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Common Core RI.8.3 songs
Vietnam War: Musical Reactions of the 60s and 70s
In this Unit, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s “Ohio,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” and Edwin Starr’s “War” articulated the divisive feelings Americans had about the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To supplement these songs, students will also watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze polling data, news articles, and photographs from the era. By the end of the unit, students will know seminal events during the Vietnam War, including the Gulf of Tonkin Reso
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in:Â Vietnam War Unit
The History of Black Protest Songs - from Billie Holiday to Kendrick Lamar
These activities are perfect for Black History Month or anytime of the year in either a history or English classroom. Provided is a PowerPoint that can be shared with students to have on their own screens if you are a 1:1 technology classroom, or the teacher can project it large for the entire class. Students are provided with a brief introduction to the Black Lives Matter movement and terminology such as: Hands Up, Don't Shoot...Ferguson...Michael Brown...Tamir Rice...I can't breathe...and We s
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in:Â Protest Song Project - Example, Research, Outline, and Rubric
Compare and Contrast Passage Two Texts on the Same Topic Middle and High School
This compare and contrast passage activity about two texts on the same topic is based on our "Hamilton vs. History" parody rap song and is perfect for middle and high school students!Students will listen to the song then use the song's lyrics as a reading passage to find similarities and differences between the musical's portrayal of Alexander Hamilton compared to the factual history of his life.The song for these activities is written as a reading passage that explores the life of Alexander Ham
Grades:
8th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Hamilton the Musical Fun End of Year ELA Reading Activities Middle and High
RI8.7 Protest Song Analysis: Fortunate Son (Vietnam Era Music)
The lyrics of the song Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival are presented for students to analyze. Provide students with this worksheet so that they can read (and follow along) while they listen to the song. The more background information that your students have about the Vietnam War, the draft, and other events of the 1960s and 1970s, the easier this assignment will be. This assignment is also provided in a Vietnam War Unit bundle to provide students with all of the necessary backgrou
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Protest Song Project - Example, Research, Outline, and Rubric
Suburbanization in Postwar America (TV, Car Culture, and the Surf Sound)
After WWII, the country’s landscape was changing, in ways that would have a major impact on American life and culture, and, certainly, on the worlds of young people. To begin this lesson, students will analyze the rise of the suburbs, and the ways in which the Beach Boys made music that evoked this important demographic trend. There are actually 3 separate lessons here, but in delivering the content to my own students, I discovered that it made more sense to combine them...themes repeat...The Be
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The Twist and Teen Dance Shows: Influence on 50s American Culture
In this lesson, students will investigate the vast cultural impact on American culture of teen dance shows (such as American Bandstand), and dance crazes (the Twist in particular). Students will learn about the rising popularity of television and its growing power as a cultural force in 1950s America. They will discuss the popularity and influence of televised dance shows aimed at teenage audiences, and understand the influence of the “Twist” dance craze.The Essential Question for students is: H
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
RI8.3: 9/11 - Country Music Response
On September 11th, 2001, the US experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history...and the students sitting in our classrooms weren't even born yet! This event is our moment in history when everyone remembers where they were on that morning, and just like our grandparents told us about where they were when Kennedy was shot, we too mustn't allow this generation to forget what we saw and felt as we lived through it. The Essential Question for this unit is: How did country musicians’ respo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Compare and Contrast Passage Two Texts on the Same Topic Middle and High School
This compare and contrast passage activity about two texts on the same topic is based on our "Hamilton vs. History" parody rap song and is perfect for middle and high school! Students will listen to the song then use the song's lyrics as a reading passage to find similarities and differences between the musical's portrayal of Alexander Hamilton compared to the factual history of his life. The song for these activities is written as a reading passage that explores the life of Alexander Hamilton a
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Hamilton the Musical Fun End of Year ELA Reading Activities Middle and High
RI8.3 - 9/11 Song Comparison Graphic Organizer (Country Music + September 11th)
On September 11th, 2001, the US experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history...and the students sitting in our classrooms weren't even born yet! This event is our moment in history when everyone remembers where they were on that morning, and just like our grandparents told us about where they were when Kennedy was shot, we too mustn't allow this generation to forget what we saw and felt as we lived through it.The Essential Question for this unit is: How did country musicians’ respon
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The History of Black Protest Songs - PowerPoint Presentation-Graphic Organizer
These activities are perfect for Black History Month or anytime of the year in either a history or English classroom. Provided is a PowerPoint that can be shared with students to have on their own screens if you are a 1:1 technology classroom, or the teacher can project it large for the entire class. Students are provided with a brief introduction to the Black Lives Matter movement and terminology such as: Hands Up, Don't Shoot...Ferguson...Michael Brown...Tamir Rice...I can't breathe...and We s
Grades:
8th - 12th
Beatlemania - Hysteria and the Commercial Machine
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Cold War Berlin: Song Comparison Graphic Organizer (3 songs; lyrics included)
The Essential Question for this unit is: How did music help people resist what the Berlin Wall symbolized? Students will analyze 3 songs from the 1980s released as both a response and in resistance to the wall put up in Cold War Berlin. The songs included for analysis are - Nina's - 99 Red Balloons, Billy Joel's - Honesty, and Vladimir Vysotsky - I Don’t Like. Students will analyze important lyrics, each song's message, and the emotions conveyed by filling out the graphic organizer.
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
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