lesson:
Funk Asserts Itself
Grades:
High
Subjects:
Social Studies/History
Activities:
Charts and Graphs, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
How did 1970s Funk respond to African-American life in the decade following the Civil Rights movement?
lesson:
How to Study Rock and Roll
Grades:
All Ages, AP/Honors/101, Elementary, High, Middle
Subjects:
ELA, General Music, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Textual Analysis, Timeline, Visual Analysis
How can teachers help students analyze and understand Rock and Roll?
lesson:
Latin Music in Postwar New York City
Grades:
High
Subjects:
Social Studies/History
Activities:
Charts and Graphs, Maps, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
How did the growth of New York City’s Latino population in the 1940s and 50s help to increase the popularity of Latin music and dance in American culture?
lesson:
Punk as Reaction
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
Art, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Role Playing, Station Activities, Visual Analysis, Visual Design
How was Punk Rock a reaction both to the commercialization of Rock and Roll and to the social climate in late 1970s Britain?
lesson:
Divergent Paths in the 1990s: Gangsta Rap and Conscious Hip Hop
Grades:
High
Subjects:
ELA, Social Studies/History
Activities:
Role Playing, Textual Analysis
How did Gangsta Rap and Conscious Hip Hop respond to the social and political conditions of the 1990s?
lesson:
Rhythm as a Representation of People and Place
How does “the beat” of popular music reflect the histories of multiethnic populations and places?
lesson:
The Blues: The Sound of Rural Poverty
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
Social Studies/History
Activities:
Maps, Station Activities, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis, Visual Design
How do the Country Blues reflect the challenges of sharecropping, racial injustice, and rural poverty in early 20th-century African-American life?
lesson:
Artists Protest McCarthyism
Grades:
High
Subjects:
Social Studies/History
Activities:
Role Playing, Textual Analysis, Visual Analysis
How were musicians and artists affected by McCarthyism in 1950s America?
