Generational Anchor Points That Which Helps Define or Shape a Generation Elderhood (GI) 1905-25 Older Adulthood (Silent) 1926-45 Middle Adulthood (Baby Boomers) 1946-64 Young Adulthood (Gen X) 1965-82 World War II (The Big War) Korean War (The Forgotten War) Vietnam War (The Protested War) Desert Storm (The CNN War) Builders/ Problem Solvers Openly Uncertain/ Facilitators "Me" Generation/ Revolutionizers Reactors/ Pragmatists Conformity Conciliatory Individuality Diversity Depression Rising Affluence Economic Prosperity Rising National Debt Save Money Save & Spend Money Spend Money What Money? Large Extended Family Extended Family Nuclear Family Single-Parent Family Radio B&W TV Color TV PC Monitors LP Record Reel-to-Reel Tape Cassette/8 Track CD/DVD Operator-Assisted Phone Rotary Phone Touchtone Phone Cell Phone Roosevelt Truman/Eisenhower JFK/Nixon/Carter Reagan/Clinton Big Band Swing Rock 'n' Roll Alternative Prohibition Alcohol Marijuana/LSD Crack Cocaine Sex Taboo The Pill Sexual Revolution HIV/AIDS/STDs Farm City/Town Suburbia Homeless Coffee Instant Coffee Cola Bottled Water/Designer Coffee Mainline Protestant Rising Catholic New Age Spiritually Diverse Copyright © Richard H. Gentzler, Jr., D.Min., Center on Aging & Older Adult Ministries, General Board of Discipleship, P.O. Box 340003, Nashville, TN 37203-0003. Phone toll-free: 877/899-2780 Ext. 7173. E-mail: rgentzler@gbod.org. Used by permission. Adapted from the idea of "Generational Markers" found in Rocking the Ages: The Yankelovich Report on Generational Marketing by J. Walker Smith and Ann Clurman (HarperBusiness, 1997).

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