Exploring the 1960s:
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Prof. Erica Arnold-Wyche
1.
Seminar Ground Rules
2.
Questions from Unit 7?
3.
Unit 8 Key
Concepts/Terms
4.
Field Trip: Photo images
of the riots that took
place in Detroit
5.
Discussion
6.
Unit 8 Assignments
7.
Q&A
1. Focus on Topic
2. Arrival time
3. Respect
4. Question: “//”
5. Participate
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Decriminalization - abolishing confinement for
vagrancy or public intoxication of persons who pose
no danger to others
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Deinstitutionalization - release of mental patients
who pose no threat to others
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What are some of the positive outcomes of
Decriminalization & Deinstitutionalization?

What are some of the unintended negative
consequences of Decriminalization &
Deinstitutionalization?
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Official definition of poverty : Government
estimates each year of the minimum cash income
required for families of various sizes to subsist.
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“In 1967, the Census Bureau began to publish annual
poverty statistics calculating the number and percentage of
persons in poverty (the poverty population and the poverty
rate)…..For these tabulations, the thresholds are updated
annually for price changes and so are not changed in real
(constant-dollar) terms.; in other words, the 2009 weighted
average poverty threshold of $21,954 for a family of four
represents the same purchasing power as the corresponding
1963 threshold of $3,128 (Retrieved on
7/20/2011http://www.irp.wisc.edu/fa”qs/faq2.htm)
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Poverty - As a result of current social and
economic conditions, or parental transmission
of values and beliefs.
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Powerlessness - The inability to control the
events that shape one’s life.
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Alienation - A feeling of separation from society
//In your opinion, how are “Poverty”
“Powerlessness,” and Alienation interrelated?
Michigan in Pictures
INSTRUCTIONS:
View the photo images of the major race riots that took place in Detroit
July 23–30, 1967 (4:40)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKoYQqXsbaI
As you view this video, think about the role poverty, powerlessness, and
alienation played in creating an environment ripe for riots.
NOTE: We will reconvene in 6 minutes
**Please do not post your assessment until I give ahead go ahead to do so. This way
we can have a groups discussion without the screen scrolling too fast. Thanks!**
Michigan in Pictures
What role did poverty, powerlessness, and alienation
play in creating an environment ripe for the Major race
riots of 1967?
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April 19: Stokely Carmichael (a leader of the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee),coins the phrase "black power" in a
speech in Seattle. He defines it as an assertion of black pride
and "the coming together of black people to fight for their
liberation by any means necessary.”
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June 12:In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that
prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional. Sixteen
states that still banned interracial marriage at the time are
forced to revise their laws.
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July: Major race riots take place in Newark (July 12–16) and
Detroit (July 23–30).
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October 2: Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court, was sworn in.
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//Pick one of the event listed above. In your opinion, what
relevant does this event have on American Society today?
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Some of the programs that were institutionalized
in the 1960s included welfare programs.
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What do you think was the intent of welfare
programs in the United States?
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What factors contributed d to the passing of
the Medicare bill of 1965
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Do you think this same bill would pass if
presented to congress today? Why or why not?
 Entitlement-
a guarantee of benefits to
anyone who meets eligibility requirements set
by law
 Public
assistance - financed out of tax
revenues, benefits paid only to persons who
are poor
 Social
insurance - compulsory savings for all
with legal entitlement to benefits,
contributions are required
 TANF
- Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (replaced AFDC)
 What
are the benefits of federal and state
welfare programs today?
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Think about any experiences have you, or
someone you know, has had with the welfare
program.
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Were these experiences positive or negative
and why do you think this was the case?
 In
your opinion, have we become a country
of “entitlement,” whereby we feel that we
are “entitled” as citizens to government
assistance?
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If yes, how so?

If not, why not?
 Readings
 Web
Resources
 Discussion
Board
 Seminar
 Activity:
We have a presentation on
Legislation of the 1960s
It is now is the time to pull together what we have
covered in our term together. For the final
project, you will reflect back on all you have
read and learned about this term……………
1. You will discuss how your own life would be
different if one specific event of the 1960s
had never occurred.
2.
Think about how did that same event
influenced your course of study and your
choice of career path.
3.
Finally, explore how different would the
world be if that same event had never
occurred.
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How have the events and issues of the 60s
impacted your personal life?

Discuss two specific personal experiences
that might have turned out differently had
the events and issues of the 60s never
occurred.

Draw upon specific theories, concepts, and
issues discussed this term to analyze how
your personal life has been changed. **You
need to apply a minimum of three
theories discussed this term. **
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Considering your chosen career path and major
discipline, how have the events and issues of
the 60s impacted these? Using a minimum of two
specific theories and concepts from your major
discipline, analyze a minimum of two of the
events and issues from the 60s from that
perspective
 State your major discipline
 Explain two specific theories from your
discipline.
 Apply those theories and concepts to at least
2 specific events and issues from the 60s
 How has your discipline or career path changed
because of these events?
For instance: If you are a nurse or nursing
major, what specific events and issues of the
60s have changed medicine?
 How
have they changed how we view the medical
industry?
 What
specific theories and concepts from the
medical discipline would be applicable to
analyzing various events and issues from the 60s
(i.e., The Pill, deinstitutionalization)?
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Part III. From a global perspective, how have
the events and issues of the 60s changed
international relations? Using a minimum two
specific events and issues from the 60s, discuss
how these events have helped to create a
“global village.”
 What
are the positive aspects of globalization?
 What
are the negative aspects of globalization?
 How
has the worldview of the United States
changed as a result of the events and issues of the
60s and since then?
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Your paper should be 7 pages in proper APA format
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Separate Cover page (page 1)
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Separate Reference page (Page 7)
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Double spaced with #12 font –Times New Roman,
and 1-inch margins on all sides
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Each section should be a minimum of two pages.
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have a minimum of four outside sources, not
including the texts. These sources should be
scholarly, academic sources – no encyclopedias,
Wikipedia, or Wikipedia-type Internet sources
(answers.com, etc.)
Grading Criteria “A” (135-150 points)
 Essay describes a specific event of the 1960’s.
 Essay names the students career path.
 Essay describes how the event shaped their choice of
career.
 Essay describes how the world would be different if
a specific 1960’s event had not occurred.
 Essay is clearly written and all parts of the
assignment are present.
 Essay uses four referenced sources.
 Essay meets the posted length requirements
 Essay paper is formatted in APA style.