Week One: History of Music

Tuesday: 1/7/14 Reading The Poisoned Fish by Ken Macrorie. (In reader.) Assignment ue NONE. !"ass Acti#ities (Possible) Intros. The beginnings of !erican "o"#lar !#sic$!inilect#re and listening session. %isc#ssion to"ic& 'hy is it i!"ortant to (no' the history of !#sic)

I Roll (5 min) II Syllabus Run Through (20 min) III Music We Dig / Scavenger Hun (!0 min) "# Ta$e %ive minu es o al$ abou & in a grou' o% hree& (music you )ig#* +# Then& be rea)y o in ro)uce he 'erson an) al$ abou he music hey li$e# ,# Do Scavenger hun # I- Rea) ( he .oisone) /ish* an) al$ abou i (20 min) "# Rea) alou) he 'iece a h '0//111#1ri ing#ucsb#e)u/%acul y/)ean/2'loa)3ST4.05/The.oisone)/ish#')% B. Questions: a# Tal$ abou he o'ening 'aragra'h& 1ha 6s ha abou 7 b# Wha 'oin is macrorie ma$ing abou 1ri ing& you hin$7 c# Wha is& as is sai)& a he en)& ( he 1ay ou 7* - +rains orming %or .a'er (85 min) "# I% you ha) o 1ri e abou he his ory o% a y'e o% music& a musical grou'& a song& or some hing else& 1ha 1oul) you 1ri e abou an) 1hy7 +# Tal$ abou resul s#
T$ursday: 1/%/14 Reading &*o' to +ead ,i(e a -riter by Mi(e .#nn. (In reader.) 'it$er: Home by Aisha Patterson. (The lyrics are at Assignment ue NONE. !"ass Acti#ities (Possible) %isc#ssion of the .#nn "iece and the song yo# listened to. -riting e/ercise to start "a"er n#!ber one. Pre" for Friedlander reading.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/home-174/, and the video is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v= m!bd"ec#p$ OR: Youre onna !iss This by Trace Ad"ins# (The lyrics are at http://www.lyr%csfrea&.com/t/trace'ad&%ns/youre'( onna'm%ss'th%s_)#*+4 4#.html and the video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=l,-. y/y.012.

T$ursday: 1/%/14 Reading &*o' to +ead ,i(e a -riter by Mi(e .#nn. (In reader.) 'it$er: Home by Aisha Patterson. (The lyrics are at

Assignment ue NONE.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/home-174/, and the video is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v= m!bd"ec#p$ OR: Youre onna !iss This by Trace Ad"ins# (The lyrics are at http://www.lyr%csfrea&.com/t/trace'ad&%ns/youre'( onna'm%ss'th%s_)#*+4 4#.html and the video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=l,-. y/y.012. $ $n class %lo&&in& and Res'ondin& (() min* A# et everyone lo&&ed into their blo&s# %# ive them the 'rom't +or the introduction# ,# Have them -rite# .# Tal" about the 'rocess# $$ %lo& +or .iscussion o+ Ho- to Read /i"e a 0riter (() min*

!"ass Acti#ities (Possible) %isc#ssion of the .#nn "iece and the song yo# listened to. -riting e/ercise to start "a"er n#!ber one. Pre" for Friedlander reading.

A# %rin& u' the Ho- to Read /i"e a 0riter 0or" overhead# %# Have them &o over it# ,# Tal" about ho- to a''roach readin&, 'articularly -hen -ritin& is the "ey1&et +ol"s to share ideas# $$ 2rom an $dea to a Provisional Thesis 3tatement (() min* A# Have +ol"s loo" at their -ritin& +rom 'revious day# %# Have them, -ith a hi&hli&hter, hi&hli&ht, in yello-, a "ey 'oint that they ma"e# ,# %ust out the tem'late, and tal" about the limits and 'ossibilities o+ tem'lates# .# As" them to 3(o beyond the obv%ous4 %n the%r thes%s statement and to answer the 35o what?4 6uest%on. 4# 3hare around, so -e can &et a sense o+ -hat 'eo'le are thin"in&# $$$ .iscussion o+ their Readin& ((5 min* A# et into &rou's, and ans-er the +ollo-in&: a. /ho %s the aud%ence for your son(7 and what 3proof4 do you have for your theory about the son(8s %ntended aud%ence? b# /hat8s the conte9t for your p%ece? $n other -ords, -hen in history does this 'iece occur, and -hat mi&ht be some thin&s that the son&-riter -as -or"in& throu&h6 c# /hat spec%f%cally d%d you l%&e about the wr%t%n( of the lyr%cs? $n other -ords, -hat ideas, ima&es, lines, rhymes, or other thin&s stic" -ith you6 %# %e ready, as a bi& &rou', to discuss -hat you notice and to come to some conclusions -hat it means to read li"e a -riter#

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Week T(o: History of Music

Tuesday: 1/14/14 Reading 0lassic +oc(er$the First 1eneration and 0lassic +oc(ers$the 2econd 1eneration fro! A Social History of Rock and Roll by Pa#l Friedlander. (In reader.) T$ursday: 1/1,/14 Reading %a3id +it45s The ,ast %ays of .rother +ay. (In reader.) O+tiona" Reading: 6o# can listen to this online inter3ie' 'ith .rother +ay& if yo#5re interested in hearing !ore abo#t +ay 0harles. 0lic( on the lin( labeled7 -isten to t$e +rogramme $ere at t$is "ink: htt"&88'''.bbc.co.#(8'orldser3ice8arts8highligh ts /.1.41/0rayc$ar"es.s$tm" Assignment ue )tart first *"og in c"ass. Res+ond to first *"og entry in c"ass. Assignment ue First draft of "a"er one. ue *efore c"ass *egins. !"ass Acti#ities (Possible) %isc#ssion of readings. 2tart blog. +es"ond to blog entry.

!"ass Acti#ities (Possible) Early roc( and roll listening session. %isc#ssion& -hat is 2o#l) 0li" fro! Ray. %oes race "lay a role in roc( and roll) +ace7 class and gender Po'erPoint. 1enre nalysis& 9nderstanding a history "a"er$ "art one.