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=**Greasers**= ===The term "greaser" originated in the 19th century. Greasers are the working class, that involved the youth subculture. The name defined them because of their slicked back, greasy hair. Greasers had a distinctive look that can be easily recognized.=== [] [] []

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===Greasers used odd words or phrases to shorten their sentences. They made up thousands of terms that are no longer common today. For example, they would say "burn" meaning to bop with weapons. Bopping means to fight against a rival gang. Bopping showed a type of body language that was commonly used.=== http://www.stonegreasers.com/greaser/ ===**//More Greaser slang://** https://quizlet.com/2996419/the-outsiders-slang-words-flash-cards/ and []===

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===**//__Video Summary__//:** The video includes many commonly used words and phases that Greasers would say. The videos gives the meaning and an example of how it may be used so you get a taste of how different greasers talked. ===

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===__**Men-**__ They typically would wear loose cotton twill trousers for pants. If they did not wear trousers they also would commonly wear blue jeans. Men would wear a black or white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Over the t-shirt they would wear a leather jacket. For shoes they would pair their outfit with brown leather boots. The boots could be cowboy, steal-toed, or harness boots. Examples of types of shoes they would have worn would be Chuck Taylor All-Star and brothel creepers. For their hair, men would have dark slicked back hair. They would use petroleum jelly or a pomade. The hair products would make the hair remain wet, requiring men to reshape and comb their hair frequently to keep the look they desired.=== ===__**Women-**__ Women would wear tight sweaters, jeans, skirts, leather jackets, and loop earrings. For pants they would wear anything cropped and tight. For example they would prefer to wear capris or pedal pushers. Pedal pushers are cropped length trousers. Pedal pushers were broadly popular for women to wear. They would typically pin up their hair with tight curls. It was very common for them to backcomb or tease their hair.=== https://oureverydaylife.com/what-did-greasers-wear-in-the-1950s-1960s-12082239.html https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to-dress-like-the-greaser-girls-from-the-outsiders/ https://www.wikihow.com/Look-Like-a-Grease   Pedal Pushers (pants) [] [] []

===__//**Use Of Music:**//__ Greasers were known to listen to rock and roll music. In the 1950's they became interested in doo-wop. Doo-wop is a black genre of music from Northeastern cities. Some artists greasers would listen to would be Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, and many more artists. How did they listen to music? They would listen through a radio, whether it was a car radio, a portable one, or a recorder player. The piano and the violin were used but greasers were into rock and roll so they didn't want to play those instruments anymore. Greasers wanted to learn to play the guitar. Playing the guitar gave them the opportunity to make their own rock music and many even recorded their work. When the guitar became extremely popular, manufacturers knew they had to improve their equipment. Hollow body electric guitars were created and became popular to teens and children. Kids would coax their parents into getting the loud instruments.=== []

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===**//__Use O__//****//__f Entertainment:__//** Greasers would use their free time doing many different activities. They could be listening to music at home or in the car. If they didn't want to listen to music, it was common for greasers to work on their own music and play instruments. It was also very common for the males to play football and baseball as kids would still do today. Another activity greasers would do for a source of entertainment it watch movies.===

 [] ===__//**Movies:**//__ Although in the 1950s, the television came about knocking movies down. Along with televisions, 3-D was getting experimented with and colored movies were becoming increasingly better. The quality of technology started advancing making the 1950s a great time to be alive and experience changes for the better. Despite the new technology, theater prices increased greatly. Some would go to the popular drive inn where the kids and teenagers could be loud and obnoxious and it didn't matter. Do to high costs, it became common for people to have their home theater system. Some of the very popular stars of the time were James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Rock Hudson, and so many more. The most popular movie in the 1950s was called "King Solomon's Mines." Awards for the most popular movies, best picture, best director, best actress, and best actress took place and were given out to those who won for that year. Each year each section changed based on the success of movies, actresses, and directors.=== []

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===__//**Use Of**// **Sports:**__ In the 1950s it seemed as though baseball was the most popular sport ever. Baseball integrated many African Americans. Those African Americans filled the baseball line up. Some of those players were Mickey Mantle, Jim Brown, and many others. In 1954, the New York Giants had a four game sweep in the World Series. Before 1957, it was was 3 years prior before a pitcher won three complete games in a series. The Indians won over 111 games that drew so many people in to watch their success increase greatly, As baseball became extremely popular, golf and football were growing as well. Today it is the opposite but in the 1900s, college football was more liked and attended than pro-football. For example, the Rose Bowl between Ohio State and Oregon attracted over 98,000 fans. UCLA was well liked because of their undefeated season in 1954. Pro- football didn't start to grow more until the 1960s, when it started to appear on the television. Watching sports teams play became a common event to watch, mainly by the males.=== []

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===__//**Gender**// **Roles/Fam**__**__ily Structure:__** Since world War ll ended in 1945, the role of men was noticed. Men would protect the country, their wives, and their children. The father and husband was in charge of the household not the mother and husband, just the husband/father was. Men would work while the women would typically take care of the house and children. The women would prepare the means and clean the house. If the children were young, the mother would fulfill to the needs the child may need till they went to school. It was common for the women to sew and make their own clothing and blankets to save money. While the men were at war women then took on the workforce. Women did so because of the scarcity of male courtesy of the war. They got paid when they complete the job that needed to be done. When the men came back from war, they dominated the workforce over women. It wasn't common for the mother to take time away from her family, but it only became necessary when the family was in need of an income to make a living.=== []

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===__//**Video**// **Summary:**__ The video shows how greasers would dance for a source of entertainment to the rock and roll music. The dance is called the Lindy Hop and was very popular. The video shows a gathering of people dancing to the popular music all together.===

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__//**Video**// **Summary:**__ The video shows a girl swing dancing with a man in a bar having a good time.
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