THE 60’SBy:

Maggie WiedmannMaria Garcia

Hannah Schryer Angela Bumhira

Fashion Explosion

women: mini skirts, bright plastic fabrics, leather boots and false eyelashes.

Men: velvet trousers, paisley shirts, wide “kipper” ties, high-collared regency jackets, “afro”.

Youth was triumphant in

style.

Fashion Explosion

Hippies dressed “groovy”, colorful and floral. They dressed to express there rebellious

personalities. Hippies wore: hipsters, bell-bottom jeans,

ankle fringes, flower patches and peasant blouses.

Fashion jewelry including long earrings, bandanas, scarves, bracelets and rings with peace signs became very popular

This all affected the teen fashion industry in a major way.

Literature

Writers were re-evaluating the world through their writings.

Writers were expressing their feelings towards society through in many styles.

Writers from the 60s were also influenced by some older works.

Many writers from the 20s and 50s became incredibly popular.

The writings also portrayed political and social vies from the 60s.

Popular Authors and books

The Child from Sea- Elizabeth Gauge Melbury Square by Dorothy Eden To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Ralph Nader Onion John by Joseph Krumgold (1960) Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (1960) The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George

Speare( 1962) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1962)

Changing Roles

Brown vs Board of Education- turning point. The black power movement Protest in Birmingham Sit-ins Marches: Selma to Montgomery African Americans were given the right to

vote Freedom Rides Designed to test the compliance of

Southern states with supreme court rulings.

Leaders and Strategies

Martin Luther King (SCLC) Ella Barker ( SNCC) Malcolm X ( Black Nationalism)The March on Washington August 1963 and 200,000 people came to

participate. Organized by Phillip Randolph. MLK Jr. delivered the “I have a dream

speech.”

March from Selma to Montgomery

Scientific Inventions/Technology

1960 General electric engineer Frederick Moby bettered the halogen lamp

1961 Theodore Mailman perfected the laser, which is now used for printing and surgery

1962 Phillips Company of the Netherlands invented in the audio cassette, 1 year late the U.S. produced a recorder machine to play the cassettes

1963 Douglas Englebart invented the computer mouse and the five key corded keyboard

Scientific Inventions/Technology

1966 John Gibbon invented an electronic fuel system for cars

1967 Texas Instrument invented the first hand-held calculator, which cost $2,500 a piece

1968 First Philadelphia Bank was the first bank to have an ATM machine, but it only dispensed prepackaged envelopes with money

1969 the artificial heart was first used on a human body

Sports

Sports began being covered on TV for increasing business and money.

Surfing officially became a sport, which originated in California

Roberto Clemento was the first Hispanic baseball player to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Vince Lombardi became head coach of the Green Bay Packers, ending their losing streak, and helped eleven of his player to the Football Hall of Fame

Olympics

Three Olympic games were held during the sixties

Bob Beamon made a record at the long jump, which lasted for twenty years (8.9m)

Muhammad Ali won gold for heavy lightweight boxing

Debbie Meyer won three gold medals for free style swimming

Peggy Flemming won gold for her ice skating performance

Popular Culture

Hippies, also known as flower children because flowers symbolized love and peace, founded an alternative society based on love, peace, and freedom

The drug scene arose, as many like Timothy Leary preached that drugs could free the mind

Most common drugs included LSD, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol

Popular Culture

Millions of people gathered at music festivals like Woodstock and Altamont to experience weekends fulfilled with peaceful protests, concerts, and love.

Many people also protested the war in Vietnam with teach-ins, marches, and the burning of their draft cards

Woodstock Festival

Transportation

There was nearly one car for every family. Traffic jams built up causing the need for

fast open roads. Super highways were constructed. Soon

all families were in need of two cars to keep up with the fast city transportation.

Natural Disasters

One of the main natural disasters in the 1960s was hurricane Camille in 1969

Occurred in the gulf Winds were up to 200 mph and up. Other disasters were a tsunami in 1960 1964 a major earthquake in Ohio

Michigan.

Entertainment (changing roles)

movies

The 60s saw radical changes in the production industries.

Stars and directors began choosing there own projects instead of being initiated by the studios of Hollywood.

Films began to move away from genre films to create movies that captured the imagination of the young.

This altered the face of movie making.Television

Television was also becoming very popular in making series that would be a big form of family entertainment.

Movies

Sound of music: (1965) Julie Andrews; a traditionally structured Hollywood musical that offered wholesome family entertainment. ( a blockbuster hit)

The Graduate: (1967) alienated college graduate struggling to find his place in the world.

Easy Rider: (1969) Charting the exploits of two drug- dealing motorcyclist as they moved across a sometimes hostile America.(Theme: drugs and American violence)

Television

Sesame street:(1969) The Andy Griffith show: (1960-1968) The Dick Van Dyke show: (1961) Star trek: (1966-1969) A small screen classic

The Beverly Hillbillies: (1962)

Entertainment

Music

The Beatles were one of the most popular bands of the 1960’s; one of their most famous songs , “Hey Jude” was written by Paul McCartney for Julian Lennon, John's son.

Another popular band was the Rolling Stones; they were formed in 1962.

The Supremes had the best of their early releases "When the Love Light Starts Shining," in the fall of 1963, reached #23 on the charts. By the fall of the 1964, the Supremes had released eight singles with none even making the Top 20.

Headlines

1960- Wilma Rudolf won three gold medals. 1963- Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have

a Dream” speech. 1964- This was the first year the cigarette

boxes had a warning printed on it "Smoking can be hazardous to your health". 

1966- Walt Disney dies of cancer. 1967- the first transplant was performed. 1968- Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King

was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.  1969- Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

Communication

1966- the Telecopier was invented.

1969- ARPANET, the first internet was started.

1962- 1st transatlantic reception of a television signal via the TELSTAR

The 1960’s