1. Read/ Highlight PORT HURON STATEMENT- Tom Hayden What is the SDS calling For???? (Students for a Democratic Society)

2. COUNTER-CULTURE : A way of life, a set of values opposed to the prevailing society

3. 1960s Counterculture

4. Baby Boomers = Hippies!!

6. The Hippy Movement  The term “hippy” comes from being hip. You were either hip or you were a “square” or a “pig.”  They were the BABY BOOMERS of the 50’s  Hippies politically active and wanted see a change in government policy  Hippies valued freedom, nature, intimacy, peace, sharing, and spirituality.

7. Way of Life  Hippies wanted to distance themselves from mainstream ways of life.  They discarded possessions and often lived in parks or campsites in the woods.  Living like this made them feel free

8. Counterculture Fashion  Hippies distanced themselves from mainstream culture by their dress.  Colorful, flowing clothing, beads, headbands bellbottoms, and tie-dye were popular.  Men/Women their hair long, afros and beards  Hippies were often called “longhairs”

10. San Francisco and Haight Ashbury a.San Francisco was the birthplace of the counterculture/hippy movement. b.By 1965 hippies had taken over the Haight Ashbury district. c. Haight Ashbury district contains Golden Gate Park home of the Trips Festival and “be-ins.” This is a 20,000-strong be-in at Golden gate park in 1967

11. Music  The most popular music of the time was psychedelic rock  Bands like Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin,the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Grateful Dead played free concerts at Golden Gate Park.  Concerts and be-ins were places for hippies to protest, socialize, dance.  At Woodstock over 250,000 hippies showed up to hear artists like Janis Joplin, The Who, Canned Heat, The Allman Brothers, and County Joe and the Fish.

12. COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH “FIXIN’ TO DIE RAG” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =5XZ07UWhk8s

13. https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=HKdsR WhyH30

14. Woodstock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQMIIdiStpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdsRWhyH30  Woodstock was not just a music concert. “For thousands who couldn’t even hear the music” it was a “profound social experience.”  FIRST time this type of concert had been done  3 days of Peace and Love; NO violence occurred!

18. Drug Culture  Drugs like marijuana and LSD were a big part of the hippy/counterculture movement.  Using drugs made hippies feel like the were rebelling from mainstream society.  Timothy Leary (a Harvard professor) was an advocate of LSD.  LSD was created by a Swiss scientist, used by the CIA, and tested for use by psychiatrists before it became illegal.

19. Politics Port Huron Statement Chicago Democratic National Convention Chicago 7 Woman’s Movement Black Panthers

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