Olympic gold metals.
    Fact 3: she started training at age 3.