Music+Smart

Analytical Intelligences: Music Smart __** Title: "The Sound of Music"

**__ __**Activity:**__ 1) Go to the following website link: [] 2) You will choose and listen to 3 different songs from this website to develop an understanding of the Depression through music that was written or recorded during that time. 3) After listening to each track you will respond to the following questions: different? 4) Post your responses on our Wikispaces Blog Page. You can comment on one another's blogs. 5) Find a song written in 2008-2009 that expresses America's current economic crisis. Write a 1*3*1 paragraph explaining a personal connection you have to this song and how it relates to America's current economic situation. Post an audio of this song with your Wikispaces Blog.
 * What is the title of the song?
 * Who is singing the song (persona, narrator)?
 * Describe the feeling of the song.
 * What does the title mean of the song mean?
 * What values and viewpoints are expressed in the lyrics?
 * Why might songs such as this song be popular during the Depression?
 * How has life been changed by the Depression?
 * Do you agree with the singer's point of view?
 * In what way are things similar today to what they were like in the 1930s when this song was written? In what ways are things

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Rubric: Sound of Music**__