Back in the Day
This item was delivered to homes daily and often reported neighborhood news.
What is a newspaper?
This kitchen tool was used before electric mixers to blend ingredients.
What is a hand whisk?
This document begins with the words “We the People.”
What is the Constitution?
This Motown group sang “My Girl.”
Who are The Temptations?
This board game involves buying properties like Boardwalk and Park Place.
What is Monopoly?
Before cell phones, people used this type of phone attached to the wall or sitting on a table.
What is a landline phone?
Clothes were once dried outside using this long piece of rope or wire.
What is a clothesline?
This movement sought equal rights for African Americans during the 1950s and 60s.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This Queen of Soul sang “Respect.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This red-white-and-blue frozen treat was popular in the summer.
What is a Bomb Pop?
Children often drank milk from these small glass containers at school.
What are milk bottles?
Before microwaves, leftovers were reheated in this kitchen appliance.
What is an oven?
This U.S. holiday honors those who served in the military.
What is Veterans Day?
This King of Pop moonwalked into music history.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This card game is often played at family gatherings and cookouts.
What is Spades?
This outdoor activity involved double-dutch ropes and lots of rhythm.
What is jump rope (Double Dutch)?
This household chore involved applying wax and buffing floors by hand.
What is floor polishing (waxing floors)?
This space mission first landed humans on the moon in 1969.
What is Apollo 11?
This singer made “I Will Always Love You” a huge hit in the 90s.
Who is Whitney Houston?
This long-running game show tells contestants to “Come on down!”
What is The Price Is Right?
Families gathered around this piece of furniture to watch shows at a scheduled time.
What is a television console?
This book, often kept in the kitchen, contained handwritten family recipes.
What is a recipe book (cookbook)?
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This legendary performer was known as the “Godfather of Soul.”
Who is James Brown?
This traditional Sunday meal often includes fried chicken, greens, and cornbread.
What is Sunday dinner?