During the 1960s, a counterculture movement emerged among mostly white, middle-class youth who called themselves hippies. Disillusioned with mainstream society, hippies embraced peace, love, and harmony through rock music, drugs like LSD and marijuana, colorful clothing, and alternative religions. Thousands left traditional lifestyles to live communally. However, many hippies struggled without structure and support from mainstream society. The 1960s also saw a rise in pop art by artists like Andy Warhol and the popularity of rock bands like the Beatles. In 1969, the Woodstock music festival drew 400,000 people to see famous bands of the era.

3.  During the 1960’s, mostly white, middle class
youths made up what became known as the
counterculture movement.
 Disillusioned, members of the counterculture,
known as hippies, chose to turn their backs on
“tradition” and focus on peace and love.

4.  To exhibit their disillusion, hippies left the
established worlds of school, work or home in the
tens of thousands and embraced a life of peace,
love and harmony through Rock n’ Roll, drugs
(LSD and marijuana), colorful clothing, alternative
religions like Buddhism and often group living in
communes.
 Very quickly, homeless and desperate hippies
learned that
they could not live outside of mainstream
society…As one
hippie put it, “We agreed on freedom and love but
fell apart
over who would cook and do the dishes!”

5.  Colorful clothing
 Ragged Jeans
 Tie-dyed fabric
 Military style jackets
 Beads
 Bandanas
 Native American
inspired clothing
 Long hair for both
men and women

6.  The 1960’s saw a rise in Pop
(popular) art.
 Andy Warhol, an artist, became famous
for his bright silk screen portraits of
soup cans, Marilyn Monroe and other
icons of the 1960’s.
 The most lasting legacy of the 60’s was
Rock n’ Roll.
 The Beatles, a British Band, arrived in
America in 1964 and were an instant
success.
 In 1969, 400,000 youth gathered for a
free music festival in upstate New York
called Woodstock and were
entertained by bands including: Jimi
Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, the
Grateful Dead and more….

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8. Challenge
Identify with your group the Woodstock band who did the following
and then record the answers in your workbook
Which Band:
1) Performed as the headliner after most of the audience had left
2) Performed right before a storm shut down the festival for a few hours
3) Refused to perform until they were paid $11,200
4) Performed with the crowd doing a call and response chant
5) Performed first instead of 5th because so many bands were stuck in traffic

9. Answer Key For Group Challenge 3 & 4:
Group Challenge # 4 Which Band:
Jimi Hendrix: Performed as the headliner after most of the audience had left
Joe Cocker: Performed right before a storm shut down the festival for a few hours
Who: Refused to perform until they were paid $11,200
Country Joe: Performed with the crowd doing a call and response chant
Richie Havens: Performed first instead of 5th because so many bands were stuck in
traffic