Overview: American Counterculture and Social Commentary

Photo of a crowd scene on a hillside. A path through the middle of the crowd is very muddy. A stage appears at the bottom of the hill, with a lake and woods behind it.

A small part of the crowd of 400,000, after the rain, Woodstock, United States, August 1969

Objectives

  • Respond to the weekly readings within the context of your own perspective. (Textual Annotations)
  • Compare different approaches to counterculture across different types of literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, etc.). (Weekly Journal Entry)