essential question:

consider:consider:

How have you How have you tried to tried to establish your establish your own identity, own identity, be an be an individual, as individual, as you have you have gotten older?gotten older?

essential question:How do we begin to see a rejection of the status quo of conformity emerge in 1960s

society?

In general, there is an increasingly aggressive conflict between those that like

the status quo and those that want to challenge the old way of doing things.

LatinosLatinos status quo = mostly status quo = mostly

agricultural workers that agricultural workers that faced discriminationfaced discrimination

CCésar Chávez ésar Chávez helps unionize helps unionize farm workers farm workers (i.e. United Farm (i.e. United Farm Workers Workers Organizing Organizing Committee)Committee)

as gains were made, such as Latinos as gains were made, such as Latinos winning elections, protesters became winning elections, protesters became more aggressive over timemore aggressive over time

Jose Angel Gutierrez established La Raza Unida.

Native AmericansNative Americans status quo = status quo =

problems (i.e. problems (i.e. highest poverty highest poverty rate in America) rate in America)

determination to determination to solve problems solve problems while maintaining while maintaining cultural identitycultural identity

the American Indian Movement (AIM) the American Indian Movement (AIM) ushered in more aggressive, youth-led, ushered in more aggressive, youth-led, activismactivism

WomenWomen status quo = status quo =

housewifehousewife feminism arises in feminism arises in

1960s as many 1960s as many women want to women want to end traditional end traditional housewife role and housewife role and gain social equalitygain social equality

Betty Friedan’s Betty Friedan’s The Feminine MystiqueThe Feminine Mystique showed women that discontent with their showed women that discontent with their traditional role was commontraditional role was common

Friedan helped form the National Friedan helped form the National Organization of Women (NOW) to Organization of Women (NOW) to pursue women’s goalspursue women’s goals

many changes emerged for women (i.e. many changes emerged for women (i.e. Roe Roe v. v. WadeWade allows abortion in the first allows abortion in the first trimester); conservative response in the trimester); conservative response in the 1970s1970s

YouthYouth status quo = conformitystatus quo = conformity

rock n’ roll becomes mainstream, more rock n’ roll becomes mainstream, more extreme (i.e. the Beatles) extreme (i.e. the Beatles)

counterculture rejects 50s conformity due counterculture rejects 50s conformity due to disillusionment from injustices of 60s to disillusionment from injustices of 60s

youth instead trying to establish new youth instead trying to establish new society based on peace and lovesociety based on peace and love

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on Further

increased permissiveness met with increased permissiveness met with conservative backlashconservative backlash

EnvironmentalismEnvironmentalism status quo = industrial economy with status quo = industrial economy with

many pollutantsmany pollutants began largely with social activism of began largely with social activism of

1960s focusing on energy crisis of early 1960s focusing on energy crisis of early 1970s1970s

a common scene during the Arab oil embargo of 1973

Nixon responds to America’s concerns Nixon responds to America’s concerns with Environmental Protection Agency with Environmental Protection Agency and Clean Air Actand Clean Air Act

accident at Three Mile Island nuclear accident at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1979 limited confidence in power plant in 1979 limited confidence in this energy sourcethis energy source

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buttons about the movements of the 1960s and 70s.buttons about the movements of the 1960s and 70s.