History 200 - New Approaches To History
Fall
2017
01
4.00
Joie-Lynn Campbell
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
42057
This exploration of historical methodologies aims to help students learn to locate, evaluate and synthesize primary sources. Students in this course undertake original primary source research through a detailed semester-long investigation of a single historical event. Topics vary by instructor.
For students in the Connecting to Social Justice RAP in Moore Hall. See http://www.umass.edu/rap/connecting-with-social-justice-rap
HISTORY 200-01: History Through Music and Social Justice
What do Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Queen Latifah and Lady Gaga have in common? They were all instrumental in major social and political changes through rock 'n' roll music! Considering race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation, correlations can be directly drawn between social justice movements and the evolution of rock 'n' roll music from the early 20th century to the present day.
Hit songs from specific historic eras will be played in each class and lyrics will be analyzed within the context of the social and political movements of the time. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the music's impact then, as well as its connections to the world today. During the course, students will work on informative and creative projects, both individually and in groups. We will also spend time in the Du Bois Library?s Special Collections & University Archives where students will investigate aspects of original materials gathered from the eras being explored.
During this course we will cover:
(1) Birth of the Blues and Juke Joints
(2) Rockabilly and Teen Consumerism
(3) Folk Rock, Hippies, and Protests
(4) Motown, Roaring Women, and Civil Rights
(5) Tejano and the Chicano Movement
(6) Disco, Glam, and Sexuality
(7) MTV Nation
(8) Rap, Hip-Hop, and Speaking Truth
- and much more.
HISTORY 200-01: History Through Music and Social Justice
What do Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Queen Latifah and Lady Gaga have in common? They were all instrumental in major social and political changes through rock 'n' roll music! Considering race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation, correlations can be directly drawn between social justice movements and the evolution of rock 'n' roll music from the early 20th century to the present day.
Hit songs from specific historic eras will be played in each class and lyrics will be analyzed within the context of the social and political movements of the time. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the music's impact then, as well as its connections to the world today. During the course, students will work on informative and creative projects, both individually and in groups. We will also spend time in the Du Bois Library?s Special Collections & University Archives where students will investigate aspects of original materials gathered from the eras being explored.
During this course we will cover:
(1) Birth of the Blues and Juke Joints
(2) Rockabilly and Teen Consumerism
(3) Folk Rock, Hippies, and Protests
(4) Motown, Roaring Women, and Civil Rights
(5) Tejano and the Chicano Movement
(6) Disco, Glam, and Sexuality
(7) MTV Nation
(8) Rap, Hip-Hop, and Speaking Truth
- and much more.