Did they go through segregation?
What was life like then compared to now?
Who was the “big star” in the 60′s?
what was your favorite drug? lol jk juss stuff about how the economy has raised since then and anything about the way people acted back then to now like i doubt in the 60′s thier was blacks walking around saggen and driven nice cars = ]
Ask this:
At what age is a person an independent adult, who shouldn’t take help from his parents (then, people said 18; now, they say 30)?
You might also ask about underwear. It was a LOT different then.
well you can ask what kind of things u do when u were a teenager? and then get more into that by the asnwers he or she gives you. Also how do u compare the life of a teenager then and now?
Ask about the big news events.
Ask about the slang they used.
Ask about what they used to do for fun.
Ask about fashions.
Ask about who was cool then? (celebs and such)
Ask about the prices of stuff compared to today.
That covers a majority of your topics.
What kind of music did you listen to before the Beatles arrived?
What were the most popular tv shows? What was your favorite?
Which movie star did you want to be like?
Did you ever read “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” or “Sisterhood is Powerful?”
Were you a member of SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) or other political group?
Were you a hippie? A feminist? An activist?
How did you feel when four students were shot and killed by the National Guard at Kent State University?
Were you for or against the war in Vietnam?
How much did a pair of jeans cost?
How did you manage without cell phones, iPods, and computers?
Were miniskirts allowed in your school?
Were gangs a problem?
Did your family have a bomb shelter?
Where were you, and what were you doing the day John Kennedy was assassinated?
Who were your heroes?
Did your mom have a paying job?