A. Members of the 1960s Counterculture movement usually rejected the conformist values of their middle-class parents and tried to usher in new ways of thinking and living. Write a brief essay discussing the 1960s Counterculture, around these questions: What values did the Counterculture embrace? What role did drug use and new forms of music (e.g., "acid rock) play in the Counterculture's development? How and why did the Counterculture decline in America? What were the movement's lasting effects (if any) on American society?