Hillcrest High School Library

Johanna Spoljaric, Librarian

Mr. Blader, Teacher

 

 Aim:  How can we find information to learn about the 1960’s? 

Topics:  John F. Kennedy,  Vietnam War, Marin Luther King, Jr., Cuban Missle Crisis,  Fidel Castro,  Malcom X, the Chicago Seven, Twiggy, Woodstock, LSD, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pyscheldelic, Fashion of the 60’s, The Beatles, Andy Warhol

Your group will choose a topic or event that occurred during the 1960’s.  Working in groups, prepare a one page report about your topic or event.  Tell the class what you found most interesting about your topic or event.   Choose a writer and a presenter to read the report to the class. The paper will be handed in to Mr. Blader for extra credit.

Database Website to use:

http://hillcrestlibrary.org/databases.htm

Click on Student Resource Center Gold

Search by keyword – enter your search term

 

The Cultural Revolution

Interesting Sites About the Sixties and the Vietnam War

Decades: 1960-1969

The Psycheldelic 60's

 Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Vietnam Battlefield  Brief history and timeline-

Vietnam Stories  War Stories

Vietnam Veterans Home Page Vietnam Veterans Homepage

Fight Back! - Winter 2003 - The Brown Berets: Young Chicano Revolutionaries

This Far by Faith . 1946-1966: from CIVIL RIGHTS to BLACK POWER | PBS  – Black Arts Movement

The Sixties | PBS

The Sixties . Timeline . Text Version | PBS

The Girl Groups  60’s girl groups

American Cultural History - 1960-1969

Kresge Art Museum | Blast from the Past - Art of the 1960s