1. COUNTERCULTURE & POPULAR CULTURE OF THE 1960S

2. COUNTER CULTURE  Reaction against the conservative government, social norms of the 1950s, the political conservatism of the Cold War period, and the US Government's extensive military intervention in Vietnam  New Left Middle class college students Middle class college students Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Founded at the University of Michigan in 1960Founded at the University of Michigan in 1960 Organizational base for New LeftOrganizational base for New Left Port Huron StatementPort Huron Statement Criticized the lack of individual freedoms Criticized the lack of individual freedoms Believed colleges were a natural base to promote social changeBelieved colleges were a natural base to promote social change Began protesting the lack of student freedomsBegan protesting the lack of student freedoms Dress code, course requirements, and discrimination in sororities, fraternities, and admissions Dress code, course requirements, and discrimination in sororities, fraternities, and admissions Began student anti-war movementBegan student anti-war movement

3. COUNTER CULTURE  New Left Free Speech Movement Free Speech Movement Organized at Berkeley in 1964Organized at Berkeley in 1964 Used sit-ins and taking over college buildings to protest the warUsed sit-ins and taking over college buildings to protest the war Young International Party (Yippies) Young International Party (Yippies) Democratic National Convention in 1968Democratic National Convention in 1968 ChicagoChicago Anti-war protestAnti-war protest Police brutalityPolice brutality

4. COUNTERCULTURE  Hippies Middle class youth Middle class youth Dress Dress Jeans, tie-dyed shirts, sandals, beards, long hairJeans, tie-dyed shirts, sandals, beards, long hair Lifestyle choices Lifestyle choices DrugsDrugs Marijuana Marijuana LSD (Hallucinogenic) LSD (Hallucinogenic) MusicMusic CommunesCommunes Groups living together shaping responsibilities Groups living together shaping responsibilities Haight-Ashbury (San Francisco)Haight-Ashbury (San Francisco) Focal point Focal point

5. COUNTERCULTURE  Woodstock Aug. 15-18, 1969 Aug. 15-18, 1969 Bethel, New York Bethel, New York 500,000 people 500,000 people 32 music groups/artists 32 music groups/artists Camped outside Camped outside 30 min wait for water 30 min wait for water 90 min wait for restrooms 90 min wait for restrooms 2 deaths 2 deaths 2 births 2 births Focal point of counterculture Focal point of counterculture

6. POPULAR CULTURE   Demographics Population-177,830,000 Average Salary-$4,743 Minimum Wage-$1.00 per hour 850,000 students enter college resulting in emergency living quarters at most campuses

7. POPULAR CULTURE   Architecture Refinement of Modernism St. Louis Arch-Eero Saarinen Walter Gropius-Pan Am Building (Met Life)   Art Influenced by desire to move into modern age Artists wanted to inspire the viewer to leap into the unknown or experience art in their own way Andy Warhol-leading name in pop art

8. POPULAR CULTURE   Literature Expressed problems in society Race relations To Kill a Mockingbird-Harper Lee Feminism The Bell Jar-Sylvia Plath The Feminine Mystique-Betty Friedan Disillusionment Catch 22-Joseph Heller One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest-Ken Kesey

9. POPULAR CULTURE   Music Rhythm & Blues (R & B) African Americans Supremes Aretha Franklin James Brown Jimi Hendrix Folk Music Counterculture Bob Dylan Joan Baez Peter, Paul & Mary

10. POPULAR CULTURE   Music Teenage influence Beach Boys Beatles Righteous Brothers Acid/psychedelic Rock Influenced by drug use Jefferson Airplane Grateful Dead