1. I. HIPPIES

2. The Square A symbol of the 1950s
Embraces the traditional family values culture
Favored a typical nine to five corporate job

3. The Hippie Often from the baby boom population post WWII
Symbol of the 1960s
Long hair
Brightly dressed
Wearing beads and flowers
Rejection of
Corporate life
Military power
Valued
Youth
Spontaneity
Individuality

4. Counterculture Movement
Young adults began adopting values that were “counter” to mainstream society
Against “the square”
Promoted
Peace, love and freedom
New styles of clothing and music
Experimented with
Sexual relationships
Use of recreational drugs

5. Generation Gap
Baby boomers were the largest generation in American history
Their preferences changed American society in part due to their large numbers
Music industry changed
Clothing designers changed
Universities adopted new courses

6. Fashion of the 1960s
Reflected a rejection of authority and restriction and a desire to be free
Long, free flowing hair
Men often grew beards
Wore loose fitting clothes
Wanted to distance themselves from the culture (including fashion) of the 1950s as much as possible

8. Hippies often sided with the poor and indigenous people of the world which was reflected in their clothing
Jeans
Peasant blouses
Dashikis

9. Art Bright colors influenced art as well as clothing
Hippies would often paint their cars and bodies
Pop Art
Andy Warhol
Realistic artifacts
Roy Lichtenstein
Op Art
Use of fluorescent colors and optical illusions
Often created while an artist was under the influence of psychedelic drugs
Commonly used by musicians as their album covers

11. Sexual Revolution
Rejection of traditional family life and relationships by
Living together in communes where property, chores and each other were shared
Living with another person without getting married
Opened dialogue about sexuality
Sex and the Single Girl
Best selling novel
Human Sexual Response
Report on scientific studies about sexuality

13. Recreational Drug Use Began with the beatniks of the 1950s
Use of psychedelics and marijuana became common among young adults
Timothy Leary
Worked at Harvard with Richard Alpert studying LSD
Ultimately fired for involving undergraduates in their experiments with LSD
Began to preach that LSD could free the mind advising people to “tune in, turn on, drop out”

14. Danger of drugs Death from a drug overdose was a real threat
Janis Joplin
Jim Morrison
Jimi Hendrix
The reality of the dangers of trying to escape from “reality”

15. Music Scene Began with the rock and roll scene of the 1950s
Music specifically for youths
Young adults of the 1960s
Embraced folk music of people from around the world
Janis Joplin’s blues style
Favored protest songs, songs about laborers and music generated during slavery

16. British Invasion 1964 The Beatles first toured America Rolling Stones
People not only liked their music but also their humor and style of hair
Rolling Stones

17. Woodstock Music and Art Fair
1969 culmination of the counterculture movement in Bethel, New York
Police chose to avoid potential brutal conflicts with the concert goers by not enforcing drug laws
Was a peaceful gathering

19. Altamont December 1969 at the Altamont Speedway in California
Concert for the Rolling Stones
Concert organizers failed to hire enough security so the Stones hired the motorcycle gang Hell’s Angels
Resulted in violence and the death a man who approached the stage

21. End of the Movement
Most who belonged to the hippie movement were children of middle class families
Ultimately by the 1980s many had blended back into mainstream culture