Quest Courses – Spring 2023 / Old Courses / FABULOUS FIFTIES
Coordinators: Michael Wellner, Ellen Gottfried, Bob Gottfried
It’s safe to say that every single one of us at Quest remembers the Fifties pretty clearly. If there is any single word that describes that decade it’s transformative.
Politically, it began with President Harry Truman, born in 1884, and ended with the election of JFK. Technically, it saw development of the first computers and the beginning of the information age.
The Fifties changed the way we live, shop (with the rise of the suburbs and shopping malls), and travel. The first commercial jet plane took off in 1954. Join us as we examine these: the Korean War, Senator Joe McCarthy, Elvis Presley, Rock ‘n Roll, and so much more.
A WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
[wptb id="5872" not found ]Other Classes:
- CREATIVE WORKSHOP
- EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
- RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
- AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
- HUCKLEBERRY FINN
- FASCINATING ISLANDS
- THE NOBEL PRIZES
- READING EDITH WHARTON
- WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
- THE NEAR EAST
- A PASSAGE TO INDIA
- INDIE FILMS
- INDIE FILMS
- SLAVERY’S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
- RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- READING THE RABBIS
- RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- MYTHOLOGY
- LITERARY HEROINES
- HOWARDS END
- HOUSE OF MIRTH
- READING BLACK LIVES
- BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
- MOZART’S WOMEN
- ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
- AFRICAN CONTINENT
- PRESENTER’S SHOWCASE
- INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- ACTING CLASS
- ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
- LAW & ORDER
- POINT OF VIEW
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
- GREAT CONVERSATIONS