the 1960s counterculture- in opposition to mainstream culture

The 1960s

Counterculture- In opposition to mainstream culture

The 1960s• The 1960s is often described as the

‘Swinging Sixties’ – a time when lots of people had fun!

• A time of significant social change

Music• Pop music became

truly popular in the 1960s

• New bands

• New issues in songs

• Inspired new fashions and new hairstyles.

The British Invasion

• The Beatles• The Rolling Stones• The Who• The Kinks• The Animals• The Hollies• The Zombies• The Troggs

From clean cut to Hippies

FashionMiniskirts

brightly coloured dresses

knee-high Boots

Not like Mom & Dad

Hippies – different clothes, different

hair, different lifestyle!

•Rejecting traditional values and lifestyles•Long hair•Drugs •Communes

Black Americans

in the 1960s• Civil Rights Movement

• Equal rights for Black Americans

• Laws changed

• Attitudes?

Civil Rights & Martin Luther King

• Assassinated on March 29th, 1968• Shot by escaped-convict James Earl Ray, who was captured in London, England,

two months later,trying to travel on a fake Canadian passport to

Rhodesia• His death sparked riots in more than 100 cities

nationwide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PalIIpfhw_g (2:16) ‘Martin Luther King Assination’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7IJ7npTYrU (7:48) ‘Malcolm X on Front Page Challenge, 1965: CBC Archives’

John F. Kennedy-US President from 1961-63-Youngest elected to the office at 43-Only Catholic President-First Irish American president-Won the Pulitzer Prize-Assassinated on November 22, 1963•Liberal views on social issues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DbhTwahqPg (6:44) ‘JFK’s 10 best speeches’

The Pill-Released in 1957-Prevents the Egg from being fertilized by the sperm-An injection of hormones

Sex = marriage = children

Women started having more freedom

Canadian population decreases

Women in the 1960s• Increase enrollment in Universities

• Increase women with careers.• A women’s protest movement began in the

1960s asking for equal rights for women.• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYbs_O_iMfU Aretha Frankin- Respect (2:22)

Problems for the ‘Swinging Sixties’• Generational tension

around DRUGS, SEX & ROCK N ROLL

War and discovery• Two others issues that dominated

the USA (& influenced Canada) during the 1960s were the Vietnam war and Space race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4

-French withdraw-North establishes Communist gov.-USA scared = supports South

Draft Dodgers-20 000 – 30 000 Draft

Dodgers came to Canada

-Accepted as immigrants

1963- Out with Diefenbaker, in with Pearson- A left shift

And in Canada…

Lester B Pearson• His minority government introduced:

• universal health care• student loans• Canada Pension Plan• The new Canadian flag• The Royal Commission on Bilingualism and

Biculturalism

He also brought in Trudeau, Turner and Chretien as cabinet ministers