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Styles in Context: Is it Music? Lesson PlanStyles in Context: Is it Music? Lesson Plan
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Styles in Context: Is it Music?

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Students view the video, Behind the Music: 1992, and discuss the new genres of pop music that were emerging in that era. They discuss the content of the music and what it's like on the surface. They write an essay comparing it to other genres of music.

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11th - 12th
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