This document provides a lesson plan about introducing students to the counterculture movement and anti-war sentiments of the 1960s as historical context for reading Tim O'Brien's novel "The Things They Carried". Students will view images from the counterculture era and pre-counterculture to compare and contrast in a Venn diagram. They will then watch videos and listen to music to identify mainstream versus anti-war sentiments. The lesson aims to familiarize students with the popular culture and rhetoric of the time period that influenced novels like "The Things They Carried".

1. Counterculture -Nidia Soto

2. This lesson will take a look at counterculture and the anti-war movement of the 1960s. Students will become familiar with popular culture, images, and rhetoric of the time. This lesson would take place before the class begins to read Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. This lesson will put the historical context of the novel in perspective. Students will then see how society at the time influences novels. For a later assignment, students will write an essay about some aspect of society that influenced the novel. Background

3. Anticipatory Set Student will view images of counterculture and pre- counterculture. Students will compare/contrast in a Venn diagram the images they have seen. They will then share their diagrams with other students. Students will evaluate the differences between mainstream and counterculture. Students will watch videos and listen to music and look for mainstream and anti-war sentiments. An accent, click to edit the text inside.

4. Think/Pair/Share Predict: What could have happened to create a difference in popular media.