Key Content Research

 Growth of a counterculture (Note aspects of the 1950s and was there

real change from this starting point)
 Major events of counterculture e.g.,
Woodstock/summer of love etc.
 Key characters: Timothy Leary/ Abbie
Hoffman
 What sort of people were they?
 How widespread was it? And
significance.
 Rise of feminism Key events and characters:
 Betty Friedan/ Gloria Steinem
 NOW
 Court cases e.g., Roe vs Wade
 Rise of gay rights e.g., stonewall  Analyze and evaluate the transformation
of gay rights from the 1950s to
1960s/1970s
 Consider key characters, events and
legacy
 Silent majority  Who were they? Consider consensus
and conformity
 Nixon’s speech during the 1960s e.g.,
Vietnam War support!

Counterculture :
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/counterculture/#:~:text=The
%20Emergence%20of%20the%20Counterculture,the%20norms%20of%20the%201950s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/history/us-history-ii/the-new-frontier-and-the-
great-society/the-counterculture-of-the-1960s

https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sixties-
counterculture-hippies-and-beyond

https://medium.com/the-phoenix-project/notes-on-counterculture-1926a121f775

Woodstock: https://www.britannica.com/event/Woodstock

https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/woodstock

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/lsd-drugs-summer-of-love-sixties

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/may/27/escape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love

Timothy Leary: https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/timothy-leary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary#:~:text=As%20a%20clinical%20psychologist
%20at,Project%20from%201960%20to%201962.&text=After%20leaving%20Harvard%2C
%20he%20continued,the%20counterculture%20of%20the%201960s.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Timothy-Leary

Abbie Hoffman: