Show this video as an introduction to African American Musical History
African American music has a huge impact on the culuture of music we know today. From the words we use
to express ourselve, to the clothes we wear, and the type of food we eat. Just a simple mention of a word in
a song will have listeners wanting to see what the artist has experienced. This type of influence has also
brought business large and small lots of wealth.
Here is a link that of an informational webpage that dives into African Americans and their influence on American music.
Assignments
* * *Partner Project* * *
Assign each student a partner and a decade or 2 depending on the size of the group
Have students find a song from their era and do the following.
Create a two page slide show.
[slide 1 title page]: students names and assigned decade(s)
[slide 2 info page]: name of the song, name of artist, picture of the artist and link to the song if possible
Musical Decades
1880-1900
1901-1920
1921-1930
1931-1940
1941-1950
1951-1960
1961-1970
1971-1980
1981-1990
1991-2000
2001-2010
2011-2023
After all assignments are turned in, each groups slide show will be put together in an African American Musical Timeline Presentation
* * *Individual Assignment* * *
Assign students a decade from the list above
Students are to create a one page introduction (on paper) of an artist from their assigned era of music
You can have the students pick decades or a specific year from a hat, or draw straws etc.
The one pager can consist of
Pictures of the artist
Lyrics from their songs
Names of songs from the artist
Where the artist is from
There should be no large blank spaces left on the page
White space should be filled with colors and designs, or words and images
This webpage was created for the purpose of an assignment for Webster University EDTC 5550