Why?
What better way to get students interested into your lesson plan than to teach them about something that they are already interested in: music. By using various rock and roll songs, teachers can bring lessons about politics, history, social issues, poetry, and much more into the classroom through the musical genre!
Online Resources for Further Exploration: RRL: Rock and Roll Library : The mission of the Rock & Roll Library is to find, document, preserve and archive any and all relevant and correct information about popular music and its components - including performing artists, writers, song lyrics, social significance, subject and popularity - beginning with the 20th Century, as well as promote music education and the use of popular music in the classroom.
Rock n' Roll Music Activities Included is a list of links to information about and biographies of important rock and roll bands, artists, groups and movements throughout history. Lesson plans and activities for students to do are included.
Learning from LyricsIncludes a database of over 3,000 songs for use in the classroom, classroom activities and resources for teachers, examples of student written and visual work and more!!
Sample Song Activities:
"We Didn't Start the Fire" By Billy Joel
Explain how Billy Joel used events, terms, and people associated with a specific time period in history to create the lyrics for this song.
Why?
What better way to get students interested into your lesson plan than to teach them about something that they are already interested in: music. By using various rock and roll songs, teachers can bring lessons about politics, history, social issues, poetry, and much more into the classroom through the musical genre!
Online Resources for Further Exploration:
RRL: Rock and Roll Library : The mission of the Rock & Roll Library is to find, document, preserve and archive any and all relevant and correct information about popular music and its components - including performing artists, writers, song lyrics, social significance, subject and popularity - beginning with the 20th Century, as well as promote music education and the use of popular music in the classroom.
Rock n' Roll Music Activities Included is a list of links to information about and biographies of important rock and roll bands, artists, groups and movements throughout history. Lesson plans and activities for students to do are included.
Education World Lesson Plans using the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Browse through over 200 lesson plans involving rock and roll!
Learning from LyricsIncludes a database of over 3,000 songs for use in the classroom, classroom activities and resources for teachers, examples of student written and visual work and more!!
Sample Song Activities:
"We Didn't Start the Fire" By Billy Joel
Explain how Billy Joel used events, terms, and people associated with a specific time period in history to create the lyrics for this song.