Mining the Web

On the premise that every generation is "in part a media event," these resources will help you examine the way generations are portrayed in various media:

Music:
"American Popular Music before 1900" (Kingwood College Library)
"Popular Songs in American History" (Contemplations from the Marianas Trench)
Punk77
"Worldwide Internet Music Resources" (Indiana University School of Music)

If you type "lyrics timeline" into any search engine, you'll get sites for particular groups you can research.

Children's books:
Children's Literature
"Children's Literature, Chiefly from the Nineteenth Century" (University of South Carolina)
Children's Literature Research Guide (Ohio University)
"Children's Literature Collections" (State Library of Victoria, Australia)
RebeccasReads.com Book Reviews

Games:
Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games (University of Waterloo)
Timeline of Toys and Games
About Toy Theatre and Puppets