Culture in 1960s

1960-1970s: Era of Many Changes Peaceful and Violent Changes Example: Montgomery Bus Boycott (Peaceful) Kent State Massacre Frustration with Vietnam War & Civil Rights Escalation of Vietnam Political Equality v. Economic Equality Large youth population Effect of the Baby Boom Largest generation attending college

Reaction: Development of Counterculture Counterculture: Adopting values that are ‘counter’ or against the mainstream culture

Counterculture of the 1960-1970s Differing Viewpoints Traditional Counterculture of the 1960-1970s War as honorable and practical option Peace as honorable and practical option Conformity Ex. 1950s – Silent Generation Individuality is more valuable than group values Consumerism Wealth makes you happy! Simplicity Happiness is removed from wealth!

Investigation You will be investigating culture of the 1960-1970s that are influenced from the counter-culture revolution You will . . . Write down 2 –3 facts about each of the aspects of culture Determine what mood is reflected in the culture Describe a specific example of the culture

How did this reflect the mood of the counter-culture Notes Facts (At least 2 – 3) How did this reflect the mood of the counter-culture Specific Example Music Fashion Art Events

Music Folk Music – traditional songs of “folk”, ordinary people A lot of songs against oppression

Bob Dylan’s “Times they are a changin” Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won't come again And don't speak too soon For the wheel's still in spin And there's no tellin' who That it's namin'. For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'. Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin'. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'. The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly fadin'. And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin'. Notice . . . Feelings of Bitterness: “There’s a battle outside and it is ragin’” “Don’t criticize what you can’t understand” Desire for Change: “For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled” “Your old road is rapidly agin’. Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand”

Psychedelic Rock Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me. Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever. No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low. That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right. That is I think it's not too bad. Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever. Always no sometimes think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream. I think, er No, I mean, er Yes but it's all wrong. That is I think I disagree. Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever. Strawberry Fields forever. Strawberry Fields forever. Psychedelic Rock is a style of rock music inspired by the psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-alternating experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Notice the feeling of uncertainty and incongruent sentences

John Lennon’s “Imagine” Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one Notice the influence of counter-culture ideas: “Imagine there’s no countries” “Nothing to kill or die for? “No religion” “Living life in peace” “Imagine no possessions” “A brotherhood of man”

Compare to 1950’s Fashion http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/15-groovy-photos-of-high-school-fashion-in-1969

What have your learned? Fashion Compare the fashion of the 1950s to the 1960s. What differences do you see? Who inspired the clothing of the hippies? How does the fashion of the 1960s represent the mood of the 1960s? Art What type of items were used in “pop art”? Why did they choose these items? How was “op art” portrayed? How does the art of the 1960s represent the mood of the 1960s?

Events Summer of Love Woodstock Altamont Gathering History Retrospective Altamont

Events Why do you think people wanted to go to Woodstock? Why do you think people thought it was a “childish” reaction to the events of the 1960s? Why is Altamont significant? How do these events of the 1960s represent the mood of the 1960s?

Wrap Up You should be able to answer the following questions: What is counter-culture? What were some of the differences between the traditional viewpoints and the counter-culture viewpoints? How did culture of the 1960s and 1970s reflect these changes? Do you see any elements of counter-culture in today’s society? Describe.