60s American Culture Research Paper

Social norms have changed drastically in America since the ‘60s because back then there was a large middle class with many of them living in poverty and now we have a medium sized middle class not very many that live in poverty. Back in the 60s there was a large number of people that went to church and now there are still quite a few people that go to church but many Americans stay home and do something else instead. The 60s experienced the change to the Pledge of Allegiance with the added phrase of “Under God” and the added phrase to money of “In God We Trust”. There has been a drastic change since the 60s because the 60s experienced movements and groups and have fought in wars and had nuclear missile scares, now if those things happened today …show more content…
In both my parents and grandparents generations all the meals were freshly cooked from scratch and made you full and the produce and meats came from local farms and gardens that didn’t put any byproduct of any sort in their foods. The generation now is used to electronics and exotic and strange music and advances in technology and is known for having a high number of people using drugs. My parents generation was used to strange and wild music and had a very high use of drugs too but did not really know what electronics were and had some trouble getting used to changes in technology because they grew up in small towns all their lives and didn’t have anything to do besides play in creeks and help the farmers or walk around town with friends. In my grandparents generation, you were one of the richer families to own a vehicle and grew up helping on the farms because it was a priority and was what sustained you through the year and going to school came second and a lot of kids ended up not going to school for most of their school years and were either taught at home or from children that had been going to school for a