1. Culture in 1960s

2. 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

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

4. Counterculture of the 1960-1970s
Differing Viewpoints
Traditional
Counterculture of the s
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!

5. Investigation
You will be investigating culture of the s 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

6. 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

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

8. 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”

9. 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

10. 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”

11. Compare to 1950’s Fashion

13. 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?

14. Events Summer of Love Woodstock Altamont Gathering History
Retrospective
Altamont

15. 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?

16. 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.