Imagine John Lennon. 6. Peace Train Cat Stevens. 7. If I Had a Hammer Pete
Seeger. 8. Fortunate Son Credence Clearwater Revival. 9. Universal Soldier-
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Name__________________________ Hon. US History DUE: _________ Mrs. McDougal 4th Quarter Project – Counts as one test grade
Vietnam Era Songs List 1. Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation by Tom Paxton 1965 2. I Ain’t Marchin’ Anymore Phil Ochs 3. Bring Em Home Pete Seeger 4. It Better End Soon Chicago 5. Imagine John Lennon 6. Peace Train Cat Stevens 7. If I Had a Hammer Pete Seeger 8. Fortunate Son Credence Clearwater Revival 9. Universal Soldier- Buffy Sainte Mane 10. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Peter Paul Mary 11. Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young 12. War! Edwin Starr 13. Give Peace a Chance John Lenon 14. Happy Xmas (War is Over) John Lenon 15. Handsome Johnny Richie Havens 16. Still in Saigon Charlie Daniels Band 17. Who’ll Stop the Rain Creedence Clearwater Revival 18. Requiem for the Masses The Association 19. Masters of War Bob Dylan 20. The Cruel War is Raging Peter Paul Mary 21. The Unknown Soldier The Doors 22. Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag (Do not use the Woodstock Version-no profanity please!) 23. The Ballad of Penny Evans Steve Goodman 24. Draft Dodger Rag Phil Ochs 25. Eve of Destruction Barry McGuire 26. For What its Worth Buffalo Springfield 27. Sky Pilot Eric Burdon and the Animals 28. To Susan on the West Coast Waiting Donovan 29. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream Simon and Garfunkel 30. Goodnight Saigon Billy Joel
Objective: To analyze a song directly related to the Vietnam War protest movement in the United States. (Students will be assigned a song from the attached list.) Task: Students will research the song, telling why you think it is relevant to the anti-war movement. Students will prepare a two-three page paper that includes comments from the artist, song writers, or “experts/historians” of the time period. Student’s opinions and reflection on the lyrics must also be included. Both must be parenthetically documented! Students must also select 10-20 images to be added to a PowerPoint slide show (or Movie Maker) to be viewed during the student presentation. The synopsis must include specific references to the song as quotes in the paper. MLA work cited for images, lyrics, and research used, printed out (Must have a proper heading). All writing must be your own words and sentence structure. At no time should Wikipedia be used for this project. Must use Turnitin: originality report printout required on due date Oral Presentation Evaluation Rubric Content Explanation (Understandable)
_____ 5 points
Eye Contact
_____ 5 points
Voice Projection
_____ 5 points
Enthusiasm and Interest
_____ 5 points
Knowledge Gained from Presentation
_____ 20 points
Multi Media/Directions Grading Rubric Rubric in class on due date/presentation date
_____5 points
Media files saved in (m)teacher mailbox before class on due date _____5 points Media file saved with last name and class letter
_____5 points
Song Lyrics printed in required format (title, artist, year)
_____5 points
Images are clear and appropriate to song
_____5 points
Two Page Paper Grading Rubric Essay form intro/body/conclusion
