Winter Break Extra Credit Opportunity

Hippie Scavenger Hunt: The following assignment may be completed for up to 25 points of extra credit. Due on Jan 6, 2014:

Going on a Scavenger Hunt:

Identify one person who was in high school or college between the years 1966 and 1975 and complete the following tasks:

1. List their name and where they lived during this period.
2. Ask the interviewee about characteristics (ie. Drug use, religious experimentation, etc.) of the counterculture and how those characteristics challenged traditional values and lifestyles.
3. Based on information you learn from interviewing this person, characterize the communities and cultures in which they grew up.
4. Ask the person what they remember as the most important aspect/impact of the counterculture.
5. Ask the interviewee to name at least five artifacts (objects) that for them symbolize the counterculture. List their answers.
6. Locate and bring to class one of the artifacts named by the interviewee. The artifact must be a physical object that represents the counterculture. Be prepared to share the object with the class, describing how it reflected the counterculture and how it is being used today.