Motown Webquest Assignment:
Websites we will use for this assignment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_PKqgzSXAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnxrCavIBkc
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/letters/l/bl_block_s1.htm
http://www.motownmuseum.com/mtmpages/index.html
http://www.motownmuseum.com/mtmpages/info_directions.html
Websites by assignment section:
"Campfire" style of learning, finding information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motown
Watering Hole or Social Learning Groups Activity:
The Temptations, "My Girl"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltRwmgYEUr8he Supremes, "Stop In The Name Of Love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_PKqgzSXAMhe Jackson Five, "I Want You Back/ABC Medley"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnxrCavIBkc
"Cave," Solitary Learning, or Reflection Writing:
Create a MS Word document- no websites
"Life" or Applied Learning:
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/letters/l/bl_block_s1.htm
http://www.motownmuseum.com/mtmpages/index.html
http://www.motownmuseum.com/mtmpages/info_directions.html
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&geocode=&q=2648+West+Grand+Boulevard&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=31.922255,81.035156&ie=UTF8&near=Detroit,+MI
INTERNET WORKSHOPS:
Discovering Motown:
Discovering Great Performers:
To find pictures of musicians:
Just go to this website. All you have to do is type in the name of the person, and hit enter:
Need someone's biography or life story?
Just go to this website:
Type in their name, and then type in the word BIOGRAPHY.
This page features information about music history. You can learn about music history through the different musical time periods...
Or you can scroll down this page to learn about each musical genre instead.
LEARN ABOUT MUSIC IN
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:
Click on the blue links to go to that website!
Music History - all time pe
Medieval
476-1400
Text
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-med.htm
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b6Lb2uu4Lo
Renaissance
1400-1600
Text
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K63Z_abB314
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_K5zRA2APo&mode=related&search=
Pop musician Sting, playing a lute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRHutMf7_bU&mode=related&search=
Baroque
1600-1760
Text
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ADHEcL8rAs&mode=related&search=
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Biography of Bach:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach
You can go to www.youtube.com or www.yahoomusic.com and listen to music from these artists!
Classical
1730-1820
Information on Classical era music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music_era
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (below)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (below)
Mozart could write music in his head (up to an entire symphony!) and then write it down perfectly!
You can go to www.youtube.com or www.yahoomusic.com and listen to music from these artists!
Biography of Mozart:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart
Romantic
1820-1910
Information on Romantic era music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_music
You can go to www.youtube.com or www.yahoomusic.com and listen to music from these artists!
Biography of Beethoven:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven
Video on YouTube set to Beethoven's Bb Quartet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwzvMslu7e0
1870-1910
20th Century
1900-2000
1910-1930
1930's
1940's
1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
2000's
CURRENT:
LEARN ABOUT MUSIC BY GENRES:
CLASSICAL
Click on the blue links to go to that website!
HISTORY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC LINKS:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/fields/8616/musichistory.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music_era
You can go to www.youtube.com or www.yahoomusic.com and listen to music from these artists!
BLUES
Click on the blue links to go to that website!
History of the Blues
http://www.history-of-rock.com/blues.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues
Famous Blues Musicians
Robert Johnson, guitarist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson_%28musician%29
Bessie Smith, singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Smith
Queen Mothers of the Blues- SAMPLER VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMVM1XpcqlA
Biography of B. B. King
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.b._king
JAZZ
Click on the blue links to go to that website!
HISTORY OF JAZZ LINKS:
You can go to www.youtube.com or www.yahoomusic.com and listen to music from these artists!
BIOGRAPHIES:
(Old School Jazz Artists)
Louis Armstrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong
Dizzy Gillespie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy_gillespie
Miles Davis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_davis
Charlie Parker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker
(Current Jazz Artists)
Wynton Marsalis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis
Joshua Redman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Redman
COOL SITES:
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center- EDUCATION
http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/educ/
Jazz at Lincoln Center- LISTEN TO JAZZ ON THE INTERNET!
http://www.jalc.org/jazzcast/j_radio.asp
ROCK
Click on the blue links to go to that website!
HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL:
Article on Wikipedia about the roots of rock and roll:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland, Ohio):
PAGES THAT HAVE GOOD BIOGRAPHIES (life stories) OF FAMOUS ROCK MUSICIANS:
1950's:
You can go to www.youtube.com or www.yahoomusic.com and listen to music from these artists!
Biography of Elvis Presley:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_presley
The official Elvis Presley website:
Photos of Elvis Presley on Google:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=elvis+presley
1960's:
You can go to www.youtube.com or www.yahoomusic.com and listen to music from these artists!
Biography of Berry Gordy (Motown):
http://www.history-of-rock.com/motown_records.htm
Biography of The Beatles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_beatles
Biography of Jimi Hendrix:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_hendrix
Information on Woodstock:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock
1970's:
You can go to www.youtube.com or www.yahoomusic.com and listen to music from these artists!
Biography of Led Zeppelin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_zeppelin
Biography of The Eagles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagles
1980's:
1990's:
2000's:
COUNTRY
Click on the blue links to go to that website!
HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC:
The Grand Old Opry:
PAGES THAT HAVE GOOD BIOGRAPHIES (life stories) OF FAMOUS COUNTRY MUSICIANS:
http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/site/
R&B, SOUL, HIP HOP & RAP
Click on the blue links to go to that website!
HISTORY OF HIP HOP AND RAP:
Article on Wikipedia about the roots of hip hop:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_of_hip_hop_music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapping
Article on Wikipedia about old school rap:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_school_hip_hop
History of YO! Mtv Raps:
Things that you can buy:
Videos about breakdancing:
http://www.amazon.com/Freshest-Kids-History
CD's of old school rap:
BIOGRAPHIES:
Biography of Kurtis Blow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtis_Blow
Biography of Afrika Bambaataa:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa
-B-Boy/dp/B00006IUIP
Biography of Kool Herc:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_DJ_Herc
Biography of Grandmaster Flash:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash
Biography of Grandwizard Theodore:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandwizard_Theodore
Biography of Public Enemy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy
Biography of the Beastie Boys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys
Biography of Run DMC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_D.M.C.
History of Def Jam Records:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Def_Jam
Biography of Russell Simmons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Simmons
Biography of Rick Rubin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin
