Explore the varied experiences of young activists in the 1960s and the counter-culture movement’s influence on America.
Youth have a history of pushing for social change. Some of the most contentious issues in higher education today include the relationship of school campuses to political conflict and the limits of free speech. Professor Molly Worthen takes us back to the 1960s, where the Civil Rights Movement, Anti-War Movement, and Second-Wave Feminist Movement propelled students to march, conduct sit-ins, and speak out against various forms of perceived injustices in American society.
9 Videos
10 Readings
23 Additional Sources
3 Group Activities
1 Writing Task
7 Comprehension Questions
21 Discussion Questions
9 Exit Ticket Questions
Group Activity: 1
Comprehension: 2 Multiple-Choice Questions
Discussion: 6 Questions
Exit Ticket: 3 Questions
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Additional Sources: 5 (5 readings)
Group Activity: 1
Comprehension: 1 Multiple-Choice Question
Discussion: 6 Questions
Exit Ticket: 2 Questions
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Additional Sources: 7 (7 readings)
Writing Tasks: 1
Comprehension: 2 Multiple-Choice Questions
Discussion: 5 Questions
Exit Ticket: 2 Questions
Videos: 2
Readings: 2
Additional Sources: 5 (5 readings)
Group Activity: 1
Comprehension: 2 Multiple-Choice Questions
Discussion: 4 Questions
Exit Ticket: 2 Questions
Videos: 2
Readings: 3
Additional Sources: 6 (3 readings, 3 videos)
Molly Worthen is an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a freelance journalist. She received her BA and PhD from Yale University. Her research focuses on North American religious and intellectual history. Her most recent book, Apostles of Reason, examines American evangelical intellectual life since 1945, especially the internal conflicts among different evangelical subcultures. Her first book, The Man On Whom Nothing Was Lost, is a behind-the-scenes study of American diplomacy and higher education told through the lens of biography. She created an audio and video course for The Great Courses, “History of Christianity II: From the Reformation to the Modern Megachurch.” She recently released an audio course for Audible, “Charismatic Leaders Who Remade America.”
Worthen lectures widely on religion and politics and teaches courses on North American religious and intellectual culture, global Christianity, and the history of ideas. She is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times and has written about religion and politics for the New Yorker, Slate, the American Prospect, Foreign Policy, and other publications. She is currently writing a book about the history of political and religious charisma in America.
