DOCUMENT RESUME ED 421 448 SO 029 358 TITLE Take a Field Trip through the 1960s. Celebrate the Century Education Series. INSTITUTION Postal Service, Washington, DC. PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 131p.; For other items in this series, see SO 029 312 and SO 029 381. AVAILABLE FROM United States Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260-2435. PUB TYPE Guides - Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Elementary Secondary Education; *Heritage Education; Instructional Materials; *Material Culture; Modern History; Social Studies; *United States History IDENTIFIERS *Postage Stamps; *Postal Service; 1960s ABSTRACT This is the second in a series of six kits that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is publishing to help teach through stamps the history of the 20th Century and the people, places, and events that have shaped this nation during the past 100 years. Each kit is designed as a complete and independent unit. This kit, covering the decade of the 1960s, contains: (1) welcome letter from the USPS;(2) ten teacher's lesson cards;(3) one "Resource Guide";(4) thirty "topic cards";(5) ballot (with return envelope);(6) student magazine; and (7) poster. Kits are distributed in a kit storage box, with multiple copies of some materials. On the basis of the ballots, the USPS intends to issue a limited edition of 15 commemorative stamps celebrating the decade of the 60s. Subsequent kits will gradually cover the entire 20th century. (JH) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** oo fJJ2 :711LM" `"- oo rr) C;)* ..agkikAglikkAAL., .04111th sae. .1"1 -AIWAIII4j,k_, AIL totka.. AdIll ANIL .1111 411I 41 lr gVI% SIOXIXMIL EDUCATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OFand Improvement PUT YOUR STAMP Office of Educational Research ON HISTORY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION 1 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 CENTER (ERIC) reproduced as O This document has been organization Alt7 UNITED STATES received from the person or originating it. O Minor changes havebeen made to improve reproductionquality. JET COPY AVARABLE Points of view or opinionsstated in this 2 document do not necessarilyrepresent official OERI position orpolicy. STAMP SERVICES UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE VOTE BY MAY 30, 1990 May 1, 1998 Dear Teacher: Peace, love, flower power. A man on the moon. Martin Luther King's dream. The sixties were a remarkable time in our nation's history and the United States Postal Service is pleased to have you and your students join us in commemorating the people and events that shape our country. The Celebrate The CenturyTM Educational Series not only teaches children about history, it enables them to become a part of it. Just as the 1964 Voting Rights Act truly granted the right to vote to all Americans, the Celebrate The CenturyTM program opens up the democratic process to children. For the first time, the votes of kids and adults are equally counted in a national election as Americans "place their stamp on history" by choosing the stamp subject matter that will represent life in each of the decades of the 20th century. We have made voting easy for you and your class. You can vote using the special school ballots in your 1960s School Kit or also go online and have your students vote on the interactive Celebrate The CenturyTM voting web site: <http://stampvote.msn.com>. The 1960s voting period runs through May 30th. Please don't let this historical opportunity pass by - empower your students as voters and instill in them the importance of becoming educated, active participants in one of America's greatest rights. As President Clinton stated, "We have a special responsibility to inspire the American people to reflect upon and commemorate the achievement's of this country's past and to celebrate the possibilities of the future." Today, more than 220,000 classrooms are already participating in the United States Postal Service's Celebrate The CenturyTM program. What's more, educators nationwide are praising this unique program for its quality, diversity and substance, and for the relevancy of the curriculum materials provided. Thank you for your involvement and continued participation in the Celebrate The CenturyTM program. Executive Director Stamp Services 475 L' ENFANT PLAZA SW WASHINGTON DC 20260-2435 3 -kV 11 k4I 17_ K;T,..V1-'.--a. 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MIAC7 ...!2 6%.° !INTRODUCTION TO TIFF 11960a, en) Camelot and Vietnam. Martin Luther King, Jr. The New approached the realm of science fiction, some critics Frontier and the Great Society. "I Want to Hold Your questioned the authority of science and the impact of Hand." The images and events of this pivotal decade technology on society. Most notably, Rachel Carson's are linked to the trends of the forties and fifties. In Silent Spring sounded a warning about the indiscrimi- many cases, their influence continues to the present nate use of pesticides and helped spawn a new envi- day. For example, civil rights became a national priority ronmental movement. in the 1960s, although the movement had originated more than a decade earlier. The development of President Lyndon Johnson expanded the role of the microchips revolutionized the computer industry during federal government by declaring a "war on poverty." the sixties and paved the way for many of today's new Johnson's sweeping legislative program, known as the technologies. Great Society, sought to assist the poor, protect the civil rights of African Americans, extend aid to education, Similarly, the Cold War continued to drive U.S. foreign and strengthen the national social safety net. policy throughout the decade. After anti-colonial forces defeated the French in 1954, the U.S. supported Television and movies both reflected the social and South Vietnam over Ho Chi Minh's communist govern- political ferment of the day and provided escapist ment in the North. By 1965, President Lyndon Johnson fare. The 1950s TV family lived on in shows like The Dick had committed U.S. troops to the struggle, and the war Van Dyke Show, while at the same time Rowan & escalated steadily as the decade wore on. Martin's Laugh-In and The Smothers Brothers offered political and social commentary. Movies like 2001: A By the middle of the decade, public support for the Space Odyssey and TV shows like Star Trek both glori- Vietnam War was in decline. Opposition to the war pit- fied science and examined fears associated with ted many college-aged baby boomers against their space travel and the computer age. From the U.S. parents' generation, which had fought in World War II. Open to the first Super BowI,TV added to the growth This "generation gap" was clearly expressed in the anti- and popularity of professional sports and raised interest war movement, which mobilized thousands of students in Olympic competition. in demonstrations and protests. The circular peace symbol became one of the most enduring visual Rock and roll matured, reflecting the changing social images of this period. and political attitudes of the time. Rock musicians bor- rowed heavily from folk music, long the music of popu- The1960s were the high point of the civil rights move- lar protest. "British Invasion" groups such as the Beatles ment, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Marches, free- and the Rolling Stones demonstrated that rock and roll dom rides, voter registration drives, and sit-ins demon- had become an international phenomenon. Still asso- strated the need for legislation and led to passage of ciated with the youth culture, rock and roll did not the federal Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 and the threaten the continued popularity of entertainers like 1965 Voting Rights Act. By the late 1960s, the nonviolent Frank Sinatra and Lawrence Welk. tactics advocated by King and others early in the decade were challenged by more radical calls for Disillusioned with the Vietnam War, the persistence of black power. Women's participation in the fight for civilsocial and economic inequalities and their own power- rights and other social movements sparked a new fem- lessness to change mainstream American society by inist movement by the decade's end. political means, many young people sought to create communities based on alternative values. From self-suf- President Kennedy opened a "new frontier" when he ficient hippie communes to more individual forms of committed the U.S.