1960s

Toys in the 1960’s Define toy. Many people would say a toy is either a fun thing to play with, or an annoying thing to see. It’s more than just that. Even if you were to look in a dictionary, it’s still not correct. Toys are a form of entertainment that have been around since the dawn of time. Even though they didn’t have fancy machines all the way back then, they still found things to play with, such as rocks, for example. Now, let's go on a quick adventure. Close your eyes. Imagine you’re a…

Music In The 1960’s The 1960’s were a time of change in society, fashion, politics, attitudes, and especially music. During these times, many different social influences impacted popular music, and songs began to include social consciousness and political statements. Events like the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, and the progression of the Civil Rights Movement all inflicted change in music. During the 1960’s, many genres of music emerged, like Motown and R&B,…

How the 1960s and Present Day are Different and Similar There are lots of different and similar things about the 1960s and the Present Day. Lots of things changed like technology, fashion/clothes, and racial attitudes. But, some things about those things stayed the same. The technology was really slow back then, but now it is really fast, technology has become more advanced while keeping some things. They kept the idea that there can be projectors that play videos or tv shows, but the just…

The 1960s and 1970s was a time of civil rights revolution when Americans began to question the authority and claim their rights which led to several movements. In the 1960s women were limited in what they could do at home and in the work place. Women were expected to stay home and take care of home chores and children and to be committed to their husbands. Women at that time were limited to jobs as teachers, nurses, and secretaries. They were not allowed in other professions that reserved for…

Language The 1960s also saw the birth of a new attitude towards the Gaelic language. Since the struggle for independence, there had been a hope in the revival of the language. Many intellectuals and politicians had stressed the importance of it as one of the constitutive elements of Irishness. One clear example is Douglas Hyde who, already in the XXX, had claimed that it was necessary to “de-anglicize” Ireland in order to XXX. Gaelic was thus promoted and made compulsory in schools when the new…

the early 1960’s, American politicians began to pay closer attention to the social issue of teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy refers to women between 13 and 19 years of age, who have not yet reached childbearing age and are still physically and mentally undeveloped to have children. A number of significant social changes during the late 50s and early 60s shifted American culture and brought along, long-lasting effects that still affect our society today. The sexual revolution of the 1960’s shaped…

Back in the 1960's the style was very weird and odd and looked uncomfortable. The clothes back then look way different than they do now. There are some styles and clothes pieces that are still popular or came back. From shoes to shirts clothes have changed a whole lot. Sport shoes and clothes have had a dramatic change and some things have also changed a little bit. There were clothes for the poor and for the rich too. Shoes played a big part in the 1960s involving fashion, sports, and a…

The teenagers of the 1960s wanted to check out the normality and the mainstream of American life after WWII had ended. These largely white, middle-class group of teens during this time believed that the “anvil of American industry and the brainpower of American technocrats who created ever-greater prosperity produced an impersonal machine that was concerned more with maintaining cold-war social stability than correcting society’s deficiencies” (Hamailton vi.). To make a change, kids acted out in…

most of the 1960s, and local participation rates were high. Sports in the 1960’s had a strong effect on society. There were only so many teams for leagues, and different sports were bigger back then, then they are now. There were some very important and outstanding players then that don’t stand out to us now. Pro Basketball in the 1960’s wasn’t as big as it is now. The league only consisted of a couple teams and there were only a few important players. For example, “In the 1960’s pro…

During the 1960's J.F.K was elected. John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated in the 1960s. Meanwhile in the 60's, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Rolling Stones were famous for their music/movies. Fashion was also popular in the 1960's for all kind of people such as man, women, and children. The 1960's is a decade known for its barbaric politics, revolutionary music, and fashion. John F. Kennedy was a very well known man. Born May 29,1917, in Brookline Massachusetts. Kennedy…