Architecture, Art Actors & Movies

Music

Books and Literature

Sports

Pop Culture & Fashion

ARCHITECTURE, ART, ACTORS & MOVIES

Overview of American Cultural History

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html

Paul Newman, actor

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Type in Newman, Paul . There is an obituary as well as two articles from Current Biography.

http://www.biography.com/people/paul-newman-9422564

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/bio

West Side Story (film version in 1961)

http://www.westsidestory.com/archives_faq.php

http://movies.amctv.com/movie/53850/West-Side-Story/details

TOP MOVIES 1960’s

http://movies.toptenreviews.com/list_d1960.htm

Walter Gropius, architect

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Type in Gropius, Walter.

http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Walter_Gropius.html

I.M. Pei, architect

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Type in Pei, I M.

http://www.barth.lib.in.us/IMPei.html

Alexander Calder , artist

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Type in Calder, Alexander

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/calder_a.html

Andy Warhol, artist

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Type in Warhol, Andy.

http://www.warhol.org/aboutandy/

CULTURE & FASHION

Fashion 1960’s

http://www.fashion-era.com/the_1960s_mini.htm

60’s Clothing

http://www.1960sclothing.co.uk/

Crazy Fads of the 60’s from bell bottoms to go- go boots

http://www.crazyfads.com/60s.htm ( may have to access this site from home)

Pattern covers & magazine covers showing fashion of the 60’s

http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/timelinepages/1960s1.htm

Fashion and Fads of the 60’s

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/fashion.htm

 Cultural life 60’s: includes film, radio and tv; books and literature; fashion & fads; music; technology

http://the60sofficialsite.com/

Hairstyles of the 60’s

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/hair-style.htm

http://www.hairarchives.com/private/archivesnew.htm - Photos of hairstyles from the 1960’s

BOOKS AND LITERATURE

Overview of American Cultural History

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Type in Lee, Harper.

http://www.enotes.com/authors/harper-lee

http://www.neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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Type in Sendak, Maurice

http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/sendakartistry.htm

http://www.nndb.com/people/275/000023206/

http://www.embracingthechild.org/Bookspecialsendak.htm

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Type in Heller, Joseph.

http://www.who2.com/josephheller.html

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/jan2000/hel-j06.shtml

Maya Angelou

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Type in Angelou, Maya.

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ang0bio-1

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/87

Newbery Winners 1960’s

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm

http://eduscapes.com/newbery/date.html

http://www.carr.org/read/newberyauthors.htm

MUSIC

Overview of American Cultural History

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html

Music of the 1960’s

 Click on the genre of music, then the name of the person or group.

http://oldies.about.com/od/60srockers/60s_Music.htm

 Beatles

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Type in Beatles.

http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/the-beatles

Beach Boys

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Type in Wilson, Brian.

http://thebeachboys.com/

http://www.history-of-rock.com/beach_boys.htm

http://www.rockhall.com/ - search Beach Boys

Jimi Hendrix

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Type in Jimi Hendrix

http://www.jimihendrix.com/

http://www.rockhall.com – search Jimi Hendrix

http://www.jimihendrixmemorial.com/inspiration.html

 Elvis Presley

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Ø Type in Elvis Presley

http://www.elvis.com/

http://www.history-of-rock.com/elvis_presley.htm - Scroll down to information about the 1960’s and his career

http://www.rockhall.com/ - search Elvis Presley

American Bandstand

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/bandstnd.htm

http://www.history-of-rock.com/clark.htm

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/americanband/americanband.htm

http://www.tv.com/american-bandstand/show/2034/summary.html&full_summary=1

SPORTS

Muhammad Ali- boxing

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Type in Ali, Muhammad.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/muhammadali.htm

http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9181165

Peggy Fleming- figure skating

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Type in Fleming, Peggy.

Ø http://www.peggyfleming.net/

· http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/flemingpeg.shtml

Carol Heiss-figure skating

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Type in Heiss, Carol.

http://figureskating.about.com/od/profilesoffamousskaters/p/heiss.htm

http://womenshistory.about.com/

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/heisscarol.shtml

Sandy Koufax and the LA Dodgers- baseball

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Type in Koufax, Sandy.

http://baseball.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_cy_young_award

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/timeline.jsp

Arthur Ashe- tennis

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Type in Ashe, Walter.

http://www.cmgww.com/sports/ashe/about/bio.htm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/features/1997/arthurashe/biography.html

Jack Nicklaus- golf

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Type in Nicklaus, Jack.

http://golf.about.com/od/jacknicklaus/p/jack_nicklaus.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/jack-nicklaus-40666

http://www.sandhillsonline.com/plantation/palmer.htm

Arnold Palmer – golf

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Type in Palmer, Arnold.

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ni-Pe/Palmer-Arnold.html

http://www.arnoldpalmer.com/allarnie/biography3.aspx

http://www.sandhillsonline.com/plantation/palmer.htm

Wilma Rudolph-track and field

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Type in Wilma Rudolph

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/rudo-wil.htm

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/rudolphwilma.shtml

Roberto Clemente – baseball

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ü Type in Roberto Clemente

http://www.latinosportslegends.com/clemente.htm

http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/pirates/p/clemente.htm

http://robertoclemente.si.edu/english/index.htm

http://baseballhall.org/hof/Clemente-Roberto

Willie Mays- baseball

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Type in Mays, Willie.

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/may0bio-1

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/bio/_/id/24790/willie-mays

Joe Namath-football

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Type in Namath, Joe.

http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=161

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620619/bio

Wilt Chamberlain-basketball

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ü Type in Chamberlain, Wilt

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Chamberlain-Wilt.html

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/chamberl.shtml