Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Prof. Erica Arnold-Wyche

1. Seminar Ground Rules

2. Questions from Unit 7?

3. Unit 8 Key Concepts/Terms

4. Field Trip: Photo images of the riots that took place in Detroit

5. Discussion

6. Unit 8 Assignments

7. Q & A

1. Focus on Topic

2. Arrival time

3. Respect

4. Question: “//”

5. Participate

Decriminalization - abolishing confinement for vagrancy or public intoxication of persons who pose no danger to others

Deinstitutionalization - release of mental patients who pose no threat to others

What are some of the positive outcomes positive outcomes of Decriminalization & Deinstitutionalization?

What are some of the unintended negative unintended negative consequencesconsequences of Decriminalization & Deinstitutionalization?

Official definition of poverty : Government estimates each year of the minimum cash income required for families of various sizes to subsist.

“In 1967, the Census Bureau began to publish annual poverty statistics calculating the number and percentage of persons in poverty (the poverty population and the poverty rate)…..For these tabulations, the thresholds are updated annually for price changes and so are not changed in real (constant-dollar) terms.; in other words, the 2009 weighted average poverty threshold of $21,954 for a family of four represents the same purchasing power as the corresponding 1963 threshold of $3,128 (Retrieved on 7/20/2011http://www.irp.wisc.edu/fa”qs/faq2.htm)

Poverty - As a result of current social and economic conditions, or parental transmission of values and beliefs.

Powerlessness - The inability to control

the events that shape one’s life.

Alienation - A feeling of separation from society

//In your opinion, how are “Poverty” “Powerlessness,” and Alienation interrelated?

INSTRUCTIONS: View the photo images of the major race riots that took place in Detroit July 23–30, 1967 (4:40)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKoYQqXsbaI

As you view this video, think about the role poverty, powerlessness, and alienation played in creating an environment ripe for riots.

Michigan in Pictures

NOTE: We will reconvene in 6 minutes

**Please do not post your assessment until I give ahead go ahead to do so. This way we can have a groups discussion without the screen scrolling too fast. Thanks!**

What role did poverty, powerlessness, and alienation play in creating an environment ripe for the Major race riots of 1967?

Michigan in Pictures

April 19: Stokely Carmichael (a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee),coins the phrase "black power" in a speech in Seattle. He defines it as an assertion of black pride and "the coming together of black people to fight for their liberation by any means necessary.”

June 12:In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional. Sixteen states that still banned interracial marriage at the time are forced to revise their laws.

July: Major race riots take place in Newark (July 12–16) and Detroit (July 23–30).

October 2: Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was sworn in.

//Pick one of the event listed above. In your opinion, what relevant does this event have on American Society today?

Some of the programs that were institutionalized in the 1960s included welfare programs.

What do you think was the intent of welfare programs in the United States?

What factors contributed d to the passing of the Medicare bill of 1965

Do you think this same bill would pass if presented to congress today? Why or why not?

Entitlement- a guarantee of benefits to anyone who meets eligibility requirements set by law

Public assistance - financed out of tax revenues, benefits paid only to persons who are poor

Social insurance - compulsory savings for all with legal entitlement to benefits, contributions are required

TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (replaced AFDC)

What are the benefits of federal and state welfare programs today?

Think about any experiences have you, or someone you know, has had with the welfare program.

Were these experiences positive or negative and why do you think this was the case?

In your opinion, have we become a country of “entitlement,” whereby we feel that we are “entitled” as citizens to government assistance?

If yes, how so?

If not, why not?

Readings

Web Resources

Discussion Board

Seminar

Activity: We have a presentation on Legislation of the 1960s

It is now is the time to pull together what we have covered in our term together. For the final project, you will reflect back on all you have read and learned about this term…………… 1. You will discuss how your own life would

be different if one specific event of the 1960s had never occurred.

2. Think about how did that same event influenced your course of study and your choice of career path.

3. Finally, explore how different would the world be if that same event had never occurred.

How have the events and issues of How have the events and issues of the 60s impacted your personal life? the 60s impacted your personal life?

Discuss two specific personal experiences that might have turned out differently had the events and issues of the 60s never occurred.

Draw upon specific theories, concepts, and issues discussed this term to analyze how your personal life has been changed. **You need to apply a minimum of three theories discussed this term. **

Considering your chosen career path and Considering your chosen career path and major discipline, how have the events and major discipline, how have the events and issues of the 60s impacted these? issues of the 60s impacted these? Using a minimum of two specific theories and concepts from your major discipline, analyze a minimum of two of the events and issues from the 60s from that perspectiveState your major discipline Explain two specific theories from your

discipline. Apply those theories and concepts to at

least 2 specific events and issues from the 60s

How has your discipline or career path changed because of these events?

For instance: If you are a nurse or nursing major, what specific events and issues of the 60s have changed medicine?

How have they changed how we view the medical industry?

What specific theories and concepts from the medical discipline would be applicable to analyzing various events and issues from the 60s (i.e., The Pill, deinstitutionalization)?

Part III. From a global perspective, how Part III. From a global perspective, how have the events and issues of the 60s have the events and issues of the 60s changed international relations? changed international relations? Using a minimum two specific events and issues from the 60s, discuss how these events have helped to create a “global village.” What are the positive aspects of globalization?

What are the negative aspects of globalization?

How has the worldview of the United States changed as a result of the events and issues of the 60s and since then?

Your paper should be 7 pages in proper APA format

Separate Cover page (page 1)

Separate Reference page (Page 7)

Double spaced with #12 font –Times New Roman, and 1-inch margins on all sides

 Each section should be a minimum of two pages.

have a minimum of four outside sources, not including the texts. These sources should be scholarly, academic sources – no encyclopedias, Wikipedia, or Wikipedia-type Internet sources (answers.com, etc.)

Grading Criteria “A” (135-150 points)Grading Criteria “A” (135-150 points) Essay describes a specific event of the 1960’s. Essay names the students career path. Essay describes how the event shaped their

choice of career. Essay describes how the world would be

different if a specific 1960’s event had not occurred.

Essay is clearly written and all parts of the assignment are present.

Essay uses four referenced sources. Essay meets the posted length requirements Essay paper is formatted in APA style.