Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What was the counter culture?
  • What factors influenced the rise of the counterculture?
/ Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What type of music and art shaped the 1960s and 1970s counterculture?
  • Why did the counterculture fall apart?

Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What was feminism?
  • What were the differences between 1920s feminism and the feminism of the 1970s?
/ Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What was and why was Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique so popular?
  • What successes and failures did NOW have in America?

Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What did Gloria Steinam achieve in the women’s liberation movement?
  • What did Phyllis Schlafly achieve in this movement?
/ Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • Explain Title IX and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.
  • Explain the ruling in Roe vs Wade

Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • Why did Mexicans and immigration from other Latin American countries migrate to the United States?
  • Who was Cesar Chavez?
/ Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What were the goals of the American Indian movement?
  • What legal successes did Native American groups have in the 1970s?

Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • Who was Ralph Nader and what were his goals and legal achievements?
/ Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What forces gave rise to the environmental movement of the 1960s and 70s and what impact did this movement have? (Silent Spring, Earth Day, Cuyahoga River)

Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What are 3 laws President Nixon passed and what did they accomplish?
/ Using Chapter 26: An Era of Protest and Change in the orange books, find the section that discusses your topic below, read silently, and then prepare to share what you learned with the class. Make your presentation interesting and answer the prompts below!
  • What was the event that occurred in 1979 at Three Mile Island and what was the long term impact of this disaster?

An Era of Protest and Change: Key Ideas and Important Moments in Time

Counterculture / Feminism
The Environmental Movement / Consumer Protection
Native American Movement / Latino Movement
Gay Rights Movement