This is a presentation I created and delivered this week to a group of visiting Italian students at Burlingame High School. The full presentation featured a rich array of video and sound which, I believe, is not available in this format.
8. The Lost Generation
“By a ‘generation’ I mean that reaction
against the fathers which seems to
occur about three times a century. It is
distinguished by a set of ideas inherited
in modified form from the madmen and
outlaws of the generation before; if it is
a real generation it has its own leaders
and spokesmen.”!
!! –– F. Scott Fitzgerald
9. The Beat Generation
““The Beat Generation was a generation of crazy, illuminated
hipsters suddenly rising and roaming America, serious,
bumming and hitchhiking everywhere, ragged, beatific,
beautiful in an ugly graceful new way--a vision gleaned from
the way we had heard the word 'beat' spoken on streetcorners
on Times Square and in the Village, in other cities in the
downtown city night of postwar America--beat, meaning down
and out but full of intense conviction--We'd even heard old
1910 Daddy Hipsters of the streets speak the word that way,
with a melancholy sneer--It meant characters of a special
spirituality who didn't gang up but were solitary Bartlebies
staring out the dead wall window of our civilization--the
subterraneans heroes who'd finally turned from the 'freedom'
machine of the West and were taking drugs, digging bop,
having flashes of insight, experiencing the 'derangement of the
senses,' talking strange, being poor and glad, prophesying a
new style for American culture, a new style (we thought).”!
!!
–– Jack Kerouac
10. 1950s
First Credit Card Introduced!
James Dean Dies in Car Accident!
Korean War Begins!
McDonald's Opens!
McCarthy Begins Witch Hunt!
Rosa Parks gets arrested!
Truman Builds Hydrogen Bomb!
Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat!
Rosenbergs Executed for Espionage!
NASA Founded!
Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.!
Peace Symbol Created!
Color TV introduced
Castro Becomes Dictator of Cuba
11. 1960s
First Televised Presidential Debates!
Civil Rights Movement!
Berlin Wall Built!
Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S.!
Peace Corps Founded!
Malcolm X Assassinated!
Soviets Launch First Man in Space!
U.S. Troops to Vietnam!
Andy Warhol’s Campbell's Soup Can!
Mass Draft Protests in U.S.!
Cuban Missile Crisis!
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated!
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring!
Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated!
Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique!
Summer of Love in San Francisco!
JFK Assassinated
Rock-and-Roll Concert at Woodstock
15. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Books!
Terms
Art and Music
16.
17.
18. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Wrote a book in 3days; another on
121-foot scroll
Books!
Terms
Art and Music
19.
20.
21.
22. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Wrote a book in 3days; another on
121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat
works
Books!
Terms
Art and Music
23.
24. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Wrote a book in 3days; another on
121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat
works
Remains a poet and
professor, wise
Buddhist, fire
lookout
Books!
Terms
Art and Music
25.
26.
27. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Recently made into
a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set
on the road.
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Wrote a book in 3days; another on
121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat
works
Remains a poet and
professor, wise
Buddhist, fire
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
28.
29. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Books!
Recently made into
a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set
on the road.
Allen Ginsburg’s
Howled about the
poem about the
“best minds” of his
“angel-headed
generation
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3days; another on
121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat
works
Remains a poet and
professor, wise
Buddhist, fire
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
30.
31. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Recently made into
a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set
on the road.
Allen Ginsburg’s
Howled about the
poem about the
“best minds” of his
“angel-headed
generation
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3days; another on
121-foot scroll
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat
works
Remains a poet and
professor, wise
Buddhist, fire
lookout
Novel about
controlling world
through addiction
Terms
Art and Music
32.
33. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Recently made into
a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set
on the road.
Allen Ginsburg’s
Howled about the
poem about the
“best minds” of his
“angel-headed
generation
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3days; another on
121-foot scroll
Novel about
controlling world
through addiction
Neal Cassady’s
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat incomplete effort to
write his own book
works
Remains a poet and
professor, wise
Buddhist, fire
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
34.
35. Beatnik Jeopardy
Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Recently made into
a movie staring
Kristen Stewart set
on the road.
Allen Ginsburg’s
Howled about the
poem about the
“best minds” of his
“angel-headed
generation
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3days; another on
121-foot scroll
Novel about
controlling world
through addiction
Neal Cassady’s
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat incomplete effort to
write his own book
works
Remains a poet and
Book about the 60s
professor, wise
starring hero of the
Buddhist, fire
Beat ‘50s
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
36.
37. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Chick
Art and Music
38.
39. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Chick
Cat
Art and Music
40.
41. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Chick
Cat
Bread
Art and Music
42.
43. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Chick
Cat
Bread
Dig
Art and Music
45. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Chick
Cat
Bread
Dig
Square
Art and Music
46.
47. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
Chick
“Subterranean
Homesick Blues”
Cat
Bread
Dig
Square
48.
49. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
Chick
“Subterranean
Homesick Blues”
Cat
“Bird” plays the sax
like no one else
Bread
Dig
Square
50.
51. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
Chick
“Subterranean
Homesick Blues”
Cat
“Bird” plays the sax
like no one else
Bread
Played the coolest
jazz within Miles
Dig
Square
52.
53. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
Chick
“Subterranean
Homesick Blues”
Cat
“Bird” plays the sax
like no one else
Bread
Played the coolest
jazz within Miles
Dig
Her “Rose” weighed
over a ton
Square
54.
55.
56. Authors
Books!
Shot his wife at a
party playing
William Tell
Neal Cassady’s
incomplete effort
Allen Ginsburg’s
poem about the
“angel-headed
hipsters”
Wrote a book in 3- Recently made into
a movie staring
days; another on
Kristen Stewart set
121-foot scroll
on the road.
Novel about
Poet and publisher
of many classic Beat controlling world
through addiction
works
Howled about the
“best minds” of his
generation
Remains a poet and Only Beat book (of
professor, wise
poetry) to win the
Buddhist, fire
Pulitzer Prize
lookout
Terms
Art and Music
Chick
“Subterranean
Homesick Blues”
Cat
“Bird” plays the sax
like no one else
Bread
Played the coolest
jazz within Miles
Dig
Her “Rose” weighed
over a ton
Square
His art was like
visual jazz