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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What are some of the positive outcomes of
Decriminalization?
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What are some of the unintended negative
consequences of Decriminalization
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Deinstitutionalization - release of mental patients
who pose no threat to others

What are some of the positive outcomes of
Deinstitutionalization?

What are some of the unintended negative
consequences of Deinstitutionalization?
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President Lyndon B. Johnson's: Annual Message to the
Congress on the State of the Union: January 8, 1964
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Made poverty a national concern
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Set in motion a series of bills and acts, creating programs
( Head Start, food stamps, work study, Medicare and
Medicaid) which still exist today.
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Brought about real results, reducing rates of poverty and
improved living standards for America's poor.
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The poverty rate has remained steady since the 1970s 20%
to 11% (after war on poverty .. this level continues today)
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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, are “Poverty”
“Powerlessness,” and Alienation interrelated?
If so how? If not, why not?
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 what created
an environment ripe for riots.
NOTE: We will reconvene in 5 minutes
**Please do not post your assessment until I give ahead go ahead to do so. This way
we can have a group discussion without the screen scrolling too fast. Thanks!**
Michigan in Pictures
What factors do you think contributed to an
environment ripe for the these riots in 1967?
Are these factors here in 2012?
The poverty rate among children was up in 20% of America’s counties, according
to the wire service. Not surprisingly, the problem was especially acute in Detroit
where “47.2 percent of the 139,300 children in the nation’s ninth-largest district
are poor,” which represents “a 20 percent increase from 2007,” Bloomberg
reported http://www.freep.com/article/20111201/BLOG24/111201002/Mike-Thompson-Child-poverty-soars-in-Detroit-and-acrossAmerica?odyssey=mod|newswell|img|FRONTPAGE|p)
 With a crime rate of 76 per one thousand residents, Detroit has
one of the highest crime rates in America. Detroit experiences
one of the higher murder rates in the nation
 Chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime
here is 1 in 13.
 Violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across
communities of all sizes (both large and small). Chance of
becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Detroit is 1 in 53.
 Chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is 1 in 18.
 One of the highest rates of motor vehicle: chance of getting car
stolen if you live in Detroit is 1 in 59.
Image: Kevin Bauman
Mayor Dave Bing offered incentives to lure residents back to abandoned
neighborhoods.
One program offers $150,000 in housing renovation money and requiring only $1,000
down to police officers who are willing to relocate to the city
 Another offers college graduates $2,500 to rent and $20,000 forgivable loan to buy
properties.
Potential home buyers can choose from plenty of cheap or free homes, especially in the
blighted neighborhoods of Woodward Ave. and Brush
Image: Kevin Bauman
Thoughts?
(Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/abandoned-houses-detroit-2011-2#ixzz1YhIQkjXm)
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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?

Some of the programs that were institutionalized
in the 1960s included welfare programs.

What do you think was the intent of welfare
programs in the United States?

What factors contributed d to the passing of
the Medicare bill of 1965

Do you think this same bill would pass if
presented to congress today? Why or why not?
 What
are the benefits of federal and state
welfare programs today?
 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.
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 has an events/issues of the 60s
impacted your personal life?

Discuss a specific personal experiences that
might have turned out differently had that
event/issue of the 60s never occurred.

Draw upon specific theories, concepts, and
issues discussed this term to analyze how
your personal life has been changed.
*TIP: Apply 2-3 theories discussed this term*

How has the event/ issue of the 60s impacted
your chosen career path and major discipline
 State
your major discipline
 Assess
the specific event/issue from the 60s
from your major/ discipline
 Explain
the impact of this event/issue on your
choice of a major and how your choice
profession had been impacted by this
event/issue
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 theory and concepts from the
medical discipline would be applicable to
analyzing various events and issues from the 60s
(i.e., The Pill, deinstitutionalization)?

Part III. From a global perspective, how have
the events and issues of the 60s changed
international relations? Using a specific event/
issue from the 60s, explore how different
would the world be if that same event had
never occurred.
 EXAMPLES:
 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 event/issue of the 60s
and since then?

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.
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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)…..
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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)