These are Grade 12 IEB History notes covering the Student Movements both in the US and Internationally. This falls under the topic of Civil Society Protest and is assessed in the IEB History paper 2. The international movements include student movements in Ireland, France, Czechoslovakia and Mexico
Returning troops from World War 2 experienced a post-war economic boom
- Majority held white collar jobs (professionals)
- Could afford to have children
- They were a generation with spending power
o Led to a housing, consumer and labour boom
- Known as the “Baby Boomers” born 1948 – 1964
Boomers began to question authority and the status quo
- Questioned their parents conservative values
- Questioned the education system and its curriculum
- Questioned the government’s power, ideology and value
- Questioned capitalism, imperialism, racism, sexism
Demanded a larger role in society
- Rejected everything the middle class stood for
- Were critical of consumerism and relaxed about drugs
The baby boom led to crowded universities with insufficient facilities and media made Boomers
socially aware
- So they joined the Students for a Democratic Society
- Organised protests
o Teach-ins, “Tantrum tactics” and “Child Stealing”
- Dropped out of society
- Encouraged people to be “anti-establishment”
- Adopted revolutionary ideas
Successes
- Changed educational administration and curricula
- Created new fashion and music trends
- Created new rights and opportunities (voting age lowered from 21 to 18)
Failures
- Capitalism did not collapse
- Consumerism remained
Student Movements
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