Dublin High Social Science: America in the 1960’s

AMERICA IN THE 1960’s

Grade level: 11-12

Length: 1 semester

Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation

Graduation: Fulfills elective credit

College prep: CSU/UC college prep elective-pending

No decade had as a greater impact on the culture of America than the 1960’s. This course will discuss it all….The Music,Elvis-the Beatles-the Stones- the Beach Boys-Motown……The War in Vietnam….the protests of that war…JFK, LBJ, and Nixon….Civil Rights-MLK, Malcolm X, Black Panthers and the Watts Riots……The first Super Bowls and the A’s arriving in Oakland….Hippies, Yippies, Woodstock and the Altamont.