Culture of the Counter Culture Web quest



Objective: -To discover the characteristics that made the Counter Culture movement of the 1960s and 1970s distinctive. -To examine protest movements that influenced culture in the United States.Assignment:Complete the questions below concerning the Counter culture movement of the 1960s and 1970s.It will count for a project grade. You may use the internet or your text book.Answers need to be in complete sentences and answer the question fully. Incomplete answers will lead to deductions from your grade.WEBQUEST:To what does the term “counterculture” refer?Who were the Beatles and why were they important to this movement?What are hippies? Describe the hippy lifestyle.How are hippies similar to Beatniks? How are they different?What was Haight-Ashbury?What was Woodstock?What did people mean when they referred to the “Establishment”?Describe the Free Speech Movement.What was the “Summer of Love”?What was SDS?Identify the following people and explain how they were important to the Feminist Movement: Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Phyllis Schlafly.What impact did Roe v. Wade have on the United StatesWhat was the purpose of the Equal Rights Amendment and what happened to it?What was the American Indian Movement, and how did it go about seeking equality?Who was Cesar Chavez and how did he contribute to the struggle for equality?Who was Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez?What was La Raza Unida?Who was Rachel Carson and what did she contribute to the environmental movement?What key pieces of legislation were passed in the 1960s and 1970s to improve the quality of the environment?What government organization was created to examine environmental issues. ................
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