Unit 2: Early1960s Rock and Roll

Learning Targets:
  • I can describe the social and political climate of the 1960s.
  • I can make connections between the social and political climate of the 1960s and the development of rock and roll.
  • I can describe the styles of rock and roll that developed in the 1960s.
  • I can describe the British Invasion and its impact on the development of Rock and Roll.
  • I can name the major rock music festivals that took place in the 1960s and explain their significance.
Required C Level Assignments:
  • Watch the "British Invasion" documentary on the History of Rock and Roll in the 1960s and write down 10 SPECIFIC things you learned from watching the film. (10%)
  • Watch the "Plugged In" documentary on the History of Rock and Roll in the 1960s and write down 10 SPECIFIC things you learned from watching the video. (10%)
  • Complete a minimum of 2 and maximum of 3 of the following Artist-Oriented Activities (you may NOT choose The Beatles):
    • Complete and Individual Artist Information Sheet on a famous Rock and Roll musician. Choose a musician or band that first came onto the scene during the 1960s. (NOT the Beatles!) (10%)
    • Find a website or homepage for a 1960's Rock Artist and complete an Artist Information Sheet for that artist/group. (NO Beatles!) (10%)
    • Watch one of the following movies about 1960s rock stars complete a Movie Biography Worksheet:
      • The Rose (loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin
      • The Doors (starring Val Kilmer - Rated "R", so get parent permission!
      • Imagine: John Lennon, Deluxe Edition
      • No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (directed by Martin Scorsese
  • Make a list of 6 important musicians and/or bands from the 1960s. Tell what they played, list at least 2 of their hit songs (with the year released) and why each one was important and unique to the history of rock and roll. (10%) 
  • Complete the 1960s Music Listening Worksheet.  Links to the songs on the worksheet are below (15%).

    13 comments:

    1. Three things that I learned while watching the film is
      1.John Lennon lived with his Aunt and Uncle in Liverpool.
      2.The Cavern was a place that many bands including the Beatles played.
      3.The Kinks were outrageous while performing.
      -Kaylee Ackley

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    2. I have learned 3 different facts from the movie. Bob Dylan was booed for going electric, the story of mamas and papas, and the way the byrds changed the guitar part in Mr Tamborine man

      - Owen McGlone

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    3. After watching the British Invasion Plugged In
      I learned how the british invasion sttarted to take place in USA
      The effect it had on Youth in the US and how a movement was started

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    4. Sex was a huge deal in the 1960s everyone was having it and they weren't shy about it sharing it either. A hit club called The Cavern where all of the kids hung out and listened to Rock bands play. Fans of the Beatles were so obsessed they coined the phrase "Beatlemania"

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    5. 1.) I learned that the beatles all lived in liverpool UK.
      2.) the beatles came big on the Ed sullivan show.
      3.) sex an partying was big in the 1960's at places like woodstock.
      4.) the rolling stones would have been as big as the beatles if they had been on the Ed sullivan show first.
      -Courtney B.-

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    6. 1. I learned about the British Invasion.
      2. I learned more about bands like The Beatles, Herman's Hermits, and other British bands.
      3.I learned about the genre of music known as Surf Music
      -Robert Sturges

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    7. After watching the film, I learned that:
      1. The Beatles set the fashion examples and all the guys wanted to be like them.
      2. The Beatles were thought of as the "good" version of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles wanted to be like The Rolling Stones.
      3. Bob Dylan had a really poetic mind.
      - Kaylee Woodgeard

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    8. Three things i learned during this segment was:

      1. i learned how rapidly the british invasion set in the USA
      2. i learned about the cavern and all the kids that would go there to listen to rock and roll
      3. and how bob dylan was booed and discriminated for going electric and also i learned about the band the mamas and papas and the rolling stones and how similar they were to the beatles.

      - Bane Adkins

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    9. After watching the film, 3 things I learned is:
      1. The British Invasion made an impact on rock in the US like the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and more.
      2. Bob Dylan and his folk music. Also he played folk music on a electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival and the reaction from his fans and folk music lovers.
      3. Surf music and its three different styles of surf music.

      -Eduardo Guerrero

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    10. Barbara skaggs .
      1. I learned how the British invasion .
      2. Bob dylan was preforming at a concert & got booed for going electric.
      3. No one was shy in the 1960's about their sex lives.

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    11. I learned that:
      1. Bob Dylan was booed for going electric
      2. There is a genre of music called surf music
      3. People who has Beatlemania were extremely obsessed with the beatles
      -Tim Moore

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    12. In the 1960's the British Invasion began, leading to many great hit songs and bands. This was also a time where partying was taking over, and drugs were sky rocketting. The sounds of music was being enhanced meaning that music would change in our eyes forever.
      Gretchen Skaggs P.7 10-16-13

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    13. Love the blog and really interested in the subject of 1960s music! You just can't beat the sixties! I can't believe Dylan got booed for going electric!

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