Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Prof. Erica Arnold-Wyche

1. Seminar Ground Rules 2. Questions from Unit 7? 3. Unit 8 Key Concepts/Terms: 4. Field Trip: Photo images of the riots that took place in Detroit 5. Discussion: 6. Unit 8 Assignments 7. Q & A

1. Focus on Topic 2.Arrival time 3.Respect 4.Question: “//” 5.Participate

 Decriminalization - abolishing confinement for vagrancy or public intoxication of persons who pose no danger to others  Deinstitutionalization - release of mental patients who pose no threat to others positive outcomes  What are some of the positive outcomes of Decriminalization & Deinstitutionalization? unintended negative consequences  What are some of the unintended negative consequences of Decriminalization & Deinstitutionalization?

 President Lyndon B. Johnson's: Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union: January 8, 1964  Made poverty a national concern  Set in motion a series of bills and acts, creating programs ( Head Start, food stamps, work study, Medicare and Medicaid) which still exist today.  Brought about real results, reducing rates of poverty and improved living standards for America's poor.  The poverty rate has remained steady since the 1970s 20% to 11% (after war on poverty.. this level continues today)

 Official definition of poverty : Government estimates each year of the minimum cash income required for families of various sizes to subsist.  “In 1967, the Census Bureau began to publish annual poverty statistics calculating the number and percentage of persons in poverty (the poverty population and the poverty rate)…..  The 2009 weighted average poverty threshold of $21,954 for a family of four represents the same purchasing power as the corresponding 1963 threshold of $3,128 (Retrieved on 7/20/2011http:// )

 Poverty - As a result of current social and economic conditions, or parental transmission of values and beliefs.  Powerlessness - The inability to control the events that shape one’s life.  Alienation - A feeling of separation from society //In your opinion, are “Poverty” “Powerlessness,” and Alienation interrelated? If so how? If not, why not?

INSTRUCTIONS:  View the photo images of the major race riots that took place in Detroit July 23–30, 1967 (4:40)  As you view this video, think what created an environment ripe for riots.  NOTE: We will reconvene in 5 minutes **Please do not post your assessment until I give ahead go ahead to do so. This way we can have a group discussion without the screen scrolling too fast. Thanks!**

What factors do you think contributed to an environment ripe for the these riots in 1967? Michigan in Pictures

Are these factor here in 2012? Michigan in Pictures

The poverty rate among children was up in 20% of America’s counties, according to the wire service. Not surprisingly, the problem was especially acute in Detroit where “47.2 percent of the 139,300 children in the nation’s ninth-largest district are poor,” which represents “a 20 percent increase from 2007,” Bloomberg reported America?odyssey=mod|newswell|img|FRONTPAGE|p)

 With a crime rate of 76 per one thousand residents, Detroit has one of the highest crime rates in America. Detroit experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation  Chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is 1 in 13.  Violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included:  forcible rape  murder  non-negligent manslaughter  armed robbery  aggravated assault( including assault with a deadly weapon) Chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Detroit is 1 in 53.  Chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is 1 in 18.  One of the highest rates of motor vehicle: chance of getting car stolen if you live in Detroit is 1 in 59.

Mayor Dave Bing offered incentives to lure residents back to abandoned neighborhoods.  One program offers $150,000 in housing renovation money and requiring only $1,000 down to police officers who are willing to relocate to the citypolice officers  Another offers college graduates $2,500 to rent and $20,000 forgivable loan to buy properties.college graduates  Potential home buyers can choose from plenty of cheap or free homes, especially in the blighted neighborhoods of Woodward Ave. and Brush Potential Image: Kevin BaumanKevin Bauman

99% of them have been through fires because when they become abandoned and they can't be sold, they sit there. Dealers move in. Users move in. They Get the utilities from jacking the wires from behind the house and endangering the houses all around them with half-assed ways. Squatters. People who you don't WANT as your neighbors.. and "SURPRISINGLY" a fire is set, with the sole thought of "remove the house and make it uninhabitable so that these people will leave our neighborhood". Joined with the fact that now people can salvage all the scrap metal from the pipes and fixtures... Some of these houses were once SO beautiful! HELL, I would even consider the 'castle-esque' one, but it would take WAY more than $150k to be livable, safe, and *shakes head* there's no way. … Image: Kevin BaumanKevin Bauman Image: Kevin BaumanKevin Bauman

