USA - A Divided Union: Hippies

PowerPoint (with 7 slides) and one Word Document that examines the beliefs of the Hippy Movement, the extent of its appeal, the reasons for its decline and its legacy.

Activities include

• Starter activity using visual sources to establish the lack of appeal of the suburban American Dream for young people in the 1960s.
• Connection activity linking Hippy attitudes to sex, drugs etc, to the correct explanation.
• Comparison activity between attendance at the Woodstock Festival and participation in other protest movements to establish how popular the Hippies were.
• Discussion of the impact of the Manson Family Murders on the Hippy Movement.
• Activity to complete a table on the drawbacks of Hippy attitudes to sex, drugs, etc.
• Discussion of the legacy of the Hippy movement. Please note this slide contains a source with a swear word which you are welcome to edit out if inappropriate to your educational setting.

Designed for the teaching of Edexcel iGCSE History 4HI1 Paper 1 Depth Study 7 A Divided Union: civil rights in the USA, 1945-74.

Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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