Writing short stories...

This term I am taking a short story writing class. I have written a number of pieces set in the mid nineteen sixties to mid nineteen seventies. I envision a collection of pieces about various aspects of the social movements that arose during the counter couture era. As a sociologist, I was deeply interested in social movement and the impact of these on cultural change. Lately I've tried to identify what remains today of these movements to change the culture. Short story fiction may be a way for me to write about the beginnings, and perhaps explore there impact, if any, on society today.