Pretend you are a typical white middle-class teenager in the late 1950

Pretend you are a typical white middle-class teenager in the late 1950s. What is going on in your life? What do you like to do? What do you worry about? What is your view of national and world events? Who are your heroes? Why?

What will be an ideal response?

ANSWER
In the 1950s, the lives of middle class teenagers focused on cars, dating, and rock and roll music. They probably expected to go to college, enter a profession, and make a better living (be able to afford more consumer goods) than their parents. World events were peripheral, although teenagers were aware that “the bomb” could destroy the world. Rock and roll performers, television personalities, and sports figures were likely to be the teenagers’ heroes.