1. consider: How have you tried to establish your own identity, be an individual, as you have gotten older?

2. essential question:
How do we begin to see a rejection of the status quo of conformity emerge in 1960s society?

3. In general, there is an increasingly aggressive conflict between those that like the status quo and those that want to challenge the old way of doing things.

4. Latinos
status quo = mostly agricultural workers that faced discrimination

5. César Chávez helps unionize farm workers (i. e
César Chávez helps unionize farm workers (i.e. United Farm Workers Organizing Committee)

6. as gains were made, such as Latinos winning elections, protesters became more aggressive over time
Jose Angel Gutierrez established La Raza Unida.

8. Native Americans
status quo = problems (i.e. highest poverty rate in America)
determination to solve problems while maintaining cultural identity

9. the American Indian Movement (AIM) ushered in more aggressive, youth-led, activism

10. Women status quo = housewife
feminism arises in 1960s as many women want to end traditional housewife role and gain social equality

11. Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique showed women that discontent with their traditional role was common

12. Friedan helped form the National Organization of Women (NOW) to pursue women’s goals

13. many changes emerged for women (i. e. Roe v
many changes emerged for women (i.e. Roe v. Wade allows abortion in the first trimester); conservative response in the 1970s

14. Youth
status quo = conformity

15. rock n’ roll becomes mainstream, more extreme (i.e. the Beatles)

16. youth instead trying to establish new society based on peace and love
counterculture rejects 50s conformity due to disillusionment from injustices of 60s
youth instead trying to establish new society based on peace and love
Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on Further

17. increased permissiveness met with conservative backlash

18. Environmentalism status quo = industrial economy with many pollutants
began largely with social activism of 1960s focusing on energy crisis of early 1970s
a common scene during the Arab oil embargo of 1973

19. Nixon responds to America’s concerns with Environmental Protection Agency and Clean Air Act

20. accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1979 limited confidence in this energy source

21. Buttons were an increasingly common accessory in the 1960s and 70s
Buttons were an increasingly common accessory in the 1960s and 70s. Use the space below to design a couple buttons about the movements of the 1960s and 70s.