Baby Boomer Memories
This 1969 music festival in New York became the symbol of an entire era’s counterculture.
What is Woodstock?
This video game icon created in 1981 became a classic arcade favorite.
Who is Donkey Kong?
Millennials were the first generation to grow up using this global information network
What is the Internet?
This platform popularized short-form viral dance videos starting in the late 2010s.
What is TikTok (musically)?
This colorful video-streaming site is the most popular place where Gen Alpha watches kids’ shows, toy unboxings, and gaming videos.
What is YouTube Kids?
He walked on the moon first in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Gen X kids watched this purple dinosaur sing “I love you, you love me…”
Who is Barney?
This magical boy wizard’s book series debuted in 1997.
Who is Harry Potter?
Gen Z made this Korean pop group a global sensation.
Who is BTS?
Many Gen Alpha kids learn with this block-based video game featuring Creepers.
What is Minecraft?
: Before DVDs or streaming, Boomers watched movies at this type of drive-in venue.
What is a drive-in theater?
Compact discs (CDs) replaced cassette tapes starting in this decade.
What is the 1980s?
The first widely-used social media platform launched in 2004.
What is Facebook?
This battle-royale video game, launched in 2017, became a cultural phenomenon.
What is Fortnite?
These interactive toy animals hatch from eggs and “come to life.”
What are Hatchimals?
This toy, a stone with googly eyes, became a surprising fad in 1975.
What is the Pet Rock?
This MTV show, premiering in 1981, changed how people consumed music.
What is MTV or Music Television?
Millennials remember renting movies from this now mostly-defunct blue-and-yellow store
What is Blockbuster?
Many Gen Z students learned online through this video meeting platform during 2020.
What is Zoom?
The voice assistant that answers questions beginning with “Hey…”
What is Siri or What is Google Assistant?
The Cold War tension in 1962 that brought the U.S. and USSR close to conflict.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Many Gen X students learned to type on this iconic beige computer from Apple.
What is the Apple II?
The 2007 device that revolutionized smartphones.
What is the iPhone?
The hashtag movement empowering social justice conversations around 2020.
What is #BlackLivesMatter?
This streaming service is most associated with Star Wars, Marvel, and Pixar.
What is Disney+?