Mute Print
04-24-2007, 01:54 PM
I'll be straight up with this: this is a (somewhat cool) project I have for US History. I figured you guys would be an immesnse help in this, since I don't necessarily want to try and sort through 20,000+ songs.
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Here's the deal: I need to find one song for each period in US history (see list). The songs must fit one of the following:
♫ Be historically accurate for the time period (written or recorded in those years)
-OR-
♫ Address the specific time period directly
-OR-
♫ Have lyrics that can be interpreted to relate to the time period.
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The time period are as follows, with possible ideas that could be addressed for each unit:
#1. Colonial America (pre-1776): colonies, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, etc.
#2. Constitution and setting up a government: Articles Of Confederation, checks and balances, separation of powers, etc.
#3. New Nation (1789-1820): Washington, Jefferson, federalism, slave south, industrial north, etc.
#4. Expansion (1820-1850): Monroe Doctrine, west, Indian removals, war with Mexico, new lands, etc.
#5. Decade of Crisis (1850s): slavery, KS-NE Act, Compromise of 1850, John Brown, Lincoln, etc.
#6. Reconstruction (1865-1877): KKK, Freedman's Bureau, Jim Crow laws, north occupying south, etc.
#7. Gilded Age (1877-1900): big business, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller, etc.
#8. Populists and Progressives (1880s-1900s): muckrakers, unions, Grange, etc.
#9. Imperialism and WWI (1989-1914): Spanish-American War, new territories, neutrality, mobilizing for war, etc.
#10. 1920s: consumerism, credit, new roles for women, new leisure, etc.
#11. 1930s: Great Depression, Dust Bowl, New Deal, Roosevelt, etc.
#12. 1940s-1950s: WWII, internment camps, cold war, prosperity at home, baby boom, etc.
#13. 1960s: Cold War, Kennedy, Johson, Vietnam, etc.
#14. Civil Rights (1950-1970): African Americans, women, youth movement, etc.
#15. Resturn To Conservatism (1970-2007): Nixon, Watergate, energy crisis, Bush/Clinton/Bush, etc.
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If you want to help, please post the song title and artist, year if you know it, which period it relates to, and how it relates. Songs can be any genres, and from any year, so long as they somehow relate to one of the units.
I will try to rep everyone who comes up with good ideas. Thanks guys. :)
PS: I have until June 1st, so that's plenty of time to earn some rep. ;)
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Here's the deal: I need to find one song for each period in US history (see list). The songs must fit one of the following:
♫ Be historically accurate for the time period (written or recorded in those years)
-OR-
♫ Address the specific time period directly
-OR-
♫ Have lyrics that can be interpreted to relate to the time period.
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The time period are as follows, with possible ideas that could be addressed for each unit:
#1. Colonial America (pre-1776): colonies, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, etc.
#2. Constitution and setting up a government: Articles Of Confederation, checks and balances, separation of powers, etc.
#3. New Nation (1789-1820): Washington, Jefferson, federalism, slave south, industrial north, etc.
#4. Expansion (1820-1850): Monroe Doctrine, west, Indian removals, war with Mexico, new lands, etc.
#5. Decade of Crisis (1850s): slavery, KS-NE Act, Compromise of 1850, John Brown, Lincoln, etc.
#6. Reconstruction (1865-1877): KKK, Freedman's Bureau, Jim Crow laws, north occupying south, etc.
#7. Gilded Age (1877-1900): big business, robber barons, Carnegie, Rockefeller, etc.
#8. Populists and Progressives (1880s-1900s): muckrakers, unions, Grange, etc.
#9. Imperialism and WWI (1989-1914): Spanish-American War, new territories, neutrality, mobilizing for war, etc.
#10. 1920s: consumerism, credit, new roles for women, new leisure, etc.
#11. 1930s: Great Depression, Dust Bowl, New Deal, Roosevelt, etc.
#12. 1940s-1950s: WWII, internment camps, cold war, prosperity at home, baby boom, etc.
#13. 1960s: Cold War, Kennedy, Johson, Vietnam, etc.
#14. Civil Rights (1950-1970): African Americans, women, youth movement, etc.
#15. Resturn To Conservatism (1970-2007): Nixon, Watergate, energy crisis, Bush/Clinton/Bush, etc.
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If you want to help, please post the song title and artist, year if you know it, which period it relates to, and how it relates. Songs can be any genres, and from any year, so long as they somehow relate to one of the units.
I will try to rep everyone who comes up with good ideas. Thanks guys. :)
PS: I have until June 1st, so that's plenty of time to earn some rep. ;)