Dr. Susan Fournier Feel free to chat – I’ll be with you shortly! Exploring the 1960s Welcome to Unit 6

Seminar Structure Reminders Gender Movements of the 1960s

Reminders Discussion Question Due by Day 7 (Tuesday) Assignment: Timeline of Gender Movements

Timeline Option for Concept Check Optional… Timeline that shows women’s participation in politics over time

Timeline Tips While you cannot include EVERY event of women’s politics, DO include key events and people with the dates and brief notes. Creativity encouraged! Include images if you want. Do readings first to help decide what to include.

Sample Timelines To give you some ideas… /sampleTimeline.doc /sampleTimeline.doc 1.jpg 1.jpg

Requires Citations & References All Timelines must include citations/references in Footnotes. Use the footnote feature to cite your references in this project. A title page and a reference page formatted according to APA are required.

Use “Landscape” Orientation Be sure that your page layout is set in the landscape orientation for maximum space. This slide you are viewing is in “landscape” 

Be Creative… The actual format of the timeline is up to you. You can include info bubbles, images, or a few web links You can utilize above and below the timeline if you like.

Timeline Options Project can be a Word Document, Adobe PDF file, Excel file or PowerPoint slide(s). If you choose to use PowerPoint to make a timeline, use the “Smart Art” tool. I will also accept scanned documents of hand-drawn timelines. Must be legible.

Gender Movements of the 60s And Now…

Thinking Point 1. Women are a numerical majority in the United States. 2. Why then do they not vote as a BLOCK for female candidates for public office?

Thinking Point 3. Women are underrepresented in politics. 4. Why don’t they increase the proportion of women in public office?

Did women actually burn their bras during the 1960s?

Bras Afire?

Click here … Myth or Reality… Burning Boost-ee-ays???

Burning Brassieres?

How are Social Movements related to one another?

Can you think of 2 (or more) movements that are related today?

Related Movements Today? Example: Technology & Social Networking Example: Politics & Fundraising

What about the 1960s? Do you suppose the women’s movement was related to the other movements back then?

What other movements might have been related or intertwined?

Example: How might Woodstock have been related to politics and the war?

Let’s Brainstorm… What similarities are there between the women’s movement and the civil rights movement?

What differences are there between the women’s movement and the civil rights movement?

Is there a formal feminist movement today?

What sorts of issues were women fighting for in the 1960s? T oday?

Is there a civil rights movement today? Is this any different from the 1960s? How?

Does an African-American president mean that the civil rights movement is over?

What does “civil rights” mean today?

How has the movement changed/expanded since the 1960s?

Civil Rights Now?

The right to not be segregated and despised because of your color The right to vote and be represented by someone like yourself

The right to protest without being labeled a subversive

The right to equal access to education, housing and jobs without regard to race or gender

The right to be left alone, to privacy and control over your own body

The right to love whom you want, when you want and how you want

You needn’t agree. You don’t have to change your views. All I ask is that you think. And respect the differences between one another. We are the legacy of the 1960s…

Questions? Ask away!

End of Seminar Next unit… Science & Technology in the 60s Have a great week! --Dr Fournier