History+of+American+Music

 ....Finishing Mr. Warthin's History of American Music Power Point -Get into groups of 3 and on the piece of note card write the top three genres of music you would like your power point to be.

Punk (70s-80s) Metal (70s--90s) Hip Hop (late 70s-90) New Wave (80s) Pop Music (80s-90s) Grunge (90s) Rn B (80s-90s) Country (70s-01)

-Number them from 1 to 3 from highest to lowest. Then hand them in to Mr. Warthin to determine which genre you will be responsible for.

-In your group you are responsible for create a 5 slide power point about your assigned genre of music.

-Your 1st slide will be on the origins of the genre. I want to know why it started. I also want to know where it started and when it became popular in America. (If you genre originated outside out of the US tell me when it arrived in America)

Your 2nd slide should contain the societal effects of the genre on the American population. (For example: Metal music was viewed by mothers as music from Satan)

-The 3rd slide will contain a small time line showing 5 or 6 important events within your genre. You should include the 1st band formed, one hit, and top album. The rest of the events will be left up to you but make sure they are significant to the growth of the genre.

-4th and 5th should focus on 1 or 2 famous groups or artists of your genre. (Remember they must be American artists so U2 and the Spice Girls would not work because they are from the United Kingdom). In this category I would like you to give me a short biography about the band (who is in it, when were they formed, first American hit, first album and what do you personally think this group(s) contribute to the genre. It would be creative to see lyrics from their most famous song some where on your last 2 slides with a little background on the purpose of this song and its meaning.

-Power points must be completed by Thursday at the end of class. You will upload them onto this page where it is designated (Kyle before you as the question where it is all the way at the bottom so don't raise your hand). That night I will add them onto my Power Point I presented on Tuesday and Friday we will complete America's History of Music.

-Be creative which means I want to see pictures and I want to hear music. If you can find appropriate music videos at home you may upload them onto wiki and use them during presentation. THEY MUST BE APPROPRIATE IF THEY ARE NOT IT WILL RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC 0!!

-Everyone will be responsible for presenting the information and must participate during their presentation. Everyone must speak.

-Presentation will be Friday.

-This will be my last unit and opportunity to teach you guys so please go all out and impress me.

-You all have made my first teaching experience the best a student teacher could ever have. Thank you!

 __**Power Point Presentations**__ (Post here Kyle) __**Places to Go To for Information: **__ [|VH1] [|Billboard] [|American Music and Society Study Unit] (This Study Unit has a lot of Journal entries that talk about more modern music. You can use this site as a basis for other searches as well)