After you’ve finished your project, Nature Prints, read the Fun Facts below:

1968: Fun Facts

From:

www.thepeoplehistory.com

http://en.wikipedia.org

www.historyproject.org

Find out the prices for consumer goods for the year 1968 by clicking on the links provided above.

Fashion:

What was popular to wear in 1968? How much did clothing cost?

The androgynous hippie look (frayed bell-bottom jeans; sandals; work shirts; headbands; tie-dyed T-shirts; going barefoot and sometimes braless)

Fringed buckskin vests

Flowing caftans

Lounging pajamas which consisted of tunic-top over floor-length culottes made of polyester or chiffon

Mini-skirts with a French polo-neck top

Square-toed boots

Newsboy cap or beret

Long maxi coats often belted

Women’s shirts with transparent sleeves

Psychedelic prints.

 

Hair:

How much did a hair cut cost?

Mop-tops like the Beatles

Long hair including beehives

Short hair like Twiggy

Men wore mustaches, goatees, beards and sideburns.

 

Miscellaneous: Fashion, Consumer and Cultural Trends

Hosiery

Tights

Jeans

Ponchos

Love beads

The peace sign

Medallion necklaces

Moccasins

Chain belts

Polka-dot printed fabric

Long puff or bubble sleeves

Polyester materials

Go-go boots

Andy Warhol and Pop Art

Apple Records was formed

The White Album is released

60 Minutes airs for the first time on CBS

 

Popular Films:

How much did a movie ticket cost?

2001 Space Odyssey

Planet of the Apes

Funny Girl

Rosemary’s Baby

The Lion in Winter

Oliver!

Romeo and Juliet

 

Broadway:

Hair

 

Television Shows:

How much did a black and white TV set cost?

Here’s Lucy

Star Trek

Julia

The Lawrence Welk Show

The Doris Day Show

Hawaii Five-O

 

Songs:

Hey Jude – Beatles

(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding

Honey – Bobby Goldsboro

Stoned Soul Picnic – Fifth Dimension

Mrs. Robinson – Simon and Garfunkle

 

Books:

Myra Breckenridge by Gore Vidal

In the Heart of the Heart of the Country by William H. Glass

 

Sports:

Green Bay (vs. Oakland) won the Super bowl

Detroit (vs. St. Louis) won the World Series

Montreal Canadiens (vs. St. Louis) won the Stanley Cup

Billy Jean King won the women’s and Rod Laver won the men’s competition at Wimbledon

Forward pass won the Kentucky Derby

UCLA (vs. North Carolina) won the NCAA trophy

Ohio State won the NCAA title in football

Manchester United won the European Cup

 

Headline News:

Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36^th President of the US and Hubert Humphrey was the 38^th Vice-President of the US

Viet Nam war escalates; American opinion turns against US participation in the conflict

The anti-draft movement gained momentum as a result of the war

Martin Luther King, civil rights leader, is assassinated on April 4^th

Robert F. Kennedy, presidential candidate, was assassinated on June 5, 1968

Richard Nixon was nominated for President at the Republican National Convention held in August

Hubert Humphrey was nominated for President at the Democratic National Convention also held in August

In September, Women’s Liberation groups, including the National Organization for Women, protested the Miss America Beauty Contest in Atlantic City

Student protests increased in the US and France and later in the year, Mexico

Apollo 7 was launched from Florida for an eleven day journey to orbit the Earth 163 times

The Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress in April

 

Try a popular recipe from 1968!

From the 1968 cookbook Blue Ribbon Recipes:

Applesauce Brownies

½ cup shortening

12 cup cocoa

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

½ cup sweet applesauce

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup flour

½ tsp. soda

1/8 tsp. salt

½ tsp. baking powder

½ cup black walnuts (optional)

 

Melt shortening; add cocoa, then eggs, then sugar. Beat all well. Add applesauce and vanilla Mix dry ingredients with nuts; add and mix well.

Pour onto greased/floured brownie sheet.

Bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees.