“The Times they are achangin’.” Bob Dylan
1960s: An Era of Social Change
May 4th (May the 4th be with you)
•Learning Target: I can understand the
events from the past and their
connection to the present.
•Opener: What are some of the things
you know about the 60s?
4th Quarter District Assessment
• You will be asked to demonstrate your ability to analyze a historical
social, political or cultural movement and connect/compare that
movement to a current event of movement.
• In your analysis you will be asked to discuss continuity, what has
changed and what has remained the same.
• Movements to choose from:
• Feminist Movement
• Environmental Movement
• Civil Rights Movement (any – African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans,
Asians)
’60s: An Era of Social Change
Latinos fight for change
Native Americans struggle for equality
African-Americans lead the civil rights movement
Women’s movement pushes for equality
Rebellious youth embrace counterculture
Counterculture impacts fashion, fine arts, and
social attitudes
Environmental activists rise up.
Civil Rights Gains by 1970
24th Amendment banned Poll Tax
African-Americans expressed greater pride in their racial
identity
More African Americans in movies, television shows, and
commercials
2/3 of African Americans registered to vote and an increase
in African Americans holding elected office
Affirmative action programs promoted hiring of groups who
suffered discrimination in the past
Summarize your thinking about the Civil
Rights movement
• Answer the following question• The Civil Rights movement was most helpful to________________.
• Now categorize the next area on your notes as “Latinos”
Latinos Fight for Change
Large, diverse group of Spanishspeaking Americans in U.S.
9 million living in the U.S by 1970
Encounter ethnic prejudice and
discrimination in jobs and
housing
Live in segregated
neighborhoods
50% higher rate of poverty and
joblessness than whites
Latinos demand Respect
Cesar Chavez led the United Farm
Workers Movement to improve pay
and working conditions for farm
workers
“Brown power” movements
increased cultural pride
Bilingual Education Act of 1968
funded bilingual and cultural
heritage programs
Young Mexicans adopted Chicano as
symbol of ethnic pride
Organized politically
Your Turn:
• From the information just
shownsummarize it all in one main
idea
• Now- write a question that
would be answered by your
summary.
• Share with your elbow partner.
• Now mark your next area with
the title “Native Americans”
Native Americans Unite https://youtu.be/NkRPZYV3DhU
Poorest Americans
Highest unemployment rate
Health Problems: tuberculosis,
alcoholism
1961 the National Indian Youth
Council formed – preserved
native fishing rights the
Northwest.
1969 a group of American
Indians occupied the island of
Alcatraz.
The Indian Self-Determination
Act of 1975 gave tribes greater
control over their lands.
Learning Target: I can understand the events
from the past and their connection to the
present.
Opener:
What do you feel about the stereotypes
we put on different cultures?
Your Turn: From your Native American
Notes:
• From the information just
shownsummarize it all in one main
idea
• Now- write a question that
would be answered by your
summary.
• Share with your elbow partner.
• Now mark your next area with
the title “Feminism/Women”
Women Fight for Equality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvpeqnkinc
Feminism promoted
economic, political, and social
equality with men
1961 Presidential Commission
reported wage discrimination
in the workplace
Women inspired by civil rights
and antiwar movements
Women shared in
“consciousness-raising”
sessions
The Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan’s book
exposed discontent of U.
S. women
Women’s Liberation
movement achieved
political and social gains
for women
NOW opposed sex discrimination
(National Organization for women)
Urged creation of more child care
facilities and improved educational
opportunities for women
Pressured EEOC to enforce ban on
gender discrimination in hiring
Staged protest at Miss America
pageant
Gloria Steinem founded National
Women’s Political Caucus to encourage
women to seek political office
1972 Ban on gender discrimination in
higher education
Roe v. Wade, 1973
https://youtu.be/1q5AgCzPIuA
Supreme Court ruled
women had the right to
choose an abortion in
first three months of
pregnancy
Americans divided
over abortion issue
Gains by Women’s Movement
Opened up new opportunities
for American women
Created new opportunities in
education, employment, and
politics
Women viewed their jobs as
lifetime careers
“Glass ceiling” recognized as
an invisible, but real resistance
to promoting women into top
positions
Your turn:
• From the information just shownsummarize it all in one main idea
• Now- write a question that would
be answered by your summary.
• Share with your elbow partner.
• Now mark your next area with the
title “Changing Social Attitudes”
“Tune in, turn on, drop out.”—Timothy
Leary
https://youtu.be/mUc2eLe-ruI (1.26)
Youth embrace
Counterculture
Hippies criticized
American materialism,
technology, and war
Many chose to protest by
leaving society to live in
communes
Age of Aquarius
Desire an idyllic setting
of peace, love and
harmony
Embrace rock ‘n’ roll
music, outrageous
clothes, and liberal use of
drugs
Experiment with
marijuana and LSD (acid)
“Do your own thing.”
Hippies rejected the
establishment by wearing
outrageous clothes
Long hair and beards for
men
Ragged jeans, tie-dyed Tshirts, and surplus military
garments
Beads and Native
American ornaments
Hippies adopt communal lifestlyes
Reject conventional home life
Adopt group living arrangements
Live together in cooperation and
harmony
Escape to rural communes or
crowd together in urban “crash
pads”
Hippie Capital—Haight-Ashbury
district in San Francisco
Lifestyle turns to violence and
disillusioment
Youths embraced new and different religious experiences
Zen Buddhism offered enlightenment though meditation, self-contemplation,
and intuition
Spiritual guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of India influenced many to embrace
transcendental meditation
Communities change to violence and disillusionment
Charles Manson and his “family” kill 5 in Hollywood
Widespread use of drugs led to overdoses, drug dependence, and mental and
physical breakdowns
Rock singer Janis Joplin and guitarist Jimi Hendrix died of drug overdoses
Hippies ran out of resources to support themselves and turn to panhandling,
welfare, and food stamps
A Changing Culture
Andy Warhol led rise of
pop art
Bright silk-screen portraits
of soup cans, Marilyn
Monroe and other icons of
mass culture
New art built around
popular culture
New Fashions
Longer hair, beards,
mustaches for men
Colorful and comfortable
clothes for women
Blue jeans become
wardrobe staple for
everyone
British Invasion by the Beatles
Rock ‘n’ roll developed from African-American rhythm and blues
music
Captivated the teenagers of the 1950s but evolved
Led by the popularity of The Beatles
Inspired numerous other bands
Woodstock Art and Music Fair
August, 1969 in upstate New York
Free music festival for 3 days and nights
400,000 show up for
“Human Be-in”
Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Joan Baez, the Grateful
Dead, and Jefferson Airplane appeared on stage
Changing Social Attitudes
Sexual Revolution: sexual behavior and human
relationships were seen as more casual
Mass culture openly addressed former taboo
subjects
Divorce rate doubled
Homosexual organizations openly begin to fight for
equal rights
Hollywood produces more sexually explicit films
results in rating system for movies
Your turn:
Create a paper PowerPoint slide show for the 60s
• Give it a title
• incorporate at least 2 different topics explored
from our learning in the design of the slide
(either through illustrations/words or
concepts/mixture of both) must be colorful
and creative
OR
• Write an academic paragraph that answers the
prompt:
• Analyze two different movements that came from
the 1960s.