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Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 2 Points: 100 Overview: For each week in our course, you will consider music as a cultural artifact and be assigned either a piece of music or a specific musical artist to explore and analyze for the week. This week, you will be listening to music from the early Rock and Role genre. As you have read this week, Rock and Roll was a term first coined by DJ Alan Freed in the 1950s. Rock music was often synonymous with R&B in the early years. However, Rock and Roll, with the exception of Little Richard and Chuck Berry, began with white artists “covering” hits that would have at one time be considered R&B. In addition to your etextbook, you should expect to complete some research online to respond to these questions. Be sure to use vetted resources—if you aren’t sure what a reliable source is, remember, you can use the CRAP test to determine if your source is reliable! Resources that might help you:

• 53d. America Rocks and Rolls. (2019). UShistory.org. • Will, G. (2017, May 14). Today’s left would have called elvis’s music ‘cultural

appropriation’. National Review.

Instructions:

• On the internet or your phone, listen to TWO of the following early Rock and Roll songs from the list below:

o Bill Haley, “Rock Around the Clock” o Elvis Presley, “That’s All Right” o Elvis Presley, “Mystery Train/”I Forgot to Remember to Forget” o Elvis Presley, “Jailhouse Rock” o Little Richard, “Tutti Frutti” o Chuck Berry, “Johnny B. Goode” o Chuck Berry, “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” U o Buddy Holly, “That’ll Be the Day” o Buddy Holly, “Bo Diddley”

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Unit 2 - Rock and Roll - Music as a Cultural Artifact - Guided Listening Assignment

• After listening to your TWO selections, answer the following questions in a word document:

o Define the musical term: Rock and Roll. o Share a brief biography of each of the two bands/artists you chose. o Name the members of each of these bands. o Who were the songwriters of the songs that you chose? Was there any

controversy surrounding the song if the performing artist was not the original song writer?

o What are the lyrics of each of the songs that you chose? o What are the ideas being addressed in each of these songs? o What is the date that the original music was written? What is the date that

this original recording was made/released? o Has anyone else recorded the two songs you have chosen? If so, find one

YouTube recording of “covers” of each the two songs you have chosen if they are available. If nothing is available, please indicate that as well.

o List the instruments you hear in these recordings. Are each of these songs the same or different instrumentation?

o What was your favorite thing about the performances/recordings? o What emotions did the performances/recordings make you feel when you

heard it? Requirements:

• Two to three pages in length, excluding the Reference page. • APA format, including an in-text citation for referenced works. • At least four resources.

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Guided Listening Assignments

CRITERIA Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement

Deficient

54-60 points 48-53 points 36-47 points 0-35 points

Content

Subject matter is thoroughly addressed.

Arguments are well elaborated

and fully supported by

scholarly research and

specific examples.

Subject matter is fairly well

addressed. Arguments are supported by

scholarly research but

could be further elaborated with specific details.

Subject matter is adequately addressed.

Arguments are partially

supported by scholarly research.

Subject matter is minimally addressed.

Opinions are offered, but

arguments lack scholarly backing

9-10 points 8 points 6-7 points 0-5 points

Musical Selections

Incorporates all required musical

selections

Incorporates some musical

selections

Incorporates one of the musical

selections

Missing musical

selections requirements

9-10 points 8 points 6-7 points 0-5 points Scholarly Sources

4 or more resources 3 resources 2 resources 0-1 resource

9-10 points 8 points 6-7 points 0-5 points

Paper Length 3 pages 2 pages 1 page 0 pages or more than

three pages 9-10 points 8 points 6-7 points 0-5 points

Clear and Professional Writing with APA Format

Errors impede professional presentation; guidelines not

followed.

Significant errors that do not

impede professional presentation.

Few errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Writing and format are

clear, professional,

APA compliant, and error free.