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Section 1 Students and the Counterculture
1960’s –
What were people in
U.S. protesting ?
What was changing
in the U.S. ?
Civil Rights
Racial
Discrimination
Role of women
Music
Involvement in
Vietnam
New Left - Young
Americans concerned
about the injustices in
the country’s
political/social system.
.
Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS) - Comprised of
members of baby boom
generation, focused on
protesting Vietnam War, and
wanted to change the control in
politics from a few wealthy elites
to the common man.
Free Speech Movement– Advocated
free speech by college students,
protesting unfair practices by college
administrators. Protested by occupying
campus buildings and leaving classes.
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* Read pgs. 682 – 684 (1
st
column)
* Focus on 1 of the 3 youth movements
which
appealed to you the most.
* Write a 6 sentence paragraph detailing why you
choose the particular youth movement.
* Typed
or hand written ( neat ,please !) Name,
date,period .
Based on Rock n’ Roll of
50’s,
Beatles, Bob Dylan
What was Woodstock ?
Expression of “counterculture” in 1960’s.
Young people went “counter”(against)
mainstream culture Rejection of old systems of
living,
* http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=TJ4QF45Vygw
Section 1 The Counterculture -HIPPIES
Generation Gap
Lack of understanding between
older & younger generation
Members of counterculture who valued
Youth
Freedom of
Expression
Spontaneity
Promoted peace,
love, freedom
Experimented with :
new styles of dress,
music,
freer attitudes towards sex
recreational use of drugs
Sexual Revolution
Separation of sex from traditional family life,
advocated new living patterns – pre marital sex
Communes - small living communities
in which people have common interests,
share food, chores, child raising.
“Turn on” to drugs, “drop out” of
mainstream society.
“Haight-Ashbury( San Francisco)–
many drug related problems
Section 1 The Counterculture
Section 1 The Counterculture
Counterculture Ends – end of 60’s
Becoming shallow, self-centered.
Drug related deaths Rolling Stones – Altamont
Murders- contradicted the values
of peace & love that many hippies
embraced.
Section 2 The Feminist Movement
The theory of political, social,
economic equality of men & women
Is that possible ?
1st. Wave of Feminism – Late 1800’s –
1920 , ended with Women’s right to vote. –
19th Amendment
2nd Wave of Feminism – Read pg 686 , pg 687
1960’s – 1970’s
Civil Rights movement both
inspired women to demand
gender ( M,F) equality & taught
them ways to get it.
• President’s Commission on the
Status of Women – established by
JFK, highlighted the problems
faced by women in the workplace
and helped create a network of
feminist activists who lobbied
Congress for women’s legislation.
Equal Pay Act –
outlawed paying
men more money
than women for
the same job. –
(1963)
Women wanted to redefine
how they were viewed.
Objected to “housewife
stereotype”, some needed to
work, others wanted more
opportunities
Women looking for better
work, dead end jobs,
demanded equal
treatment in workplace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=41aneMxC12o
Betty Friedan – wrote Feminine
Mystique ( 1963)
Women wanted to redefine how
they were viewed.
Section 2 Feminism
NOW – (National Organization for Women) dedicated to
winning true equality for all,
attain full & equal partnership of sexes.
Get ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)
passed – guarantee gender
equality under the law.
Protect reproductive rights
esp. right to abortion
Radical Feminists
– Miss America
Pageant protests
NOW worked w/n
political system
Gloria Steinem
– change thru
mass media –
Section 2 Feminism
Opposition - Phyllis Schlafly –
Conservative political activist , worked successfully
to defeat ERA, never passed, needed 3 states approval.
EFFECTS OF FEMINISIM
• Some say not enough gains
• Some say it has harmed society
Feminization of
Poverty
Women cannot be
denied credit based on
gender
Women still earn less
“Pink Collar Ghetto “,
“Glass Ceiling”
Workplace
slowly changes
Ban job
discrimination
based on
gender
Section 2 Feminism
Opposition - Phyllis Schlafly –
Conservative political activist , worked successfully
to defeat ERA, never passed, needed 3 states approval.
EFFECTS OF FEMINISIM
–Title IX – federal law
that prohibited federally
funded schools from
discriminating against
women in nearly all
aspects of its operations,
from admissions to
athletics.
Sports, equal opportunity
Roe v.Wade – 1973
Supreme Court decision which
stated that state governments
could not regulate abortion
during the first 3 months of
pregnancy, at time that was
said to be within a woman’s
constitutional right to privacy.
* Turn to page 688.
* Assignment counts as a QUIZ grade ( 100 pts)
* Read DEBATES in HISTORY
* Answer DBQ (1,2) in full sentences(3 sentences each) . (worth
25 pts. each)
* Complete #3 – at least 6 sentences
- (worth 50 pts. )
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