THE '60s by Rosanna Saprio https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60 the years that changed our society en-us 2019-02-10 15:58:16 UTC 2019-05-22 07:01:36 UTC hello@padlet.com r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/329614744 2019-02-10 16:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/329614744 The Sixties" is a term used to describe the counterculture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, sexuality and schooling; and to denounce the decade as one of irresponsible excess, and decay of social order. The decade was also labeled the Swinging Sixties because of the fall or relaxation of social taboos especially relating to racism and sexism that occurred during this time, but also because of the emergence of a wide range of music; from a folk music revival, to the Beatles revolution, to the serious lyrics of Bob Dylan against the Vietnam war r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/329616298 2019-02-10 16:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/329616298 r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/332276408 2019-02-18 09:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/332276408 The Hippie Movement began in the 1960s and was very influential on American politics, law and every day life. This was a time where predominantly the youth started reflecting on social values and experimentation then became the new social norm. A new counterculture was forming and those involved were not afraid of what people thought of them, and it fact many thought that those angered by what they were doing were jealous. The counterculture started as a youth movement and their ideas on all things political, social, cultural and every day values were much different then what American citizens had ever seen before.This new wave of ideas and thoughts about America was a new subculture that was known as hippies. The hippies started out mainly in the Haight-Ashbury part of San Francisco and in the East Village of New York City. Hippies focused more on the cultural values in life rather then the political issues, although that was a big part of their, “Make Love, Not War” slogan. The hippies were antiwar and promoted peace and love for being the answer to all things. The hippie culture really gained a lot of public attention and was featured on mass media quite frequently. The biggest issues society had with the hippies were their public protests, meetings and discussions that would flood the streets.Another thing was fear, in that parents all throughout the United States would have children who wanted to join the hippie movement. Many hippies dropped and of school and followed their own paths of discovering themselves through the use of psychedelic drugs such as marijuana or LSD. They referred to regular, hard working, American citizens as “squares”. The meaning behind this was that “squares” follow the rules that have been placed upon everyone, like the average nine to five job and the stresses that come along with it.The hippies were also very easy to identify because of the way they looked and the clothes they wore. The way the hippies dressed were out of the social norm. They would wear ripped jeans, peace signs, flowers, and anything tie-dye. Also physically, hippies who were men usually had very long hair and beards. Rock and roll became the new hype and sex was a huge part of the movement as well because of it being a very natural and spiritual thing. Then one of the biggest differences between hippies and regular citizens was the fact that the hippies grew into traveling communities around their town. They lived in communes together and would frequently move out into the woods to become one with nature as they would do drugs and make love.The hippie movement was something that laid an image during the 1960s through the 1970s on the youth and American culture. The hippie movement landed itself in American history textbooks for generation to talk about. It was a time like no other that changed the way, and or reevaluated, what we were doing as a country, and where we would be in the future. r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/332284967 2019-02-18 09:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/332284967 Affluent college students, professors and other idealistic members of the community felt that there was a different way to leave and came together on the idea of living communally. They seemed to migrate to an area called the Haight District and began their endeavor. In the beginning the movement was completely unorganized and Hippies were basically separatist and did not conform to normal society. Police and the rest of the community took notice to the presence of the Hippies, mainly because of their excessive drug use and not so cleanly way of living. After a while because of their way of living the Hippies began to get sick from starvation and being dirty. They realized that in order for their way of life to continue, they had to conform to society enough to shelter, feed, bathe and cloth member of the movement. People started getting jobs, cleaning themselves and becoming more productive members of society, while still living in community and attempting to find new ways for the world to be a better place. r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/332294686 2019-02-18 10:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/332294686 The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was a rock music festival in the town of Bethel, New York from 15–18 August 1969. It might be the most famous rock concert and festival ever held. For many, it showed the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era". Many of the most famous musicians at the time showed up during the rainy weekend. The festival was called "Woodstock", because the investment group that backed the concert was called "Woodstock Ventures." Some of the music stars of Woodstock were The Who and Jimi Hendrix. r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/342700455 Jimi Hendrix had a big show with the songs he played, including a new version of "The Star Spangled Banner". The song caused some disagreements, because the Vietnam War was going on, and the sounds that Hendrix made with his guitar were like the sounds of the violence of the war. ]]> 2019-03-19 05:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/342700455 r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/342701469 2019-03-19 05:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/342701469 r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/344092148 2019-03-22 07:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/344092148 The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for blacks to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. The Civil War had officially abolished slavery, but it didn’t end discrimination against blacks—they continued to endure the devastating effects of racism, especially in the South. By the mid-20th century, African Americans had had more than enough of prejudice and violence against them. They, along with many whites, mobilized and began an unprecedented fight for equality that spanned two decades. r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/348422822 2019-04-04 09:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/348422822 Pop art is a modern art movement that developed in the 1950s and 60s.The Independent Group (IG), founded in London in 1951, is regarded as the starting point of the pop art movement. They were a gathering of young painters, sculptors, architects, writers and critics who were challenging modernist approaches to culture as well as traditional views of "fine art". The group discussions centered on popular culture implications from such elements as mass advertising, movies, product design, comic strips, science fiction and technology. r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/356099887 2019-05-02 08:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/356099887 The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid 1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture, became popular in the United States and significant to the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic. Pop and rock groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones.The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr led the band to be regarded as the foremost and most influential in history. With a sound rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the group were integral to the evolution of pop music into an art form, and to the development of the counterculture of the 1960s. They often incorporated elements of classical music, older pop forms, and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways, and in later years experimented with a number of musical styles ranging from pop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As they continued to draw influences from a variety of cultural sources, their musical and lyrical sophistication grew, and they came to be seen as embodying the era's sociocultural movements. r_saprio1 https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/362428833 2019-05-22 06:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/r_saprio1/anni60/wish/362428833