2.) Please Open This Document. Look the document over. You will complete the document based on whatever song you choose.
3.) Please choose one of the songs from this list to explore themes of the counter culture of the 50's and 60's. The link will take you to a youtube video of the song. The Lyrics link will open a document to the lyrics for the song.
4.) Participation points will be subtracted if I see you on some other website.
5.) Prepare a brief presentation of some of the themes and lines from the song you choose. We will hear from all of our classmates by the end of class.
“Abraham, Martin and John” Dion (Laurie, 1968) Lyrics
“If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)” Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner, 1962) Lyrics
“The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1964) Lyrics
“Keep On Pushing” Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions (ABC-Paramount, 1964) Lyrics
“People Got to Be Free” The Rascals (Atlantic, 1968) Lyrics
"Eve of Destruction" Barry McGuire (1967) Lyrics
“Respect Yourself” The Staple Singers (Stax, 1971) Lyrics
“Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud(Part 1)” James Brown (King, 1968) Lyrics
“Stand” Sly and the Family Stone (Epic, 1969) Lyrics
“Think” Aretha Franklin (Atlantic, 1968) Lyrics
“We Shall Overcome” Joan Baez (Vanguard, 1963) Lyrics
“Last Night I had the Strangest Dream” Joan Baez (1950) Lyrics
“For What Its Worth” Buffalo Springfield (Atco, 1966) Lyrics
