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The Big "G's"
Giant 8th Grade Final Project
"You can learn more about people by listening to their songs more than any other way, for into the songs go the hopes and hurts, the angers and fears, and the wants and aspirations." John Steinbeck
This activity will provide you with the opportunity to connect to history through music. You will utilize your skills of analysis, historical thinking, understanding of historical events and collaboration to successfully complete this final project.
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Historical Time Period |
Webpages |
| Civil War - 1920's |
http://www.zzounds.com/edu--civilwarmusic Digital History- Audio files only, you will need to locate the lyrics http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=7&smtid=6
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| Civil War, Westward Expansion, WWI, Great Depression, Prohibition, Suffrage,and Elections and Political Campaigns |
Library of Congress - Audio files and some song sheets and lyrics * http://www.memory.loc.gov/learn/features/songs_times/flash.html National Jukebox: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ |
| 1600-1800's |
Popular Songs in American History- Audio files only |
| Civil Rights, Labor, and Vietnam Protest | Located in the iTunes library on the school Macs - Audio files |
| 1926 - 1934 |
Popular Music of the 1930's |
| World War I | Music as Propaganda http://www.parlorsongs.com/issues/2004-4/thismonth/feature.php |
| Spanish-American War 1890's |
1890's Music http://www.pbs.org/crucible/ |
| 1800 -1922 | Public Domain Music http://www.pdmusic.org/index.html |
Other Web Sites
Song Facts
http://www.songfacts.com/category:songs_about_historical_events.php
Popular Songs in American History
http://www.contemplator.com/america/
Women Who Rock
