1. CLARIFYING QUESTION [ALL NOTES YOU TAKE NEED TO HELP YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION] What effect did hippies, music, and college students have on state and federal government?

2. What was the impact of the counterculture on American society?

3.  Youth in the 1960s formed the Largest generation in American History.  Many became disillusioned with the bland conformity of the 1950s.  Rejected money status and power. All things their parents had embraced  Vietnam war angered many.

4. Counterculture  The rebellion against their parents’ values was called the counterculture.

5.  The movement rejected old left’s emphasis on communities.  Committed to American Ideals  Dedicated to creating a just society.  Free Speech Movement

6. Characteristics of Counterculture Hippies rebelled against social expectation by dropping out of the school. Grew hair long wore colorful clothes and shunned conventions of shaving body hair. Love was more important than money. Yippies tried to combine their hippie lifestyle with politics.

7. Get Together [lyrics to a classic 1960s song] Love is but a song to sing Fear's the way we die You can make the mountains ring Or make the angels cry Though the bird is on the wing And you may not know why Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now Some may come and some may go We shall surely pass When the one that left us here Returns for us at last We are but a moment's sunlight Fading in the grass Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now If you hear the song I sing You will understand (listen!) You hold the key to love and fear All in your trembling hand Just one key unlocks them both It's there at you command Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now Come on people now Smile on your brother Everybody get together Try to love one another Right now

8.  Saw hippies as spoiled rich kids.  They valued family hard work and respect for the country.

10. The Summer of Love 1967 The 1960s and early 1970s stressed love and individual freedom. This was expressed in both fashion and in the arts. 1967 was declared the Summer of Love and thousands of youth went to San Francisco “Human Be-In”

11. San Francisco If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to San Francisco You're gonna meet some gentle people there For those who come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there In the streets of San Francisco Gentle people with flowers in their hair All across the nation such a strange vibration People in motion There's a whole generation with a new explanation People in motion people in motion For those who come to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there If you come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there

12.  They had more open views on sexual behavior.  They challenged conventional ideas about marriage.  Many young couples lived “in sin” [without being married or engaged].

13.  Believed that sex would lead to divorce  Worried people were pressed into sex too early.  Alarmed by the number of children born outside of marriage.

14. Counterculture Youth Views on Drugs Permissive views on the recreational use of drugs. Timothy Leary urged Americans to “turn on turn in and drop out.”

15.  Many alarmed by the casual attitude of young people toward drug use.  Feared bad “trips” would lead to problems.

16. Counterculture Youth: Views on Music Many people listened to psychedelic rock. Many people attended large rock festivals like Woodstock.

17. Woodstock  August 1969 on a farm in upstate New York  Very peaceful  Great Music

18. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze at Woodstock 1969

19. Mainstream Culture Worried that rock music was promoting drug use.

20.  Many created their own mini societies  Others lived in communes where members shared responsibilities and decision making

21. The Impact of the Counterculture on Mainstream Media  Experimentation with new forms of expression spread to the visual arts where abstract expressionism of the 1950s gave way to pop art.  Pop art focused on everyday life. Well known Painting of Marilyn Monroe by famous American artist Andy Warhol.

22. Impact of the Counterculture The media introduced countercultural values to mainstream America through TV and radio as well as art music and theater.

23. WHAT EFFECT DID HIPPIES, MUSIC, AND COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE ON STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? Re-examining Clarifying question [All notes you take need to help you answer the following question]