The 1960s Counterculture- In opposition to mainstream culture.

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The 1960s Counterculture- In opposition to mainstream culture

The 1960s The 1960s is often described as the ‘Swinging Sixties’ – a time when lots of people had fun! A time of significant social change

Music Pop music became truly popular in the 1960s New bands New issues in songs Inspired new fashions and new hairstyles.

The British Invasion The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Who The Kinks The Animals The Hollies The Zombies The Troggs

From clean cut to Hippies

Fashion Miniskirts brightly coloured dresses knee-high Boots Not like Mom & Dad

Hippies – different clothes, different hair, different lifestyle! Rejecting traditional values and lifestyles Long hair Drugs Communes

Black Americans in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement Equal rights for Black Americans Laws changed Attitudes?

Civil Rights & Martin Luther King Assassinated on March 29 th, 1968 Shot by escaped-convict James Earl Ray, who was captured in London, England, two months later, trying to travel on a fake Canadian passport to Rhodesia His death sparked riots in more than 100 cities nationwide (2:16) ‘Martin Luther King Assination’ (7:48) ‘Malcolm X on Front Page Challenge, 1965: CBC Archives’

John F. Kennedy -US President from Youngest elected to the office at 43 -Only Catholic President -First Irish American president -Won the Pulitzer Prize -Assassinated on November 22, 1963 Liberal views on social issues (6:44) ‘JFK’s 10 best speeches’

The Pill -Released in Prevents the Egg from being fertilized by the sperm -An injection of hormones

Sex = marriage = children Women started having more freedom Canadian population decreases

Women in the 1960s Increase enrollment in Universities Increase women with careers. A women’s protest movement began in the 1960s asking for equal rights for women. Aretha Frankin- Respect (2:22)

Problems for the ‘Swinging Sixties’ Generational tension around DRUGS, SEX & ROCK N ROLL

War and discovery Two others issues that dominated the USA (& influenced Canada) during the 1960s were the Vietnam war and Space race. D7MmT4www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINS D7MmT4

-French withdraw -North establishes Communist gov. -USA scared = supports South

Draft Dodgers – Draft Dodgers came to Canada -Accepted as immigrants

1963- Out with Diefenbaker, in with Pearson- A left shift And in Canada…

Lester B Pearson His minority government introduced: universal health care student loans Canada Pension Plan The new Canadian flag The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and BiculturalismThe Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism

He also brought in Trudeau, Turner and Chretien as cabinet ministers

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