62 songs that sum up the 50s, including: All I Have to Do Is Dream * All Shook Up * At the Hop * Blue Suede Shoes * Cry Me a River * Diana * Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True) * Fever * Misty * On the Street Where You Live * Peggy Sue * Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) * Satin Doll * Shake, Rattle and Roll * When I Fall in Love * and more.

35 of the decade's best so far, including: Beautiful * Beautiful Day * Bless the Broken Road * Breakaway * Breathe * Clocks * Complicated * Don't Know Why * I Hope You Dance * 100 Years * The Space Between * A Thousand Miles * Underneath It All * White Flag * You Raise Me Up * and more.

Presents the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1920-1929.

In the 1920s, women shed the long, restrictive garments of the decade before and embraced more boyish looks. They bobbed their hair and wore short, loose dresses and crazy patterned stockings. Prohibition may have outlawed alcohol, but that did not stop people from having a good time. Jazz, the Charleston, and speakeasies were all the rage. Readers will learn about the fashions, fads, pop culture icons, and world events of the 1920s.

In the 1940s, World War II affected just about every aspect of life, including the fashion. While the men were off fighting, women had to take over their factory jobs. Liberty cuts and victory rolls kept hair from being caught in machines. Most resources went to the war effort, so both women and men wore basic and practical clothing, but the end of the war in 1945 brought color and fun back into everyday life. Students read about the fashions, fads,...