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The 1960s Lifestyle  
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Tiger Beat16 Spec Cheetah Teen magazines Mad Life Playboy Rolling Stone Photoplay Reader's Digest Famous Monsters Of Filmland Hollywood Romances Confidential Detective Whisper Men Vintage Life Magazines Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site Playboy Logo, Facts & Collectibles Boomer's Teen Magazine Advice & Tips  ----------
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books Valley Of The Dolls Happiness Is A Warm Puppy The Feminine Mystique Silent Spring Unsafe At Any Speed In Cold Blood  comic books & funniesArchie The Fantastic Four Spiderman (1962) Peanuts 1960s Bestsellers Books About Hippies Archie Comics Marvel Comics SpiderFan: All About Spiderman! Peanuts  -------Some of TV's funniest performers published paperback joke books  There were also books that attempted to explain the hippie lifestyle to the rest of us | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Visit Whatever Happened To...? to see some visions of Christmas past! ======================================== ========================================  anti-smoking New medical findings were linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer and all sorts of other diseases. Visit my Advertising page for anti-smoking publications and PSAs! ======================================== ========================================  swinging London They say that every decade has its trendy international city. In the 1930s it was Berlin; in the 1950s it was Rome. If this is true, then in the 1960s it was definitely London! The popularity of the Beatles created a desire for all things British. The stylish boutiques on Carnaby Street and King's Road in Chelsea made them the home of mod fashion. The Mod Scene Online Sixties City Video Clip: Swinging Carnaby Street Video Clip: King's Road in Chelsea ======================================== ========================================  groovy! In the late 1960s, the mod and hippie movements were starting to have an effect on mainstream society. Posters, products, fashions and home decor were becoming decidedly more "groovy." ======================================== ========================================  most popular baby names of 1965
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 college lifeA great deal of debate, protest and change took place on college campuses in the 1960s. A survey taken in 1968 revealed that 81 percent of undergraduates were dissatisfied with their schools. These students took an active role in seeing that some changes were made. Protesting and striking students demanded more relevant coursework, more ethnic studies, more control over their classes and more diversity in the student population. Student life was governed by the policy of in loco parentis, which allowed colleges to act "in place of the parents." Off campus, these young people were considered adults, but at school they were subjected to curfews, dorm visitation restrictions, close supervision and rules against having a car or renting an apartment. This unpopular policy was also a target of protest in the late 1960s. The counterculture movement flourished on college campuses in the late 1960s. This resulted in freak-outs, anti-war rallies and increased drug use. It also caused a decrease in traditional college activities such as pledging fraternities. At the time, school officials looked upon these incidents as nothing more than "temper tantrums." However, most of the things these students worked for eventually became reality. College Freak-Ins & Freak-Outs The Day "In Loco Parentis" Died (Visit my In The News page to read about social activism on college campuses!) ======================================== ======================================== etcetera... * Far out, man! ....it's 60s slang! *Check out the hot topics with this *1968 Glossary  While the Salk and Sabin vaccines were bringing polio under control, tuberculosis was still a threat in the 1960s. Local newspapers urged you to visit the mobile chest X-ray unit when it came to your town, and the purchase of Christmas Seals provided funds for TB research. Christmas Seals Timeline ======================================== ========================================  Check out Fads & Fun to see what the kids were up to!
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dress codes Dress codes were strictly enforced. Boys were sent home if they weren't wearing a belt or a shirt with a collar. They could also be sent home if the faculty determined that their hair was "too long." In the fashion world, hemlines were inching up, and girls had to perform the "kneel test"....their skirts had to be long enough to touch the floor when they were kneeling. And no slacks!  why can't Johnny read? In the 1950s, schools didn't teach phonetics, and many children were coming out of the school system unable to read properly. In the 1960s, phonics returned to the grade school curriculum. did you know?... In 1968, the first female teacher was allowed to teach while visibly pregnant.  driver's edThe first high school driver's education classes were taught in the 1930s. By the 1960s, driver's ed was being offered by 70 percent of American high schools. Many states were making it mandatory for teens to take the class before getting their licenses. The driver simulation machine was the latest high-tech teaching tool. college bound For the first time in history, it was assumed that most high school students would be going on to college. Many schools began to give more difficult assignments as a way to prepare students for college coursework.  clubs There were plenty of clubs to join in the typical high school of the 1960s. Many of them were designed to prepare students for future careers, such as the Future Farmers Of America, Future Nurses Of America and Future Homemakers Of America. There were also glee clubs, girls clubs, pep clubs and the Girls' Athletic Association.  
scholastic competitionsEach year, many high schools sent a team of students to compete in contests like It's Academic. Girls who belonged to a home economics club often competed in baking contests. gender divisions Gender dictated which classes you took and which activities you participated in. Girls took Home Economics, boys took Industrial Arts. Boys were on the football team, girls were cheerleaders. Dick and Jane Books & Readers Sample Dick and Jane Pages Growing Up & Liking It (Booklets For Girls) Ginn & Company Readers Whatever Happened To The New Math? subject matter The school curriculum began to reflect the changing times during this turbulent decade. Events in Vietnam prompted social science classes to expand their coverage to include Africa and Asia. Soviet advances in space exploration forced us to analyze our science and math programs. The result was the New Math....a radical new teaching strategy that many math departments began to adopt in the early 1960s. Even though parents (and most teachers) hated it, administrators hoped the New Math would help students compete in an increasingly technological society.
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| women in society In the 1960s, attitudes about women were in a state of transition... *Young girls were still being taught that the only acceptable careers they could pursue were dancer, actress, stewardess, teacher, model or nurse (as shown in the board game to the left). *Women were beginning to realize their true potential, thanks to Betty Friedan's landmark 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique. *NOW (the National Organization For Women) was founded by Betty Friedan in 1966.
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======================================== | ======================================== fear of the bomb In the early 1960s, the cold war of the 1950s was still very real, and still very frightening. Certain public areas were designated as fallout shelters, and the Emergency Broadcast System conducted tests on radio and TV. Some people purchased or built bomb shelters for their own homes. "Bomb shelter mania" hit its peak in 1961. Nuke Pop Civil Defense Fallout Shelter Handbook 1962 
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