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Swinging Sixties 2025
Audrey RAFFIN
Created on August 31, 2025
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Transcript
A.PEROU Lycée Gaston Bachelard
The Swinging Sixties
To what extent did the young generation change the British society in the 1960s ?
London, the Swinging City
Times are changing
Memories of the Sixties
The Swinging Sixties magazine
The Sixties culture corner
The real story behind Britain's Rock'n'Roll
Sounds of the Sixties
London, the Swinging city
What elements can you identify on this magazine front page / cover?
London, the Swinging city
- What elements can you identify on this magazine front page/cover?
- Which aspects of the Bristish society are illustrated?
- Conclude: what was the main topic of this 1966 Time magazine issue?
Times are changing
- In the 1st paragraph, pick out 3 verbs showing people's mood in the Sixties.
- Pick out elements which were characteristic of the Sixties. Classify them in the following categories : CULTURE - SOCIETAL CHANGES - TECHNOLOGY - CONSUMPTION
Memories of the Sixties
Listen to Pete 1/ Pick out all the positive expressions he uses to describe the Sixties. 2/ List the various elements he remembers as emblematic of the Sixties.
Listen to Mike1/ Pick out all the positive expressions he uses to describe the Sixties. 2/ Note down and explain the 2 elements he considers to have been revolutionary in the Sixties.
1/ Pick out all the positive expressions she uses to describe the Sixties. 2/ List the various elements Cathy remembers as emblematic of the Sixties.
- Fill in the grid with elements from the audio documents
- Use the following words and expressions to recap the document:
The Swinging Sixties
Work in pair. Create a magazine double page about the Sixties.
- Include articles, pictures and interviews.
- Use the elements and vocabulary from the lesson.
- Make it colourful and lively.
Color TV sets
Culture corner...
Mary QUANT
THE WHO
Harold WILSON
The 1960s, the decade that shook Britain.
What London looked like in the Swinging Sixties by Frank Habicht
The Austin Mini
The real story behind Britain's Rock'n'Roll
GRAMMAR
The real story behind Britain's Rock'n'Roll
GRAMMAR
The real story behind Britain's Rock'n'Roll
Recap the document using the following words and expressions: activists - music revolution - brave = daring - stand up against - fight against - defy = challenge bypass the law = get round the law - be banned - be prohibited
Sounds of the Sixties
The story of pirate radios
Your favourite pirate DJs have been arrested by the police. With your friends, you have decided to demonstrate against this arrest. You are in charge of delivering the speech to defend the radio pirates.
- Explain the situation and the reason for your speech.
- Explain what pirate radios represent for you, and why they are important, especially to young people living in the Sixties.
- Explain what was forbidden to the young generation before the apparition of pirate radios (use minimum 3 INTERDICTION structures in your speech).
- Contrast the BBC and the pirate radios (minimum 2 contrasting elements).
- Make sure that you respected the given method, and that your speech is convincing!