8th Grade Decade Webquest

Introduction

Introduction

I’m sure at one time or another, we all wished that we could be the teacher!  Well, guess what?  It’s your turn!

It’s time for you to be the teacher! 

Have you ever wondered why we listen to the music that we do today? Why we wear what we do today? Why the world is like it is today?

I’m sure you’ve heard it said that what we do today shapes the future.  Everything is connected and you will see that by delving into our past, we can sometimes understand our present a little better.

Task

    

Task

You have been assigned to a certain decade in recent history.  Your group will create, organize and present a complete multimedia lesson to your peers. For once, you get to be the teacher!

Process

Process

Your presentation should be divided into the following categories:

1)  Singers, Songs and Style(s)  of music popular during this decade

     a.      Suggestion:

              i. Top 10 performers from this decade (include musical examples)

              ii. What were the styles of music?  Singers and/or songs for each of those styles?

2)  Fashions and Fads from this time period

     a.  Suggestions:          

          i.  What were people wearing?

          ii.  What were the hair styles?

          iii. What kind of toys were children playing with?

          iv. What dances were popular?

          v.  What kind of car did most people drive?

          vi. What did people do for fun?

 

3)  Current events

     a.  Suggestions:

          i. What were the major historic events?

          ii. Were there any wars?

          iii. Who were the Presidents?

          iv. What new things were invented that impacted daily life?

          v. Who were the major sports stars?                                                    

          vi.What were the major sporting events?

          vii.Were there any advancements in science?

 

4)  Entertainment

     a. Suggestions:

         i. Who were the popular TV stars?

         ii.  Who were the popular movie stars?

         iii.  What were the popular TV shows and movies?

 

You will need 10 slides for each section. You should have at least a total of 40 slides at the end of this project. You will need to site your sources for the information that you use in your project. Since this project is new for you and me, your sources will just need to copied and pasted into each slide or have a slide at the end of your project citing all of your sources.

Evaluation

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on the following things:

 

 

Exemplary

90-100

Accomplished

89-80

Developing

79-70

Beginning

69-60

59 and below

Content Accuracy

All information provided by the students is accurate and all the requirements of the assignment have been met.

Almost all the information provided by the student is accurate and all requirements of the assignment have been met.

Almost all of the information provided by the student is accurate and almost all of the requirements have been met.

There are several inaccuracies in the content provided by the students OR many of the requirements were not met.

The information presented did not go with what was assigned and requirements were not met at all.

Graphics & Visual Aids

Graphics are related to the theme, are of high quality and enhance interest or understanding.

Graphics are related to the theme, are of quality and enhance interest or understanding.

Graphics are related to the theme, and are of quality.

Graphics seem randomly chosen, are of low quality, OR distract the audience.

 Graphics did not go with the information at all.

Presentation

Students had a clear understanding of the information presented.  Students had great eye contact with class.

Students had a good understanding of the information presented. Students had good eye contact with class.

Students had a basic understanding of the information presented and may or may not have made eye contact with audience.

Students had very little information to present and did not make eye contact with audience.

 Students were not prepared at all and made no eye contact with audience.

 

Classroom Grade

 

 

10 points

7-9 points

4-6 points

1-3 points
On -task

Students were  on-task.

Students were on-task most of the time.

 Students were on-task some of the time.

Students were on-task very little.
Group Collaboration

Students worked excellent together.

Students worked well together.

Students worked alright together.

Students did not work well together at all.
         

Conclusion

Conclusion

Now you know just a small amount about music in the decades. Hopefully you now have a better understanding of how music of the 1950s and up, has affected what you listen to today.