by Harvard Sitkoff

Forty years after it ended, the 1960s remains the most consequential and controversial decade of the twentieth century. It would dawn bright with hope and idealism, see the liberal state attain its mightiest reforms and reach, and end in discord and disillusionment. Many would remember it nostalgically, and perhaps many more would describe it as an era of irresponsible excess.More »

Essays

Corwin, Robert, photographer. Phil Ochs, Newport Folk Festival, 1966. Photograph

The Sixties and Protest Music

Author: Kerry Candaele Curriculum Subjects: Art, Government and Civics Grade Levels: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Vietnam War and the My Lai Massacre

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Featured Primary Sources

Ronald Reagan to Glenn Dumke, August 15, 1967. (GLC04929)

Ronald Reagan on the unrest on college campuses, 1967

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[Dow Jones News Service ticker tape from the day John F. Kennedy was assassinate

The assassination of John F. Kennedy, 1963

Creator: Dow Jones News Service Curriculum Subjects: Government and Civics Grade Levels: 13+
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Teaching Resources

Analyzing Protest Songs of the 1960s

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Study Aid: Great Society Legislation

Curriculum Subjects: Government and Civics Grade Levels: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
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Multimedia

Political and Social Legacies of the Sixties

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Religion vs. Spirituality in 1960s America

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The Changing Face of the Supreme Court in American History

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Recommended Resources

Flamm, Michael W. and David Steigerwald. Debating the 1960s: Liberal, Conservative, and Radical Perspectives. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008.

Bloch, Avital H., and Lauri Umansky, eds. Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960’s. New York: New York University Press, 2005.

Parmet, Herbert S. Jack: The Struggles of John F. Kennedy. New York: Dial Press, 1980.

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