The 1960s

The Baby Boomers

• 70 million post-war babies became teenagers

• Movement away from the conservative fifties

• Result: real change in the cultural fabric of American life. 

• No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, WANTED CHANGE

• Changes affected education, values, lifestyles, laws, and entertainment. 

Youth Toys

• Surfers wanting to stay in shape turned to Skateboarding

• Barbie introduced in 1959, followed by G.I Joe

• Trolls

• “Slot Cars” – Toy cars

Music• 1960, Elvis returned to the music and other 1950s

artists

• America, however, was ready for a change. 

• More Rock specializing in rhythm and blues– The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, The Temptations

• Bob Dylan helped bring about folk music revival

• The Beach Boys appealed to high schoolers

• The Beatles, from England, burst into US

• 1960's began with crew cuts on men and bouffant hairstyles on women. 

• Casual plaid/button down shirts on men, knee length dresses for women

•Mid-decade: •miniskirts or hot pants, often worn with go-go boots•women's hair was either very short or long and lanky. 

•Men's hair became longer and wider

•Jeans became a staple in fashion

Fashion

• 1960's began with Crew Cuts on men and bouffant hairstyles on women. 

• Casual plaid/button down shirts on men, knee length dresses for women

Fashion – Early Sixties

Fastion – Mid/Late Sixties

• Mid-decade: • ________________ or

________________, often worn with ___________________

• women's hair was either very _____________ or _____________________________. 

• Men's hair became _____________ and ___________

• _________________ became a staple in fashion

The Art

• Rise of Pop Art – bring art into the mainstream

• Famous Artist – Andy Warhol

The Counter Culture

• A Rebellion from Conventionalism

• Generally white middle class college youths

• Known as “Hippies”

• Goal: create a setting of “Peace, love, and harmony”– Sometimes called “age of Aquarius”

• Eventual collapse – drug use/lack of organization, a couple of violent events

Hippie chic

• Long hair for men and women

• Clothing became part of self-expression

• Loose, “ethnic” styles

• Hand made, embellished items

• Sexual, colorful, nonconformist