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Common Core RI.8.6 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: Vietnam War Unit
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: Protest Song Project - Example, Research, Outline, and Rubric
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: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
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: 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: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
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