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Bell Ringer

Bell Ringer. Which statement do you agree with more? Why? Young people today try to make a political statement by the way they dress. Young people today just wear whatever they want to wear with no agenda. A New Youth Movement. The Student Movement. Roots of the Movement.

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Bell Ringer

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  1. Bell Ringer • Which statement do you agree with more? Why? • Young people today try to make a political statement by the way they dress. • Young people today just wear whatever they want to wear with no agenda.

  2. A New Youth Movement

  3. The Student Movement

  4. Roots of the Movement • Began in the 1950s with the Beat generation • Youth were uncertain about their future • Become more active • Increase in college enrollment • New sense of freedom • Bond with others with similar views

  5. The New Left • Concerned with social injustices • Controlled by the “1%” • Students for a Democratic Society (SDS): Fight against “the man” and big corporations

  6. The Free Speech Movement • Led by Mario Savio • UC Berkeley • UCB shuts down distribution of literature and recruiting volunteers for political causes on campus • Professors hardly ever saw their students • Harsh rules with harsher punishments

  7. December 2, 1964 Sit-In • Governor sends in 600 police officers to break up demonstration • 700 arrests are made • 1000s stopped classes to protest • University gives in to students

  8. The Supreme Court • Students’ First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and assembly in public areas are upheld by court • Unanimous decision • Public university=public area

  9. Counterculture

  10. Hippies • Counterculture: Rejection of rationality, order, and tradition • Utopian society free from materialism and closer to nature • Haight-Ashbury district: hippie homeland

  11. Communes • Group living arrangements • Share everything • Work together • Sound familiar?

  12. Embracing Spirituality • Astrology • Magic • Eastern religions • New forms of Christianity • Authoritarian figures controlled the groups • Parent figure • Cult-like

  13. Unification Church • “Moonies” after founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon • Vision that Jesus told him he was the messiah • Had to restore the Kingdom of God

  14. Hare Krishna • Linked to Hinduism • The soul is an eternal personal identity that does not ultimately form into a formless void as is believed in traditional Hinduism

  15. Fashion • Men’s clothes became more colorful • Women’s clothes became more comfortable • Military surplus attire • Worn clothes were repaired • Ethnic clothing became popular

  16. Art • Pop art gets its influence from pop culture • Andy Warhol • Marilyn Monroe • Campbell’s Soup • “Agents” of art • Up to observer to give the work meaning

  17. Music and Dance • Hoped rock ‘n’ roll would help fight the man • But it became a material success • Combined rock ‘n’ roll music with lyrics of hopes and fears of America’s youth

  18. Woodstock • Celebration of new music • Hundreds of thousands • Dancing alone • Stressed individuality • Voicing protest

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