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The Roots of Hip Hop
What are the roots of Hip Hop?
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What are the roots of Hip Hop?
How did Aretha Franklin represent a new female voice in 1960s popular music?
How is Rock and Roll's power, at least in part, a result of its being born on the margins of society?
How did Social Soul reflect a new vision of African-American identity in the late 1960s and early 1970s?
How did 1970s Funk respond to African-American life in the decade following the Civil Rights movement?
How did Country Music influence Rock and Roll and the musicians who made it?
Who is Dolores Huerta, what role did she play in the United Farm Workers movement, and how is she recognized today?
How was Glam Rock part of a new teenage culture in the 1970s?
How did the singer-songwriters of the 1960s and 70s address the concerns of the environmental movement?
How have Native American musicians, poets, and visual artists negotiated their identity, and what role does physical space play in these negotiations?
What is a PA system, how does it work, and how were the Grateful Dead pioneers in live sound technology?
How did Ritchie Valens meld traditional Mexican music and Rock and Roll?
How did the development of microphones in the 20th century change the way people make and listen to music?
In what ways did American Blues affect English musicians in the early 1960s?
How did the electrification, amplification and design of the guitar facilitate its emergence as a dominant instrument of popular music?
How did Rock and Roll serve as an expressive tool for the working-class youth of Detroit?
How did the Who represent “My Generation” in mid-1960s England?
How have writers, storytellers, and musicians explored the crossroads as a symbol in their work?
Who is Dolores Huerta, what role did she play in the United Farm Workers movement, and how is she recognized today?
What was Hurricane Katrina, and how did Black Americans articulate the frustrations they felt in its aftermath?
How do Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN. and the work of photojournalist Gordon Parks tell stories that bring attention to social issues?
What shapes did Pablo Picasso use to create his piece Guitar, Sheet Music, and Glass and how can similar shapes be used to create other instruments?
How have musicians helped spread climate activist Greta Thunberg’s message?
How has the image and history of the American cowboy been reclaimed in the 21st Century?
How might Tori Kelly’s song “Funny” speak to the potential pitfalls of “superstardom,” and how does it relate to past songs written about the subject?
Who is the ‘us’ in P!nk’s song “What About Us?”
How did New York bands interact with the city's art scene to create something new?
How did the counterculture movement of the late 1960s challenge traditional American behaviors and values, and how did the Grateful Dead reflect these changing views of life and society?
What was the cultural, social, and historical significance of the zoot suit during the period of World War II?
How did Dr. King’s Birthday become a national holiday?
How did Black and Latinx people in the LGBTQ+ community take initiative in the Stonewall Inn rebellions, Gay Liberation Movement, and in the preservation of LGBTQ+ history?
How is the re-use and re-purposing of existing music at the heart of the Hip Hop recording experience?
What does the founding and early history of Asbury Park reveal about practices of segregation in the Northern United States?
How is plastic made, how does it affect our marine environments, and how can plastic waste be eliminated?
How can society lower the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere?
How does Langston Hughes’ Blues-inspired poetry exemplify the ideals of the Harlem Renaissance?
How does the Union occupation of Port Royal highlight the complex issues behind the Civil War?
How can shapes be used to design an electric guitar?
What role do ratios play in the Western musical concepts of rhythm and harmony?
What different types of communities exist, and how do the people in our communities impact us?
How does Common and John Legend's “Glory” signal Civil Rights movements of the past and the present?
What is Cumbia, and how do you play its traditional rhythms?
What was the Second Great Awakening, how did it change American society, and how does Sacred Harp singing exemplify its ideals?
What was South African apartheid, and how did musicians unite to challenge it?
What was the Red Power movement, and what role did Folk and Country music play within it?
How can math be used to better understand the Grateful Dead’s success?
How did the Grateful Dead’s business practices create a dedicated fan culture and ensure the financial success of the group?
How might Beyoncé's song “I Was Here” inspire people to serve their community and make a positive impact on the world?
How can Gospel music help students identify the musical concepts of beat, meter, backbeat, subdivision, and syncopation?
What is the Surf sound and where did it come from?
How does a bill become a law in the United States of America?
What is the Flint water crisis, and why did it occur?
What was South African apartheid, and how did musicians unite to challenge it?
How did the presence of Latin American artists challenge the image of 1950s American society seen in popular media?
How are contemporary Latin artists pursuing activism and promoting positive change in their communities?
What is the history behind Puerto Rican migration to New York City in the 1940s and 1950s, and how did Puerto Rican migration affect American Popular Music?
How can a logo help communicate a person or group’s unique personality?
What role do Blues lyrics and juke joints play in Black American literature and life?
How did teen dance shows and the Twist influence American culture?
Essential Question: How did Aretha Franklin’s foundation in Gospel music influence her recording of “Chain of Fools,” helping to establish a Soul sound and bringing black culture into mainstream America?
What is Joropo, and how is it inspired by nature?
What was Third Wave Feminism, why did it occur, and how did musicians address some of the movement’s demands?
In what ways does Alessia Cara’s “Here” defy popular music conventions, and what does the song say about peer pressure in youth culture?
What were the different reactions to songs and comments by Country musicians about the September 11th terrorist attacks versus the Iraq War?
Who are the gods and superheroes referenced in “Something Just Like This,” and what are the connections between them?
In what ways did the music of Native Americans mark them as outsiders from the developing narratives of “American-ness” in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and how did the federal government attempt to use music as a tool to force assimilation?
What is the science behind color theory, and how is it used in fashion and album cover design?
How did female Country and Tejano artists approach the issues of feminism and Women’s Rights in the 20th and 21st century?
Why might people dance, and how have dance trends changed in America since the 1920s?
How have Black artists throughout the 20th century used music to speak about racial injustice in America?
How did Country musicians’ responses to the September 11th terrorist attacks speak to the feelings of some Americans after the tragedy?
What is Bystander Intervention and how does it make music spaces and other public gathering places more safe, accessible, and fun for everyone?