TV programs

For this portfolio assignment, you are required to research and analyze a TV program that ran between 1955 and 1965.

To successfully complete this essay, you will need to answer the following questions:

• What is the background of this show? Explain what years it was on  TV, describe the channel it aired on, the main characters, setting,  etc..
• What social issues and historical events were taking place at the time the show was being broadcast? 
• Did these issues affect the television show in any way?
• Did the television show make an impact on popular culture?

Your thesis for the essay should attempt to answer this question:

• Explain the cultural relevance of the show, given the information  gathered from the show’s background, and cultural history. How can  television act as a reflection of the social, political, and cultural  current events?

This essay should be 2-3 pages, in APA style

rubric 

Criteria

Weight

• What  is the background of this show? Explain what years it was on TV,  describe the channel it aired on, the main characters, setting, etc..
• What social issues and historical events were taking place at the time the show was being broadcast?

50

• Did these issues affect the television show in any way?

25

• Did the television show make an impact on popular culture?

25

APA Form                                         Total

100/100%