1. 1960s
A Watershed Decade

2. The Times, They are a Chaingin’
The 1960s were a period when long-held values and norms of behavior seemed to break down, particularly among the young.

3. The Counterculture of the 1960s
Political activism
16 million cultural rebels
Many college-age men and women became political activists and were the driving force behind the civil rights and antiwar movements.
Other young people simply “dropped out” and separated themselves from mainstream culture through their appearance and lifestyle.

4. 1960s: A Watershed Decade OLD America
The 1950S
The 1960s
OLD America
Conservatism, Complacency, and Contentment
Nuclear Family
Traditional role for women
Racially Segregated America
NEW America
Social Unrest, Reform and Revolution
Protean Family
New Freedom in Manners and Morals
Racially Integrated America

5. 1960s: A Watershed Decade The fifties The sixties 1950s America

6. 1960s: A Watershed Decade Before the 60s After the 60s 1950s America

7. 1960s: A Watershed Decade Before the 60s After the 60s
Racial Segregation
Racial Integration

8. 1960s: A Watershed Decade Before the 60s After the 60s
Housewife of 1950s
“The New Woman”

9. 1960s: A Watershed Decade Before the 60s After the 60s
1950s Male Identity
“The New Man?”

10. 1960s: A Watershed Decade Before the 60s After the 60s 1950s Suburbia
Anti-conformity

11. 1960s: A Watershed Decade Before the 60s After the 60s
1950s Nuclear Family
New Protean Families

12. 1960s: A Watershed Decade Before the 60s After the 60s 1950s Music
New Protean Music

13. 1960s: A Watershed Decade Before the 60s After the 60s
1950s Sexual Mores
New Freedom in Manners and Morals

14. 1960s: Watershed Decade 1950s Society “Be Normal”
2. Control Your Emotions
3. Repress sexuality
1960s Society
“Do Your Own Thing”
2. “Let it all Hang Out”
3. “If it feels good, do it”

15. Values in Conflict
This course will explore the various religious traditions and religious history that makes American society diverse and pluralistic.

16. Tradition: Western Monotheism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam

17. Tradition: Western Monotheism

18. America: Religious Diversity

19. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, was a 20-year-old soldier from Manahawkin, N.J., who wanted to enlist in the Army from the time he was 10. He was an all-American boy who visited Disney World after he completed his training at Fort Benning, Ga., and made his comrades in Iraq watch "Saving Private Ryan" every week.He was also a Muslim who joined the military, his father said, in part to show his countrymen that not all Muslims are terrorists.

20. America: Religious Bigotry

21. Religious Controversy 21st Century