Roger C. Sullivan High School: Mini Lesson for K.S.

Since K.S. struggled with music class, I've decided to teach him a mini lesson on the history of rock and roll. I will cover my favorite bands/performers as I feel it important to teach something that I enjoy thoroughly.

Objectives: Science, Technology, and Society (IPTS 1, NCSS 1.8, ISBE Core SS 25).    Demonstrates, capabilities, and dispositions to organize and provide instruction at the appropriate school level for the study of science, technology and society.

SWBAT: Have an appreciation for, and understand a brief history of, rock and roll music.

Materials: PowerPoint
                  You Tube
                  My brain

Introduction: I will begin by listing the bands that I will include in my brief history and assess whether or not he knows anything about any of the bands mentioned.

Bands: The Clash, The Ramones, Joy Division, New Order, Blondie, The Pixies, Sonic Youth, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Jay Reatard, Black Lips, Dum Dum Girls

Summary: This is a lineage of rock music that goes from punk rock to post punk to indie rock to desert rock to garage band rock to flower punk. This timeline beings in the mid 1970s and goes through to today. The Clash and the Ramones helped to establish the punk rock scene on both sides of the pond and have influenced so many bands to date that I don't have the time or the energy to list. Joy Division, New Order, and Blondie picked up where punk rock left off to form what was known as post punk and was responsible for incorporating synthetic sounds into punk laden tracks. The Pixies and Sonic youth in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s, hit the music scene hard with their brilliant song writing and amazing lyrical ability. In the late 1990s and mid 2000s, Queens of the Stone Age, The Eagles of Death Metal, and Jay Reatard blew the music world's collective mind with their heavy infusion of a throwback garage style rock with heavy guitar riffs and clever lyrics. Today, bands like The Black Lips and the Dum Dum Girls are keeping music fans mesmerized with their ability to thrown down live shows with incredibly high levels of energy.

I will present a few sound clips and photos of these bands to K.S. which will be the meat of our lesson.

Conclusion: Any questions will be answered that he might have and I will give him a quick quiz to assess what he has learned.