Counterculture and Sexual Revolution

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Counter Culture

and the Sexual

RevolutionHSB4M


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1960s.

What comes to mid when you think of the late60s and early 70s?

Why??

mid to late 1960s front wave of baby boomersreached their teens

Look at population pyramids on pg. 150

Counterculture: a large group of people in societywho express values and behaviours that conflictwith societys norms


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Some characteristics

Beatles hippies, drugs Vietnam began in 1954 draft in US was not

till 1965 many troops were there till 1973 peace symbols sit-ins, peaceful protest Haight and Ashbury San Francisco hippie

district Jim Morrison and Doors, Joni Mitchell 1969 half a million people gathered in New York

to be part of Woodstock


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1967 CBS news Broadcaston Haight-Ashbury


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Discussion

Had there been less of the Baby Boomdemographic would this movement have such animpact on society?

Would the hippies have been squashed by oldermore traditional people and authority?

What does the interviewer refer to when he says

style without content?

Were the hippies successful in reaching their goalsof peace and freedom? Look to todays society?


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Woodstock - 1969


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John and Yoko Bed-In -1969


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In Canada

Although the centre for this movement was notCanada it still gained momentum partly due to Johnand Yokos Bed-In in Montreal

This was a technological time and youth wereinfluenced through: Television, radio, news, music

a lot of the music focused on protest and rebellionagainst authority in general- Vietnam war in particular

minority of Canadians adopted the Sex, Drugs andRock and Roll attitude


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Canada Continued

some worked to change society throughpolitical activism

rights of Aboriginal people just afterresidential schools

CYC (company of young Canadians) developsocial and economic programs in poor

neighbourhoods gave a chance for idealistic young people to

work for change


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Sexual Revolution

sharp rise in illegitimate births through the

60s refer to page 159

interpreted in different ways: more couples were living together instead

of getting married

more people were engaging in premaritalsex


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The Pill

birth control pill made widely available at a relatively

low price, through doctorsprescription

introduced in 1961 very successful Thought of as part of the reason for

collapse of the baby boom Was thought to eliminate poverty

issues and population growth

around the world in developingnations

between 1965-1975 overall birth ratedeclined sharply WHY?


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The End of the BabyBoom

female boomers were the best educated Canadianwomen up to that time and more were choosingto continue their careers after marriage

not have children

the pill made this possible

baby boomers aged 15 to 24 in 1971 were havingfewer children than married women 10 yearsearlier

baby boom was over next generation not toappear on demographic graphs till about 1980(echo boom)


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Exit Slip:

Answer the following questions as your exit slip today youdo not need to write the questions out Use your notes!

1. Explain what this line means: the appearance of acounterculture exaggerated the actual extent of the realthing.

2. Brainstorm a list of factors that contributed to thecollapse of the baby boom. Why did the population juststop growing?

3. What are the main societal changes, that we experiencetoday, that came from the baby boomers?

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