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    1960s Music

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    along with the music industry like peas in a pod‚ but never has it had more of a literal meaning than it did in the free loving 1960s. Many of the greatest rock bands and rock artists in history were forged out of the 60s‚ which culminated in 1969 with a festival of peace‚ love and happiness in a time of war. Rock and Roll was a release from war tension in the 1960s. Many "Hippies" protested the Vietnam War. Many of these protests were met with hostile means of breaking up by our government

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    February 27‚ 2006 Current Changes in Society‚ Families‚ and Schools 1. Major changes have been occurring in the everyday lives of families over the last generation. Elkind discussed a shift from the modern time period in the 1940’s to early 1960s‚ to the post modern time period from the 1960s to the present. He reports that schools begin to mirror the changes in society and families. Parent involvement in schools brought about changes; for example‚ the Disability

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    ago‚ the concept of family was entirely different than what it is modeled as today. The typical family was generally working or middle class‚ and it consisted of a husband who worked to support the family‚ and a wife who stayed home to tend to the house and children. The structure of the traditional family along with the general nature of society‚ have since changed however. No longer does the word “family” have a universal application in society. The supreme portrait of family is ever changing

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    Continuity and change in family arrangements in China. A comparison with the UK family 1. Introduction This essay is aim to compare the two countries with long shining history. China has got 2000 years’ feudal history which leads to the deep-rooted patriarchy and sexual discrimination. The UK used to be the empire on which the sun never sets‚ with the strongest economic and military power‚ patriarchy didn’t weak until recent years. These two giants have changed hugely nowadays. With the

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    Do you think Heath brought significant changes to Britain? Edward Heath rapidly raised to power‚ he was appointed a junior whip in 1951 then promoted to Chief Whip in 1955. He was appointed Minister of Labour in 1959. in 1960 Lord Privy Seal‚ in 1963 President of the Board of Trade. In 1964 the Conservative party lost the general election and its current leader‚ Alec Douglas-Home‚ stepped down not long after but not after changing the leadership election rules‚ which made it easier for the rank

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    the 1950 ’s‚ the ideal family consisted of a hard-working father‚ homemaker mother‚ and a couple of children (preferably one daughter and one son) all living together under a roof in the suburbs on the outskirts of a larger city. This view of the all American modern family was portrayed to society through social media‚ especially‚ and was widely accepted. I have experienced a similar family structure while growing up‚ but still had it ’s differences compared to the normative American family back then

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    The 1960s‚ a time of rebellion‚ drugs‚ free love and most importantly‚ Rock and Roll. The 60’s were a time of transition‚ both socially and in the music world. Rock and Roll went from being considered the “Devil’s Music’ to being a prestigious and highly respected music genre. Some memorable and excellent bands were produced in the 1960s‚ bands that are still listened toby different generations and are a nexus between parents and children. These bands performed in many music festivals‚ the most

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    1950’s somehow these stubborn ideals have endured the test of time‚ like how women belong in the kitchen taking care of the children and men provide for the family‚ or how divorce is frowned upon even when a majority of marriages end in separation or divorce. 1950 was a tough time for the United States and during this time a sparkle of comedic gold appeared that went by the name of I Love Lucy‚ similarly in 2009 the end of the Great Recession another nugget of genius showed up‚ Modern Family. While

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    The 1950’s A typical 1950’s family was nothing like the ideal family in today’s generation. Back then a typical family was a mom and a dad and several children. This is nothing like the current generation‚ where there are pregnant 16 year olds who think its ok to get pregnant out of wedlock because they see that on television. Everyone sat down to a home cooked meal together‚ unlike today where both men and women go to work and so they wind up eating something quick. Shows like “Leave it to Beaver”

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    Hippies In 1960s

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    In the 1960s‚ there was a change in people’s belief and their rights‚ and they were known as the hippies. Today‚ a similar change is occurring that is changing people’s belief‚ and that is the issue of the LGBT. In the 1960s‚ many Americans‚ especially younger ones‚ experience a change in attitude and how to express life. Both men and women began to wear long flowing clothes‚ beads‚ and headbands and often put flowers in their hair‚ which gave them the nickname “flower children”‚ or hippies. These

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