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Chapter 23:
An Era of Social Change
Section 3:
Culture and
Counterculture
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California Academic Standards: 11.8.8 & 11.9.4
11.8 Students analyze the economic boom and social
transformation of post-World War II America.
.8 Discuss forms of popular culture, with emphasis on their origins
and geographic diffusion (e.g., jazz and other forms of popular music,
professional sports, architectural and artistic styles).
11.9 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II.
.4 List the effects of foreign policy on domestic policies and vice versa
(e.g., protests during the war in Vietnam, the "nuclear freeze"
movement).
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Objectives:
Following lecture and reading of this section, students will be able to:
Describe the flowering and the decline of the counterculture in the
1960s.
Summarize the impact of the counterculture on art, fashion, music, and
attitudes.
Show how mainstream America’s response to the counterculture set the
nation on a more conservative course.
 Overview:
 Members
of the 1960s
counterculture movement rejected
mainstream society’s values and
attempted to create a world of
peace, love, and harmony.
 Though short lived, the movement
had a significant impact on art,
fashion, music, and attitudes toward
sex and human relationships.
 However,
the counterculture and
antiwar movements also sparked a
conservative movement, which
helped propel Richard Nixon into
the White House.
The Counterculture
 Members of the counterculture
movement of the 1960 and 1970s
were mainly white and middle-class.
 The
counterculture movement helped
to popularize all of the following: pop
art, blue jeans, and rock music.
 Timothy Leary provided the
counterculture movement with the
philosophy of "Tune in, turn on, drop
out."
 Members of the counter culture reject
mainstream society and try to create an
idyllic world of peace, love, and
harmony.
 Hippie
life usually involved rock ‘n’
roll, outrageous clothing and
appearance, and drugs.
 During the 1960s, Haight-Ashbury
became the "hippie capital" of the
United States.
 Many members of the
counterculture movement sought
enlightenment through the
teachings of Eastern religions.
After
a few years, the
counterculture’s peace and
harmony gave way to violence,
drug abuse, and disillusionment.
The counterculture movement
was not weakened by the effects
of drug use dependency on
mainstream America.
A Changing Culture
 The rebelliousness of the
counterculture influences styles of
art and fashion.
 Hippies embrace rock music as their
anthem of social protest cultural
change.
 Woodstock was the site of a
famous, peaceful rock concert held
in 1969.
The
counterculture leaves a
legacy of more relaxed attitudes
towards sex, marriage, behavior,
and relationships
The
Conservative Response
Conservative
Americans voice
their anger with student
rebellions and the
counterculture.
The
response of
angry mainstream
Americans helps
propel Richard
Nixon into the
White House.