PLEASE HELP The Emergence of a Counterculture
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How was Bob Dylan unlike some of the other performers of the time?

Explain in your own words what Bob Dylan is saying in his song “The Times They Are A-Changin’”.

What were the driving factors (the reasons) that led people to believe that society in the United States needed to change?

How did the baby boomers have an impact on the growth of the counterculture movement?

What were the differences between the “New Left” and the “Old Left”?

What was the significance of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)?

What happened at Berkeley and how did that event impact college campuses around the country?

How did the physical appearance of “hippies” fit in to what they believed?

Explain (don’t just list) some of the core beliefs of the counterculture movement?

What does the article mean when it talks about a generation gap?

Why did “the mainstream” have such a hard time accepting the counterculture movement and their beliefs?

What were the four core beliefs listed of mainstream Americans, and how did each differ from those of the counterculture movement?

List what you believe the three biggest takeaways are from the section, “Changing Views of Love and Marriage.”

Explain the idea of a “commune” and why many parents were so against this type of lifestyle.

How did the drug culture of the counterculture movement impact the federal government?

Where did the name “Flower Children” come from?

Why did many mainstream adults worry that the music of the movement led to an increase in drug use?

How did the two concerts listed (Woodstock and Altamont) show two very different sides of the counterculture movement? (We are going to talk more about these two concerts later this week.)

Explain the “dual nature” of the protest movement and why people in the mainstream were not able to separate the different groups.

There is a photograph of a family on page 3 of the packet that is from a television show…name the show.

Explanation:

How was Bob Dylan unlike some of the other performers of the time?

he was a folk singer who sung about changing times

Explain in your own words what Bob Dylan is saying in his song “The Times They Are A-Changin’”

Dylan wrote the song as a deliberate attempt to create an anthem of change for the time, influenced by Irish and Scottish ballads.

What were the driving factors (the reasons) that led people to believe that society in the United States needed to change?

civil rights movement and vietnam war

How did the baby boomers have an impact on the growth of the counterculture movement?

they started it. they resisted the military draft. they were about free love and equality and peace

What were the differences between the “New Left” and the “Old Left”?

old left were pro union and labor but believed in whatever the government told them

the new left did not. they resisted militarism

What was the significance of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)?

they were students who believed in militant change in american society led by students

What happened at Berkeley and how did that event impact college campuses around the country?

In 1964, Mario Savio and 500 fellow students marched on Berkeley's administration building to protest the university's order. He and other leaders called for an organized student protest to abolish all restrictions on students' free-speech rights throughout the University of California system.

(mtsu dot edu)

How did the physical appearance of “hippies” fit in to what they believed?

unshaved ungroomed and tie dye colorful non conformist clothing showed how they were part of the counterculture and how they would form their own opinions on things

Explain (don’t just list) some of the core beliefs of the counterculture movement?

anti war

financial equality

racial equality

non violence

What does the article mean when it talks about a generation gap?

war war two generation and baby boomer generation viewed the same things like politics very differently

Why did “the mainstream” have such a hard time accepting the counterculture movement and their beliefs?

because the counterculture against what the  “the mainstream” stood for which was conformity

What were the four core beliefs listed of mainstream Americans, and how did each differ from those of the counterculture movement?

believing without questioning what the government said

belief in the importance of social upward mobility

belief in white is right

Explain the idea of a “commune” and why many parents were so against this type of lifestyle.

because it supported free love. relationships and child bearing without marriage

not relying on religion

and freedom in drug use

How did the drug culture of the counterculture movement impact the federal government?

government got rid of the draft

gained the courage to oust richard nixon

Where did the name “Flower Children” come from?

Flower child originated as a synonym for hippie, especially among the idealistic young people who gathered in San Francisco and the surrounding area during the Summer of Love in 1967.  (wikipedia)

Why did many mainstream adults worry that the music of the movement led to an increase in drug use?

because the music encouraged drug use as a way to expand the mind

How did the two concerts listed (Woodstock and Altamont) show two very different sides of the counterculture movement? (We are going to talk more about these two concerts later this week.)

open drug use

not having to pay to go

free love

hard rock (unconventional music)