1. The impact of Baby Boomers on Society
The 1960s
The impact of Baby Boomers on Society

2. Counterculture
In opposition to mainstream culture

3. Aspects of the 1960’s Counterculture
Music
Fashion
Drugs
Sex
Demonstrations
Peace Symbols
Political Activism

4. Music New bands New issues in songs
Inspired new fashions and new hairstyles.

5. From clean cut to Hippies

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

7. Fashion Miniskirts- 1964 brightly coloured dresses knee-high Boots
Bell bottoms- 1964
Bikinis

8. Hippies Rejecting traditional values and lifestyles Long hair Drugs
Communes

9. Black Americans in the 1960s
Civil Rights Movement
Equal rights for Black Americans
Laws changed
Did attitudes change?

10. Civil Rights & Martin Luther King
Assassinated on March 29th, 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

11. John F. Kennedy -US President from 1961-63
-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

12. The Pill
-Released in 1957
- Not promoted as contraception but rather to aid with cramps (this reduced some opposition)
-Prevents the egg from being fertilized by the sperm

13. Sexual Revolution Moral Changes Sexual Freedom
Increase in unmarried mothers
Premarital sex

14. Sex = marriage = children
Sex = marriage = children not necessarily Women started having more freedom Canadian population decreases

15. 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.

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

17. Woodstock- 1969 August 15-18, 1969 32 acts performed outdoors 500,000
Rolling Stone called it one of
the 50 Moments That Changed
the History of Rock and Roll

18. Woodstock clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ4QF45Vygw

19. War and discovery
Two others issues that dominated the USA (& influenced Canada) during the 1960s were the Vietnam war and Space race.

20. -French withdraw -North establishes Communist govt
-French withdraw -North establishes Communist govt. -USA scared = supports South - war from (US withdraws in 1973)

21. Draft Dodgers -20 000 – 30 000 Draft Dodgers came to Canada
-Accepted as immigrants

22. How are baby boomers continuing to affect society today?
Discuss;
How are baby boomers continuing to affect society today?