Music

__Music was one of the biggest influences of the 1960’s! here are some top hits from [|1960's] __



__Here are some music videos that were Huge hits in the 1960's __

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This is the Beatles, Lucy in the sky with diamonds off their yellow submarine album. media type="youtube" key="1vhFnTjia_I?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="center"

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline High Quality to Live Audience in His early Years

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This is The Twist by Chubby Checker, you still here this song playing today!



[|Music in the 1960's] This is a great website to learn about music influences in the 1960's

__Lesson plans using music from the 1960's __

[|Keep on pushing]

Objectives
Students will be able to:
 * 1) understand the emotional impact of popular music associated with the civil rights movement;
 * 2) identify connections between particular songs and historical events, attitudes and/or figures;
 * 3) recognize multiple points of view toward the issue of race relations in America both historically and in contemporary society;
 * 4) evaluate selected songs as effective tools for social protest and as an historical documents
 * 5) describe the role music played in the civil rights movement of the 1960s;

[|The Vietnam War: a popular music approach]

Objectives
The student will be able to:
 * 1) Develop an understanding of the controversial nature of the Vietnam War.
 * 2) Identify various points of view about the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
 * 3) Discover several social themes present in much of the popular music of the period.
 * 4) Recognize propaganda devices at work in specific song lyrics of the period.

[|Using Rock music as a primary source]

Objectives
The student will be able to:
 * 1) Recognize the point of view of the speaker;
 * 2) Identify the audience for whom the song was written;
 * 3) Explain the historical context of details of the song;
 * 4) Analyze what this primary source reveals about the era in which it was written.

[|Get Up and Stand Up!]

Objectives
Students will:


 * 1) Gain an understanding of the diversity of black music forms by being exposed to songs by blacks in three different countries during three different time periods: Jamaican roots reggae of the 70s, American freedom music of the Civil Rights Movement in the 60s, Nigerian pop music style of the 90s.
 * 2) Identify common themes in music from different time periods and different countries. Recognize the pervasiveness of the common issues presented in the music.
 * 3) Examine how artists use music to directly communicate messages about the times to their listeners.
 * 4) <span style="line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 60px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Analyze and reanalyze themes by journal writing and follow-up discussion.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">[|Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame] There are a lot more great lesson plans on this web page dealing with the 1960's and music