Overview

Lessons

lesson:
Mainstream Metal, Parental Advisories, and Censorship

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: ELA, General Music, Social Studies/History

How was Heavy Metal involved in the 1980s controversy surrounding the creation of parental advisories for “offensive” music?

lesson:
Sun City: A Musical Force Against Apartheid – Part 1

Grades: High
Subjects: Social Studies/History

What was South African apartheid, and how did musicians unite to challenge it?

lesson:
Sun City: A Musical Force Against Apartheid – Part 2

Grades: High

What was South African apartheid, and how did musicians unite to challenge it?

lesson:
Music and the Berlin Wall during the Cold War

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: ELA, Social Studies/History

What was the Berlin Wall and how did music respond to what it symbolized?

lesson:
Deadheads and Reagan’s America in the 1980s

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Social Studies/History

Who are the Deadheads and how did their lifestyle contrast with the conservative values promoted by President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s?

lesson:
How a Bill Becomes a Law: Legislating the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies/History

How does a bill become a law in the United States of America?