Life in the 1960’s By: Devin Merriman & Kiran Penn 03/06/12

The Age of Youth 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change. The changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. Many of the revolutionary ideas which began in the sixties are continuing to evolve today.

Sports Baseball Pittsburg Pirates won the world series. Football Philadelphia won the NFL Championship over Green Bay Nascar Junior Johnson won the Daytona 500 Basketball Boston Celtics won the NBA championship

The Cars American Muscle cars reached their peak and it became a battle of horsepower. The body styles were clean and boxy.

Food Brown rice, instant potatoes, pop tarts, buffalo chicken wings, Gatorade, and Red velvet cake The beginning of the fast food era.

Fashion The 60’s were the crew cuts for men and bouffant hairstyle for women. Men's casual shirts were often plaid and buttoned down the front, while knee-length dresses were required wear for women in most public places. Also bell bottomed jean came along.

Inventions The Answering Machine The Copy Machine Chatty Cathy Etch-a-Sketch Legos

Important Events Martin Luther Kings Speech The Supreme Court decided in Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421, 1962, that prayer in the public schools was unconstitutional Assassination of president John F. Kennedy

Arts and Entertainment As in the fifties, art in America of the sixties was influenced by the desire to move into the modern age or future which the space age seemed to forecast. Television offered the second prime time cartoon show, the Flintstones, in 1960.