The class will discuss the assigned readings. Students’ active participation in discussions is absolutely necessary to making the course work well. The very high percentage of the final grade will be based on class participation. There will be two class meetings per week. Lectures will be followed by questions and discussion. All assigned readings should be completed before each class meeting. Course Content:
Identity, Democracy & American Dream
The End: John Lennon in New York City
History of Counterculture: Indians, African-Americans and European immigrants
Steinbeck, the 1930s and Bruce Springsteen: the American migrants
American Poetry: From Whitman to Kerouac
Portrait of the Beat Generation
1950’s: Cultural Revolution
America Divided: the 1960s
Mario Savio and the Making of a Youth Culture
War on Poverty: The Other America
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X
The Vietnam War
The Sixties in Sport: Muhammad Ali
Arts and Pop Culture
The Sixties in Music: Woodstock
No Direction Home - Bob Dylan
Black Panther's Party
American Indian Movement
Winners, Loosers and Consequences