1. Culture and Counterculture
Chapter 30
Section 3
A Time of Social Change
Riddlebarger

2. Rise of the Counterculture
1960’s counterculture was a rebellion of teens & young adults against mainstream American society.
Counterculture = hippies
Beliefs
Mainstream America = the Establishment
peace & love.

3. The Youth Culture Youth population They grow up in turbulent times
50% increase in 1960’s
baby boom
They grow up in turbulent times
Blame their parent’s
Threat of nuclear war, racial problems, Vietnam, environmental pollution.

4. Life in the Counterculture
abandon school, jobs & traditional home life
simpler life
“do your own thing”
Communes

5. Hippie Communities Rural Areas Urban Areas
Often “drop out” society & live in communes
Collectively run
Urban Areas
Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco is most famous

6. Haight-Ashbury

7. Hippie Culture Seek new experiences in a variety of ways
Eastern religions (Buddhism)
Astrology or the occult
Experiment with illegal drugs
LSD or “acid” is popular
Timothy Leary

8. Hippie Culture
Hippies express sense of freedom through casual or colorful clothing
Tie-dye T’s
Blue jeans
Dashiki’s for African-Americans
Longer hair (or Afros), beads, flowers in hair (flower children)

9. Decline of the Counterculture
Height of the Hippie movement was in 1967.
“Summer of Love” in San Francisco
Ideals are difficult to achieve
Drug-related deaths
support themselves
Attracted questionable characters
Charles Manson

11. Reaction of Mainstream America
Many Americans object to values of counterculture
All in the Family.

12. Legacy of Counterculture
Short period of history
casual dress & open-mindedness about lifestyles & social behaviors
Pop art and Andy Warhol
Rating system adopted for films
Rock and Roll.
The Beatles & Bob Dylan

13. Bob Dylan

14. Pop Art- Andy Warhol