lesson:
Westward Expansion and Country Music’s Hispanic Influence
Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Ethnic Studies, General Music, Social Studies/History
Activities: Creative Writing, Musical Analysis, Textual Analysis
Topics: Contemporary Music, Latin American History, Migration, Pre-20th Century History, War
What was Westward Expansion, and what effect did it have on American Popular music?
lesson:
The Reclamation of the American Cowboy
Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Social Studies/History
Activities: Document-Based Questions, Musical Analysis, Station Activities, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
Topics: Appropriation, Black History, Civics and Politics, Contemporary Music, Geography, Native American History, Pre-20th Century History
How has the image and history of the American cowboy been reclaimed in the 21st Century?