Lesson 2 - 1960s and 1970s

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Lesson 2: The 1960s and 1970s

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Summarize the 1940s/1950s in one word

What, in your opinion, is the biggest change in this period in the country?

Lesson Plan

At the end of this lesson:

- you can discuss the changes taking place in the 1960s and 1970s

- you can explain the causes of the changes and your own attitude towards them

50's

• In the 50's there was something called pillarisation.
• Religion was important!

change!

• The standards (norms) and values of people changed during the sixties.  

Secularisation

• One of the changes: secularisation.
• The church became less important and  had less influence!

60's

• Not only secularisation and depillarisation , but also higher wages (from 1963 on): more wealth, individualisation and democratisation are important to explain the changes in attitude.

What do you think people started buying for the first time in the 1960s?

Luxury items from the 1960s

• Hippies!
• Peace, love and understanding (and drugs!)
• Thought they could make the world a better place

Dolle Mina

• The babyboomers had grown up and became the protest generation.
•  The pill was invented, a safe way for birth control and it changed sexual ethics. 
• Women did not have equal rights with men when it came to work or education. The Dolle Minas (feminists) wanted to change this. 

Second Feminist Wave

• Women wanted equal rights,  equal wages and equal opportunities. 
• The Dolle Minas wanted to achieve this by protesting. These were usually a bit playful or funny.

Would you be part of Dolle Mina? Why (not)?

Differences

• At the same time, different types of relationships started to happen more and become (often very slowly more) accepted. 

Divorce

• There was a rise in divorces. 

Explain this rise in divorce in one sentence.

(economic) Turning point

• 1973 became a turning point: Economic Crisis.
•  An oil crisis was the cause.
• The conflict in the Middle East caused the OPEC (Mostly Arabic countries) to up the prices of oil. 

Youth

• Mentality amongst the youth was sometimes grim.
• The Punk subculture was a reaction to the economic crisis of the late 1970s (''no future idea'' due to much unemployment), 

Which of these decade would have your preference?

1. 1950s
2. 1960s
3. 1970s

Lesson Plan

At the end of this lesson:

- you can discuss the changes taking place in the 1960s and 1970s

- you can explain the causes of the changes and your own attitude towards them