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GOALS FOR WEEK 12
By the end of this week, you will:
  1. Analyze songs by country and western artists.
  2. Discuss features of country music and how it differs from other American pop.
  3. Continue to understand how country music reflects the realities of rural America.
  4. Discuss how rap music reflects the realities of African-Americans and urban America.
  5. Analyze songs by Carrie Underwood and Lee Brice.
MONDAY
No class
TUESDAY
-Warm-up: "My Kind of Night"
-Rural poverty stats
-Discuss
"Smoke Break" by Carrie Underwood and "Drinking Class" by Lee Brice

HOMEWORK
For Thursday:
-
Study country song vocabulary for the quiz on Thursday.

WEDNESDAY
No class
THURSDAY
-Country music quiz
-Rap overview

-History of Rap video
-Discuss final project


HOMEWORK
For Tuesday:
-Pick a rap song to analyze and complete the Song Analysis Form. Bring the completed form on Tuesday.
-Decide on your final presentation song and email the artist and title to me by April 12.




FRIDAY
No class
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