Learners analyze musical and topical elements in popular songs and compose song as a classroom effort. They write a short paragraph evaluating the effectiveness of the song in conveying the message of the lyrics.

Students identify popular songs from 1968 and make connections with the year's current events They recognize popular music as a reflection of the culture. They focus on songs of the Vietnam War era.

Students discuss development of music videos. They identify elements that make a successful music video. Groups are assigned to do a research project on the development of music videos.

Students compare and contrast the visions of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Stokely Carmichael. In this African-American history lesson, students read speeches by each of the men and summarize the arguments made by each of them about...

Eleventh graders analyze charts and primary source documents to compare life in the 1940s and 1950s. They are encouraged to examine the economy, government, sports and education.

Students identify popular songs from 1968 and make connections with the year's current events. They pretend that they are producing a new CD. The CD includes four songs that comment on today's social issues. They write the liner notes.

Students prepare a presentation examining anti-establishment activity by groups in society today. They prepare a presentation, on poster board or presentation software, about one contemporary protest group.

Students analyze the work of two artists who made interventions in public spaces. In this art analysis instructional activity, students investigate ephemeral and site specific art. Students complete image based discussion...

Students listen to and analyze the ballad "American Pie." They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan. They circle the appropriate descriptive words of the song's medium form, melody, tempo and dynamics, and style.

Students read about Woody Guthrie and how folk music often tells of events of the time and can be effective protest music.

In this youth and old age dictation worksheet, learners take dictation on a passage containing various terms associated with youth and old age.

Students examine the importance of nonprofit organizations when it comes to the environment. They discover how to evaluate different organizations. They research different organizations and present their findings to the class.

Learners discuss how a musician's message can influence society and government. They debate if political viewpoints should be publicized in music.

As part of a larger lesson plan on the the environment and the environmental movement, this lesson focuses on the movement as part of a larger emphasis on social movements in the 1960s. Find information about the history of Earth Day,...

In this lesson plan, students examine the reasons for protests by reading about the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. By using primary source documents, learn historical reasons for protesting and compare them with the situation in...

In this lesson plan, middle schoolers learn about the riots in Newark, New Jersey, in 1967. Using primary sources, identify the causes of the disturbance in July, 1967. Links to the relevant information is provided.