lesson:
Glam: The Return of the Teenager
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
ELA, General Music, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Musical Analysis, Textual Analysis, Timeline, Visual Analysis
How was Glam Rock part of a new teenage culture in the 1970s?
lesson:
The History of Music Videos
Grades:
High
Subjects:
Art, CTE, General Music, Science, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Interactive Tech Tools, Visual Analysis
How has the relation between sound and image shifted through the history of recorded music, and how did the rise of MTV bring that relationship to a culmination of sorts?
lesson:
Introducing Glam Rock
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
General Music
Activities:
Musical Analysis, Textual Analysis, Think-Pair-Share
How was Glam Rock a reaction to the "seriousness" of popular music at the time?
lesson:
Fame and Judgement in “Funny”
Grades:
All Ages, AP/Honors/101, Elementary, High, Middle
Subjects:
General Music, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Textual Analysis
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?
lesson:
“Seneca Falls, Selma, Stonewall”: The Stonewall Riots in the Fight for Equality
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
Civics, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Textual Analysis, Timeline, Visual Analysis
What were the Stonewall Riots, and what role did they play in ongoing struggles for LGBTQ+ equality in the United States?
lesson:
The Birth of the Microphone
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
CTE, General Music, Science, STEAM
Activities:
Interactive Tech Tools, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
How did the development of microphones in the 20th century change the way people make and listen to music?
lesson:
The Memphis Sound and Racial Integration
Grades:
High
Subjects:
ELA, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Gallery Walk, Maps, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
How has Memphis music culture provided one example of art’s capacity to challenge the racial boundaries that have so often structured American life?
lesson:
The San Francisco Scene, 1967
Grades:
AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects:
Social Studies/History
Activities:
Document-Based Questions, Maps, Role Playing, Textual Analysis
Why did nearly 100,000 young people descend upon San Francisco in 1967 for a “Summer of Love"?
lesson:
“Y’all Better Quiet Down”: Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ Pioneers
Grades:
AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects:
Social Studies/History
Activities:
Station Activities, Textual Analysis
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?
lesson:
Art, Music, and the AIDS Epidemic
Grades:
AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects:
Art, Social Emotional Learning, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Charts and Graphs, Document-Based Questions, Gallery Walk, Station Activities, Textual Analysis, Timeline, Visual Analysis, Visual Art
How did the LGTBQ+ community creatively respond to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, and protest government inaction in addressing the epidemic?
lesson:
Singing Democracy During the Second Great Awakening
Grades:
AP/Honors/101
Subjects:
Social Studies/History
Activities:
Document-Based Questions, Role Playing, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
What was the Second Great Awakening, how did it change American society, and how does Sacred Harp singing exemplify its ideals?
lesson:
Indigenous Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts
Grades:
AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects:
ELA, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Document-Based Questions, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
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?
lesson:
The New York City Underground
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
Art, General Music
Activities:
Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis, Visual Art, Visual Design
How did New York bands interact with the city's art scene to create something new?
lesson:
The Sound of Blue Collar Detroit
Grades:
High
Subjects:
Social Studies/History
Activities:
Charts and Graphs, Textual Analysis
How did Rock and Roll serve as an expressive tool for the working-class youth of Detroit?
lesson:
Greta Thunberg, Music, and the Climate Crisis
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
General Music, Science, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Musical Analysis, Performance, Role Playing, Textual Analysis
How have musicians helped spread climate activist Greta Thunberg’s message?
