Hippie+Counterculture+-+A

Hippie Couterculture = = = = =FOR THE PRESENTATION:=

=REMIX SONG:= media type="file" key="Hippie Remix.m4a" width="300" height="50"

=LYRICS:=

=U.S History Music Teaching Project Plan:)=

-Show a video about the hippie movement in a 2 minute span that summarizes the hippie movement. - Ask few questions. For example, does anyone know the style of hippie/counter culture music?

- Listen to a song/analyze lyrics How is it different from regular songs?

//I'd Like to Teach teh World to SIng (New Seekers) San Francisco (Scott MacKenzie) Revolution (Beatles) Everyday People (Sly & the Family Stone) Okie from Muskogee (Merle Haggard)//
 * List of Songs:**

Starts off with background information. Who hippies were, their style of music, counterculture movements, why and how, etc. Emphasize the point of each song and the time period. Ask questions about what different lines (in the lyrics) may mean. What did hippies do to express themselves? What were their culture? (Mention how hippies wanted to break away from the society) What was the purpose of each movement? Also emphasize the 'peaceful' way they lived such as doing drugs and smoking. Introduce the five songs with activities. Analyze and share different meanings.
 * - Keynote Presentation**

-1st Activity: "BE THE HIPPIE" Make your own poem with hippie elements and talk about how it connects to different themes. Then group share. -2nd Activity: Make your own PEACE symbol sign and describe it's significance.

- Last song and talk about how the lyrics relate to hippies and the counterculture movement. -Show the techno remix of the songs of the whole presentation and emphasize the 'love' that the hippies tried to spread to the world. - Ask if anyone has any questions.