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 April 19: Stokely Carmichael (a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee),coins the phrase "black power" in a speech in Seattle. He defines it as an assertion of black pride and "the coming together of black people to fight for their liberation by any means necessary.”  June 12:In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional. Sixteen states that still banned interracial marriage at the time are forced to revise their laws.  July: Major race riots take place in Newark (July 12–16) and Detroit (July 23–30).  October 2: Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was sworn in.  //Pick one of the event listed above. In your opinion, what relevant does this event have on American Society today?

 Some of the programs that were institutionalized in the 1960s included welfare programs.  What do you think was the intent of welfare programs in the United States?  What factors contributed d to the passing of the Medicare bill of 1965  Do you think this same bill would pass if presented to congress today? Why or why not?

 What are the benefits of federal and state welfare programs today?

 Think about any experiences have you, or someone you know, has had with the welfare program.  Were these experiences positive or negative and why do you think this was the case?

 In your opinion, have we become a country of “entitlement,” whereby we feel that we are “entitled” as citizens to government assistance?  If yes, how so?  If not, why not?

 Readings  Web Resources  Discussion Board  Seminar  Activity: We have a presentation on Legislation of the 1960s

It is now is the time to pull together what we have covered in our term together. For the final project, you will reflect back on all you have read and learned about this term…………… 1. You will discuss how your own life would be different if one specific event of the 1960s had never occurred. 2. Think about how did that same event influenced your course of study and your choice of career path. 3. Finally, explore how different would the world be if that same event had never occurred.

 How have the events and issues of the 60s impacted your personal life?  Discuss a specific personal experiences that might have turned out differently had the events and issues of the 60s never occurred.  Draw upon specific theories, concepts, and issues discussed this term to analyze how your personal life has been changed. **Apply a minimum of three theories discussed this term. **

 Considering your chosen career path and major discipline, how have the events and issues of the 60s impacted these?  Considering your chosen career path and major discipline, how have the events and issues of the 60s impacted these? Using a specific theory or concepts from your major discipline, analyze at least one event and issues from the 60s from that perspective  State your major discipline  Explain a specific theories that fits with your discipline.  Apply this theories and concepts to at least 1 specific event and issue from the 60s  Explain how has your discipline or career path changed because of these events.

For instance: If you are a nurse or nursing major, what specific events and issues of the 60s have changed medicine?  How have they changed how we view the medical industry?  What specific theory and concepts from the medical discipline would be applicable to analyzing various events and issues from the 60s (i.e., The Pill, deinstitutionalization)?

 Part III. From a global perspective, how have the events and issues of the 60s changed international relations?  Part III. From a global perspective, how have the events and issues of the 60s changed international relations? Using a specific event/ issue from the 60s, discuss how this event/issue has helped to create a “global village.”  What are the positive aspects of globalization?  What are the negative aspects of globalization?  How has the worldview of the United States changed as a result of the events and issues of the 60s and since then?

 Your paper should be 7 pages in proper APA format  Separate Cover page (page 1)  Separate Reference page (Page 7)  Double spaced with #12 font –Times New Roman, and 1-inch margins on all sides  Each section should be a minimum of two pages.  have a minimum of four outside sources, not including the texts. These sources should be scholarly, academic sources – no encyclopedias, Wikipedia, or Wikipedia-type Internet sources (answers.com, etc.)

Grading Criteria “A” ( points)  Essay describes a specific event of the 1960’s.  Essay names the students career path.  Essay describes how the event shaped their choice of career.  Essay describes how the world would be different if a specific 1960’s event had not occurred.  Essay is clearly written and all parts of the assignment are present.  Essay uses four referenced sources.  Essay meets the posted length requirements  Essay paper is formatted in APA style.