Teach-In 1960s - 1970s – Honors U.S. History
In this activity, we will attempt to recreate the activist atmosphere of college campuses and high schools
in the late 1960s/early 1970s. Each student will play the role of an activist at a campus teach-in on
"current" social issues. Your group will have the floor of the teach-in for approximately 15 minutes
during the simulation. During this time you should accomplish the following:
- Explain your objection to the status quo - What's been going down?
- Describe your position in relation to other activists [historic figures] on the same issues.
- Make a clear proposal for action with some specific role for students [your audience].
- Make a clear prediction of how you expect the Establishment to respond. What is the
basis for your prediction?
- Use a primary source at some point in your presentation (e.g., effective quote).
- Have a "media friendly" moment. Demonstrate your grasp of political theater.
You should be prepared to respond in character to the presentations of other groups.
Psych everyone out with your authentic dress, language, props, and enthusiasm.
RESEARCH so that you can address the questions above for the teach-in. This means you
need to know the context for why your group wants social change (i.e., define and explain
the problems your group sees in society and wants to redress) as well as your group’s
specific goals, philosophy, key people/groups, key events, tactics, and impact/outcome.
Groups:
1. WOMEN’S RIGHTS: 2nd Wave Feminism, NOT a single organization. Consider the mainstream to the more
radical elements.
2. AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT (AIM)
3. YOUTH REBELLION. NOT a single organization. Youth International Party (Yippies), Students for a
Democratic Society (SDS) & The Weather Underground
4. UNITED FARM WORKERS
5. GAY RIGHTS NOT a single organization
Resources: SOME LINKS MAY BE GONE. SEARCH FOR YOUR OWN AS WELL.
LIBRARY DATABASES TO START: Sharpe American Social Movements, Encyclopedia Britannica
NO WIKIPEDIA PERMITTED
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED!! -- use databases, ebrary, google, youtube
Internet Resources:
The Psychedelic '60's
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/sixties/index.html
20th Century American History
http://www.liberty.edu/resources/library/public/as/history/american/20th.htm
U.S. Society, Values and Politics
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/socval.htm
1960's History Resources - Ithaca High School Library Media Center
http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/highschool/library/60s.html
1960's Feminism
Yahoo's Index of Women's History Resources
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Subject/Women_s_History/
Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/
National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/
Women's History in America Presented by Women's International Center
http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
Women in American History
http://www.britannica.com/women/
1. Gloria Steinem 1968 interview
2. Betty Friedan retrospective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSh8qlmyZZI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdUc-2YXYNg
AIM
Internet School Library Media Center Native American page
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm
Native American History Resources - Osaka University
http://cobalt.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp/~krkvls/history.html
AIM Homepage
http://www.dickshovel.com/AIMIntro.html
Chronological History of AIM
http://members.aol.com/Nowacumig/chrono.html
We Hold the Rock - Alcatraz Occupation
http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/indian.html
Remembering Wounded Knee
http://www.dickshovel.com/lsa19.html
1. Indians Invade Mt Rushmore 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wd1uLgV7mc
Yippies/SDS
Free Speech Movement Digital Archive
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/FSM/
Kent State University Library
http://www.library.kent.edu/speccoll/4may95/gsds.html
Port Huron Statement
http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/huron.html
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Abbie Hoffman introduces Yippie 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7V1_6K-aFw
Yippie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSNH4IcI7aY&feature=related
The Weather Underground Documentary Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agx3PVUkv1I
Days of Rage 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tydLf6n2x4&feature=related
UFW
United Farm Workers Home Page
http://www.ufw.org/ufw/
Cesar Chavez Farm Union Organizer
http://www.who2.com/cesarchavez.html
1. Cesar Chavez
2. Our Rights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj4ya_Gyq80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm3RElZuQWs&feature=related
Gay Rights
The Other Queer Page - History/Herstory Web links
http://www.toqp.com/hisherstory.html
The Stonewall Riot and Its Aftermath
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/
Documents from the 1969 Furor
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/1969docs.html
GLAA 1 9 7 1 - 2 0 0 1 Thirty years of fighting for equal rights
http://www.glaa.org/resources/timeline.shtmll
1. Trailer: After Stonewall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UNOXD7HfCE