1. The Counterculture Angela Brown Chapter 31 Section 4 http://liberalredneck.org/albums/album04/i_ No_Hippies.sized.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f373/wildflowe rco62/FUN/dont20worry20be20hippie.jpg 1

2. Bellringer: Define the word counterculture and consider how the values, attitudes, and activities of young people in the 1960s were “counter” to the traditional culture. 2

3. Counterculture  rejected most of the conventional social custom and  experimented with new forms of dress,  attitudes toward sexual relationships, and  use of drugs http://www.hipies.unas.cz/images/hippies-pic.gif 3

4. A Time of Change Hippies – people who were “hip” or aware of the latest styles Long hair, loose- fitting dresses or mini-skirts (introduced by British designer Mary Quant in 1965) http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/hippie-girl.gif 4

5. Men’s Attire Men wore long hair, beards, dressed in working people clothes Both wore blue jeans with bell bottoms and plain cotton shirts Intended to look natural http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/RussianRainbowGathering_ 4Aug2005.jpg/200px-RussianRainbowGathering_4Aug2005.jpg 5

6. The Sexual Revolution Argued sex should be separate from traditional ties to family life More open discussion – newspaper, magazines, and books printed articles that might not have been printed a few years earlier 6

7. Communes Experienced with new living patterns some lived together in communal groups, shared property and chores more simply lived together without being married http://people.csail.mit.edu/manoli/gallery/sanfrancisco/hippies.jpg 7

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9. The Drug Scene Turned to psychedelic drugs – powerful chemicals cause the brain to behave abnormally = hallucinations, altered perception of reality Use of marijuana became more widespread. http://www.yardwear.net/blog/content/binary/timothy-leary.jpg 9

10. LSD Proponent of psychedelic drug use – researchers Timothy Leary worked at Harvard University with Richard Alpert on chemical compound lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD http://www.psymon.com/art/images/Timothy_Leary.jpg 10

11. Timothy Leary Both fired in 1963 for using undergraduates in experiments with LSD Leary preached drugs could help free the mind. Soldiers who did drugs in Vietnam brought them home. 11

12. Joplin, Morrison, Hendrix Three leading musicians – Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix died of complications of drug overdoses http://www.gindrat.ch/janis/janis-joplin-image-447x800.jpg 12

13. Deaths represented tragic excesses some people were driven by their reliance on drugs as an escape http://members.tripod.com/~Raincloud771/pics/morrison1.jpg http://www.cathedralstone.net/Pics/JimiHendrix2.jpg 13

14. The Music World Music both reflected and contributed to the cultural changes. The Beatles, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, and Janis Joplin http://www.delta.ro/beatles/imag/beatles4.jpg http://members.tripod.com/~Blue_Lena/mcooper.jpg 14

15. Woodstock Aug 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair in upstate NY strands of counterculture came together 400,000 people gathered in pasture in Bethel, NY to listen to major bands of rock world http://fantasm.still-inspired.com/woodstock69/woodstock.jpg 15

16. Woodstock Brutal heat and rain – police choose not to enforce drug laws = crowd under control http://z.about.com/d/classicrock/1/7/C/G /Woodstock_redmond_stage.jpg 16

17. Those who attended deplored the drugs, sex, nudity they saw at Woodstock festival. Counterculture represented rejection of morals and values To many seemed a childish reaction to problems of era http://jones-ny-video.com/woodstock/woodstock2sc.jpg 17

18. Altamont Dec. 1969 Altamont Speedway in California 300,000 people gathered for Rolling Stones Concert Promoter’s failed to provide adequate security The band hired Hell’s Angels to keep order. http://www.ukcia.org/potculture/68/Altamont.jpeg 18

19. Violence Cyclists beat one man to death when he ventured on stage. Violence of Altamont contradicted values of counterculture. Signaled era of “Peace and Love” would not last forever http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5817/altamontweb4jt.jpg http://sjc-static14.sjc.youtube.com/vi/sc5ftlnYmt4/2.jpg 19

20. Most hippies children of comfortable middle class when counterculture failed melted back into mainstream By 1980s many held executive positions in same corporations they had once denounced http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/HPM/HM26~Tree-Hugging-Hippies- Posters.jpg 20

21. War’s Opponents Most believe antiwar sentiments exclusively by young and highly educated 1972 University of Michigan Survey study shows greatest opposition from least educated parts of the population 1971 deferment eliminated by Congress 21

22. African Americans, small town men, and working class overrepresented in war. Soon struggle lost meaning – simply tried to stay alive 1969 government instituted lottery system All eligible men assigned a number according to birth date = likelihood he would be called for service 22