English 122 Ms. M. White

DECADE: 1960-1969

View the “Censorship Incidents” link on the Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America” http://www.ericnuzum.com/banned/incidents/60s.html

Research, Reading and Responding:

1960’s Follow Up- Divide tasks among group members and discuss your findings.

 Find the lyrics to Ray Peterson's "Tell Laura I Love Her." It was called the "Death Disk."  The FBI begins collecting data on folk singers Phil Ochs. Ochs is one of several popular musicians to be tracked by the FBI during their careers (Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie). Research the biographies of any of these musicians and investigate why the FBI may have been interested in collecting data on them.  Find the lyrics to the Kingsmen hit "Louie, Louie." After review by the FCC, the agency determines that the song's lyrics are indecipherable. Can you decipher them?  The Barry McGuire song "Eve of Destruction" is pulled from retail stores and radio stations across the country after some groups complain that it is nihilistic and could promote suicidal feelings amongst teens. What do you think?  Radio stations across the USA ban the Rolling Stones hit "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" because they believe the lyrics are too sexually suggestive. What do you think?

CHECKPOINT: (Include your answers in your Personal Problem Log)

-What interests you from the summary? Read the entire link on the Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America: http://www.ericnuzum.com/banned/incidents/60s.html

-What do you want to find more information on? -What will help you better answer our guiding question? -What did you learn? -How will you demonstrate what you have learned?

*Discuss these points with your group as well. Viewing: You may wish to have a group member explore one of these films to add to your investigation.

Movies that illustrate the social fabric of this time include the following:

-Across the Universe. A 2007 musical film incorporating 33 compositions originally written by members of The Beatles. The film's plot and narrative structure interweave the stories of several characters whose lives cross paths during events set against the backdrop of the turbulent mid-1960s. The story apparently takes place around 1964. -Catch Me If you Can. Frank Abagnale Jr.(Leonardo DiCaprio), 15 years old, lives happily in 1963 New Rochelle, New York with his father Frank Abagnale Sr (Christopher Walken), and French mother Paula (Nathalie Baye). After Frank's parents file for divorce, Frank runs away. When he runs out of money, he begins to use confidence scams. Frank's cons grow ever bolder and he even impersonates an airline pilot. He forges Lufthansa & Pan Am payroll checks and succeeds in stealing more than $2.8 million. -Dirty Dancing. In the summer of 1963, 17-year-old New Yorker Frances "Baby" Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is vacationing with her affluent middle-class family at Kellerman's, a resort in the Catskill Mountains. Baby develops a crush on the resort's dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), part of the working-class entertainment staff. When Baby is invited to one of their parties, she observes for the first time the "dirty dancing" that the staff enjoys. -Dreamgirls. A period piece set in the 1960s and 1970s with a primarily African-American cast it is adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name. The musical was based on the history and evolution of American R&B music during the eras of doo-wop, soul, the Motown Sound, funk, and disco. In addition, the stage musical contains several allusions to the lives and careers of Motown Records act The Supremes, a connection the film version expands upon. As in the original stage musical, Dreamgirls can be broken up into two acts: the first taking place from 1962 to 1966, and the second taking place from 1973 to 1975. -Good Morning, Vietnam. A comedy-drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams), a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS), who proves hugely popular with the troops serving in South Vietnam, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his "irreverent tendency." -Hairspray. May 3, 1962. Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky), a cheerful, rotund high school student living in Baltimore, Maryland steps out of her apartment only to endure a day’s worth of school so she and her best friend Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes) can race home to view their favorite TV show, The Corny Collins Show. The program, a teen dance show, is broadcast from Baltimore’s station WYZT on weekday afternoons. The film follows Tracy Turnblad as she simultaneously pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against racial segregation. -Mississippi Burning. A 1988 crime drama film based on the FBI investigation into the real-life murders of three civil rights workers in the U.S. state of Mississippi in 1964. -Mr. Holland’s Opus. The plot follows Mr. Holland's teaching career over a thirty year span. The film features American history from the 1960s to the 1990s, including the Vietnam War, assassination of John Lennon, and the Watergate scandal. The story also deals with the issues of attitudes towards the deaf and the cutting of arts programs in public schools across the United States. -The Outsiders. Is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaption of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. -The Secret Life of Bees. Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning), a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters - August (Queen Latifah), May (Sophie Okonedo) and June (Alicia Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.