ESL Questions Hippies
Hippies
Hippies wanted to change the world through love and music. These 75 questions explore the movement, its values, whether it worked, and what it means today.
Beginner
Do you know what hippies are?
When were hippies popular?
Have you heard of the movement?
What did hippies believe in?
Do hippies still exist today?
What did hippies wear?
Did hippies like music?
Were hippies against war?
Do you like hippie culture?
Have you seen hippie movies?
What music did hippies listen to?
Did hippies take drugs?
Were hippies peaceful?
Do you think hippies were strange?
Would you want to be a hippie?
What was the hippie movement about?
Did hippies change society?
Have you worn hippie clothing?
Do you know any hippies?
Were hippies only in America?
Did hippies respect nature?
Would you join a hippie community?
Are hippies still relevant today?
What do you know about hippies?
Would you like to be a hippie?
Intermediate
What attracted people to the movement?
Do you think hippies were idealistic or naive?
How did hippie culture influence modern society?
Have you ever rejected mainstream values?
Do you think the hippie dream succeeded?
What would the world look like if hippies won?
Were hippies rebels or just different?
How did the counterculture challenge society?
Do you think hippies were right about anything?
Would you have joined the movement?
How has youth culture changed since sixties?
Do modern protesters resemble hippies?
What values did hippies promote?
Could the hippie movement happen today?
Do you agree with hippie principles?
How did drugs play a role?
Were hippies escaping or building something?
What happened to hippies after sixties?
Do you think hippie ideals are still alive?
Would communes work in modern society?
Did hippies achieve their goals?
How did music unite the movement?
Were hippies against all authority?
What would you like about hippie life?
Can the spirit of sixties return?
Advanced
If hippies rejected materialism, why buy merchandise?
Did the hippie movement change society or feel radical?
Can idealism survive when mainstream?
Should we romanticize the sixties counterculture?
Were hippies truly rejecting or just rebelling?
If communes failed, what does it reveal?
Can you opt out of society?
Did drugs enhance the movement or derail?
Why do generations keep trying same ideals?
Can one generation's revolution become convention?
Were hippies hypocrites, or just human?
Does rejecting capitalism while using it work?
If peace movements fail, should we try?
Can youth culture truly challenge power?
Were hippies naive about human nature?
Should we preserve or critique the legacy?
Did the movement accomplish more through culture?
Can love actually change the world?
If sixties were successful, why repeat?
Were hippies running toward or away?
Does being countercultural require self-sacrifice?
Should we view hippies as heroic?
Can individual freedom coexist with community?
What would a modern hippie movement look like?
Did hippies understand themselves or feel special?