Music+as+Media

-David Considine (Coordinator on the media literacy project at Appalachian State University)
 * "If we teach students to become critical viewers, we do more than give them the ability to analyze the construction of isolated images; we also give them the ability to think critically about the composition of the picture, enhancing their ability to read words and worlds." **

This unit helps students place music, a subject with which most students are familiar and comfortable, in a historical and social context. This unit allows students to assess the economic, cultural, and technological factors that inform music. Students already understand the role of music in entertaining society. This unit encourages students to place music in a broader context, and see how music serves both as a source of reinforcement of traditional values and as an agent of change.

__**Objectives:**__
 * understand the role music plays in defining a nation's culture
 * explore the relationship between evolving technology and music
 * anticipate future social and cultural trends



Music as Media Photostory
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Bandaid- //Do They Know it's Christmas?// 1984
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USA for Africa- //Feed the World// 1984
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USA for Haiti- //Feed the World// 2010
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Interactive worksheet

Andy Rooney Looses Touch with Music- 60 Minutes
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