Historical fiction - If I were a teenager in the year 19__

Write a first person account of a typical day in the life of a teenager in the year you're researching.

• You'd wake up in the morning and drive to school.  Describe the kind of car would you'd be in. How much did the car cost? How much is gas?
• You'd turn on the radio in your car.  What would be the news of the day?  Who's the president of the U.S.? What are the best teams in sports?  Name some of the players and their accomplishments?  Who are the celebrities of the day? What are the popular songs, movies, fads, gossip?
• What was high school like back then?
• After school or on weekends you'd hang out with friends.  Where would you go? What kinds of things would you do for fun?
• At night you might not have had computers and gaming systems.  What did you do to entertain yourself?
• What kinds of clothes did you wear? hairstyle?