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Song Project?' 50 p~ihts

SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES ANALYSIS THROUGH MUSIC

PURPOSE: c , .; " " ~;" ,',.,... , . , ,', " ,

The [Link] this project is to analyze a piece of music that deals'" ·

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times criticized andcensored,forits '~onfertt ,however, the':music< industry is .
u~(JalJy ihe",firstAobring attenti'on to important issues in·society. In·this .. ,'
assignment you will be asked to choose a piece of music (pre-approved by Mr; "'"
Armstrorlg)thcit deals with an issue;,analyze itt and present it to the class:

METHOD:,'
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sqcietytoday. You will need to play the song (ordownload the. video) to
present fo 'the class on '. ;. .'_---'_~__""''-''

2. Cl"eatea powerpoint presentation thatshoold include the following::

A. The lyrics to the song.
B. Explanation of what issues are, present in your song.
C. What is the [Link] [Link] issue In society? (In
other words, what recent things have happened)
* You must have current events
D. Statistics about the issue
E. Explain how the song expresses this issue
* go through specific Iyrks and read them to the class as
examples
F. ,What can be done about this issue? How is it affecting
society?

3. Present your song project to class (minimum of 8 minutes including

the song itself)
 Hoffman Estates High School
Sociology: Song Project

______________________
~me:

Teacher: Armstrong

. Criteria
1 2 3 4
Student presents
Audience cannot Audience has Student present~
information in
understand difficulty following information in
logical, interesting
Organization presentation because presentation logical sequence
Ithere is no sequence of because student which audience can
sequence which /5
audience can
information. jumps around. follow.
follow.
Student is Student
Student does not have
Content uncomfortable with demonstrates full
grasp of information; Student is at ease
Knowledge information and· is knowledge (more
(including
student cannot answer
questions about
able to answer only
with content, but
fails to elaborate.
than required) /20
Bibliography) rudimentary with explanations
subject.
questions. and elaboration.
Student used
Student occasional
Visuals related to visuals to
Student used na used visuals that
Visuals
visuals. rarely support text
text and
presentation.
reinforce screen
text and
/15
and presentation.
presentation.
Little or no Very original
variation; material Some originality presentation of
Repetitive with little or
presented with present; good material; points
Creativity/ navariety; audience
little originality; variety; held the made in a creative
Audience
Response
lost interest and could
not determine the
some related facts audiences way and held the /5
but went off topic attention most of audience's
point
and lost the the time attention
audience throughout
Student mumbles, .Student incorrectly
Student used a i
incorrectly pronounces pronounces terms. Student's voice is
dear voice and
terms, and speaks too Audience members dear. Student
Delivery
quietly for students in have difficulty pronounces most
correct, precise
pronunciation of
/5
the back of dass to hearing words correctly.
terms.
hear. .. presentation.
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Total---->
/50
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