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60’s Counter Culture

Delve into the 1960s counter-culture movement and America's involvement in the Vietnam War in this informative quiz and debrief session. Discuss the war's purpose, events leading to involvement, American sentiments, movie clips accuracy, biases noticed, Kent State Massacre, and hippie counterculture nuances. Access relevant links and protest songs for additional insight.

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60’s Counter Culture

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  1. 60’s Counter Culture

  2. Daily Quiz

  3. Debrief Last Classes • Why was America involved in Vietnam? (What was our purpose there) • How did we get involved? (What events) • Describe the fighting in Vietnam and what made it difficult for Americans • How did Americans feel about the war? Why

  4. Debrief Last Classes • How were the movie clips? • What stood out to you from the clips? • How accurately did they show the fighting in Vietnam? • What biases did you notice?

  5. Kent State Massacre • In response to Nixon expanding the war, protests broke out across the country, especially among the youth • Read the article describing the events that happened at Kent State and answer the questions on your note sheet from last class.

  6. Hippies Counter-Culture • Based off the word alone, what does “counterculture” mean? • A rebellious movement that was trying to reject the traditional culture acid: LSD;bread: money; blow your mind: to shock or delight; freak: beyond the norm, good or bad;go down: to occur;head: a person who turns on through the use of "pot" or "acid";heavy: serious;horseman: Mountie;The Man: policeman;narc: narcotics agent;strung out: mentally and physically exhausted;turn on: to get high on drugs;wasted: highly relaxed euphoria.

  7. Hippie CounterCulture • Different “types” of hippies - the communalist, who preaches togetherness and co-operation and often sets up communes;- the religionist, who strives to expand the mind and is often committed to Eastern religions such as Buddhism;- the hedonist, who advocates free love;- the protestor, who is more concerned with political goals. • Some of the older hippies resented younger or “tourist” hippies

  8. Hippie Counterculture • Lots of different hippie communities • Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco

  9. Video Links • http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/hippie-life-it-aint-easy • http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/welcome-to-the-future-less-work-more-play

  10. Homework • Protest Songs • Blowing in the Wind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l4nVByCL44 • Turn, Turn, Turn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ga_M5Zdn4 • Fortunate Son: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I • Woodstock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StFhvAIv3Js

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