By listening to and analyzing the lyrics of selected examples of popular music from the 1960s era, students will develop a greater understanding of the historical and political forces as well as the emotional climate of the decade. This...

Online exhibition traces the creation of paper and mixed-media works by artists working in various European art centers along six different thematic pathways, such as popular culture, idea-driven conceptual art, protest, and...

Explore how the events and cultural and political changes that occurred in 1968 came to represent the upheaval and dramatic changes in American life during the 1960s. In this interactive lesson from WGBH, students develop a written...

Online companion to a PBS documentary that tells the story of America during the 1960s includes a timeline of newsworthy events from the decade and a series of thematic vignettes that addresses the war in Vietnam, sixties pop culture,...

Section overview on the Counterculture and anti-war movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s and its impact on a new social and political order.

Brief overview of the Environmental Movement and the growing concern about the environment spurred on by the mid 1960s push for civil rights in America.

Exports were the key to South Korea's industrial expansion. Until 1986 the value of imports was greater than exports. This situation was reversed, however, in 1986 when South Korea registered a favorable balance of trade of US$4.2...

Visit an example-rich exploration of poster art and learn how famous faces have been used to convey meanings and messages across the decades. An excellent resource for discovering how art can be a window into a particular time, Ballyhoo!...

A section on the turmoil of politics and protest surrounding the election of 1968.