Transcript THE COUNTERCULTURE

THE COUNTERCULTURE
CHAPTER 31
SECTION 3
KEY TERMS
COUNTERCULTURE
HAIGHT-ASHBURY
THE BEATLES
WOODSTOCK
IMPORTANT DATES
1964: THE BEATLES TOUR THE U.S.
1967: THE BEATLES RELEASE SGT.
PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB
BAND ALBUM
SUMMER, 1967: “THE SUMMER OF
LOVE”
AUG., 1969:
WOODSTOCK CONCERT
THE MANSON FAMILY MURDERS
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ORIGINS:
1950’S BEATNIK MOVEMENT
THE 1960’s NEW LEFT MOVEMENT
WHO?
THE “HIPPIES”
MOSTLY WHITE, UPPER-MIDDLE & MIDDLE-CLASS
COLLEGE-AGE YOUTHS
WHERE?
MAJOR CITIES IN N.E. & WEST COAST
EX.?
SAN FRANCISCO
NEW YORK
COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN SAME AREAS
IDEAS?
SAME AS THE NEW LEFT
WANTED MORE “FREEDOM” (!?) – WERE
“NONCONFORMIST”
ANTI-WAR
ANTI-MATERIALISM
HIPPIES & HIPPIE BUS
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BEGINNINGS:
WHEN? EARLY 1960’s
WHY?
DR. TIMOTHY LEARY, HARVARD UNIV.
“TUNE IN, TURN ON, DROP OUT”
ENCOURAGED L.S.D. USE
GOALS: DID THEY HAVE ANY?
CREATE A WORLD OF PEACE, LOVE, AND
HARMONY
CALLED THE “AGE OF AQUARIUS”
HOW?
OUTRAGEOUS CLOTHING & APPEARANCE
COMMUNAL / GROUP HOMES, COMMUNITIES
NEW RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES, PRACTICES
LIBERAL USE OF DRUGS (MARIJUANA, LSD, ETC.)
NEW MUSIC STYLES: “ACID” ROCK, “HEAVY
METAL”, ETC.
“DO YOUR OWN THING, MAN”
“Tune in, Turn on, Drop Out”
“Dr.” Timothy Leary & followers
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WHERE IS THE MOVEMENT CENTERED?
SAN FRANCISCO: HAIGHT-ASHBURY
BERKELEY, CA: U of. CA
NYC: GREENWICH VILLAGE
***CA. IS “HIPPIE CENTRAL” BECAUSE CA. STATE
LAW DIDN’T OUTLAW HALLUCINOGENIC DRUGS
UNTIL ’66
THE MOVEMENT DECLINES:
QUIZ: WHY DID THE COUNTERCULTURE
MOVEMENT EVENTUALLY DECLINE?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
BECAUSE IT WAS A JOKE
DRUGS FRY YOUR BRAIN
THEY NEVER HAD A CLUE TO BEGIN WITH
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
ALL OF THE ABOVE
ANY OTHER REASONS IT FAILED?
UNREALISTIC GOALS
DRUG CULTURE BECAME VERY VIOLENT
THE NOVELTY WORE OFF – REALITY SET IN
YEAH, MAN!
ANY QUESTIONS?
HIPPIES
YOUNG HIPPIES
OLD HIPPIES
GUESS WHO?
FAMOUS COUNTERCULTURE EVENTS
1967:
THE SUMMER OF LOVE
THE BEATLES RELEASE ALBUM SGT. PEPPER’S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
1969:
AUGUST:
WOODSTOCK
MANSON FAMILY COMMIT TATE-LaBIANCA MURDERS
DECEMBER: ALTAMONT CONCERT
1970:
JIMI HENDRIX ODs
JANIS JOPLIN DIES
1971: The BEATLES BREAK-UP
WOODSTOCK, 1969
ROLLING STONES
ALTAMONT CONCERT, 1969
JIM MORRISON
JANIS JOPLIN
THE GRATEFUL DEAD
GRATEFUL DEAD IMAGERY
COUNTERCULTURE TERMS & LINGO
MAN: Basically refers to anybody or anything.
Usually unnecessary to completing a sentence or
thought in grammatically correct form, BUT IT
DEMONSTRATED THAT YOU WERE COOL,
HIP, OR NOT A “SQUARE”.
THE MAN: Any group, entity, or institution that
was viewed by youth as oppressive or potentially
oppressive. This categorization could, and often
did, encompass anybody over 35-40 yrs. Old.
Usual targets in this categorization were:
The U.S. Government
The U.S. Military
Big Businesses
Mainstream religious institutions
Anybody who was successful, except for rock
stars/musicians, actors, artists, poets, novelists,
or philosophers, because they weren’t
“corrupt”…Man!
WAVY GRAVY
COUNTERCULTURE TERMS & LINGO
PAD: Place of residence, domicile, etc.
CRIB: Place or residence, domicile, etc.
BREAD: Money
DOUGH: Money
COOL: Hip, alluring in a confident way
RIGHTEOUS: Meaningful, of great
importance, and probably cool as well
HEAVY: Of deep meaning, requiring great
insight and thought (or maybe just a lot of
drug use), probably righteous, and
probably cool as well
DEEP: Heavy
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TERMS & LINGO
SMACK: Heroin
HORSE: Heroin
DOPE: Heroin or Marijuana
UPPERS: Amphetamines
DOWNERS: Barbituates
ACID: LSD
ANGEL DUST: PCP
BLOW: Cocaine (More of a 1970’s
phenomenon)
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TERMS & LINGO
THE MACHINE: Same as “The Man”
THE FUZZ: The police or any other
law enforcement agency
PIGS: Same as “The Fuzz”
SAN FRANCISCO, CURRENT DAY
GUESS
WHO?
THE HUMAN
“BE – IN”
POSTER,
JANUARY,
1967
CHARLES MANSON
MANSON FAMILY GIRLS
ACTRESS
SHARON TATE
COUNTERCULTURE, PT.I QUIZ
1. In the early 1960’s, the beatniks began
moving into what district of San Francisco?
2. __ authored One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest?
3. True / False: Hippie communes only
existed on the U.S. West Coast.
4. Which drug was more lucrative to trade
/ sell: Marijuana or Heroin?
5. True / False: Americans who used
marijuana tended to come from lowerincome families.