Protest and Social Chanqe/Youth and "Hippies"
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The decade of the 1960's is sometimes called "The Decade of Protest"
Young people in particular were questioning sociefy's values
Protests arose over nuclear armament, war, American interference in
Canadian affairs, and rights for social $oups including Native peoples
and African Canadians
Other social protests in the 1960's centered on university campuses
There were sit-ins and marches as students demanded more say in
'running schools
Many young people were idealistic and truly wanted to make
contribution to the world
Another group rebelled
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by dropping out of society. They became
Outwardly, they rejected many of society's values
Some went "back to the land" where thev tried livine in communes and
raising organic food
Many preached internationai peace and love
They wore their hair long and dressed exotically
Some experimented with drugs, especially marijuana
Slans of the Sixties
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Bread
Rap
Groovy
Flower Child
Far Out
Out of Sight
Good Vibes
Psychedelic
Money
Discuss
Really fine
Hippies
Great
Terrific
Positive Feelings
Pertaining to drugs
Protest Themes of the 196Ss
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By 1967 the baby boomers had become teenagers;
the under 20 age
group had grown in nurnber to become a powerful group
Baby boomers had serious concerns about the world they were going to
inherit from their parents as the atomic bomb tlreatened to destroy the
world
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The quest for material possessions was taking its toll on the environment
and on moral vaiues
Alfi-establishment feeling grew as the young began to distrust authoity
As a result an entire "counter-culture" emerged that rejected the old
t-aditions and values of the parent generaion
Dr:ring the 1960s two different youth goups errrerged
The first and easiest to reco gilze counterculnre group were the hippies
The hippie lifestyle rejected rnost things valued by adult society
(communal living, sexual freedorn, smoking manjuana, ffid using other
n:jnd altering dmgs were elements of this counterculture
The second counterculture group was knov,m as the activists
These were generaily clean cut-well dressed young people with senous
concerns about the world
The fwo youth groups influenced one another
In partners please construct a chart that notes the similarities and
differences between the hippie and the activist
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Also: consid,er which counterculture gioup you rvould have joined
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and why__
Elave you heard of any recent demonstrations? What was being
protested?