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Music and History
Kind of Activity:
Artistic Response
Objective:
Students will be able to take a major thematic element and relate it to their own lives.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.5
Structure:
Music can serve as a time capsule for an era, and is extremely important in this story. Ask students to consider how Bud feels about music, and how his feelings might be similar to or different from their own.
For this activity, students should create two different playlists. The first one should contain up to five songs that were popular during the Great Depression, and the second should be up to five songs that have been important...
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