GESO 2410H Midterm Assignment: Soundtrack of the RevolutionLength: typed, 4-5 double-spaced pages submitted as a Word doc. Citations Method: MLA or whichever citation method you\u2019re familiar with as long as you\u2019re consistent throughout) Assignment Description: For this assignment, you will create a 3-song soundtrack album exploring one of the social justice movements discussed in our class (for example, Women\u2019s Suffrage, the Labour Movement, the Black Freedom Movement and the Civil Rights Movement, Counterculture, Gay Liberation etc.) or an international movement of relevance to the course (the Arab Spring, for example). Your song selections may be period pieces that encapsulate the mood or events of the time. You will consider song content as well as the circumstances in which the song was composed, performed, received and marketed. This assignment will give you an opportunity to reflect on course themes and readings and assess how each song sheds light on popular culture and social movements. You will present your insights in a 4-5 page (double-spaced research paper). You are expected to: Explain how each song fits the context of the social justice movement. The focus of the assignment is to create a soundtrack that works effectively to narrate the feelings, experiences and ideas of a particular social movement. Your soundtrack should also reflect the theoretical and practical foundations outlined throughout the course. Be sure to include as many specific details and quotes as possible. I may not have heard all the songs you choose. Therefore, it is crucial that you include specific lyrics from the song in your explanations when making arguments. You must explain how those lyrics directly relate to the main issues and themes within the movement. You also must demonstrate how these songs reflect a particular gendered lens to address the movement. Essentially, it is your job to prove that the songs fit in with the social justice movement. Assignment Details: 1. Choose 3 songs. For each song include the title, artist, and portion of the lyrics that support your analysis. 2. Be sure you choose songs that relate to specific events, participants, and aspects of the social justice movement. 3. Only one song per artist. The more variety in song choice\/style, the better. 4. Just as music producers do, try to create a progression in the sequence of your chosen songs. Think about time period, artist, and intended audience. Put some thought into the order of your songs and the complete package you are presenting. 5. Your written portion must be correctly written according to grammar, punctuation, capitalization, etc. Rules. 6. Remember that songs\/lyrics used in our lectures CAN\u2019T be used for your analysis. 7. Remember that you CAN\u2019T use contemporary song choices or artists (ex. Lady Gaga) in your analysis. You also cannot review social movements that are still ongoing (ex. Black Lives Matter). 8. Create an album cover to represent your soundtrack (does not have to be terribly fancy \u2013 graphic design or handmade are both good! (worth 5% of the total mark) Written Analysis: Remember this is a research paper. Therefore, your song choices must be integrated in an essay style format that detail how and why they fit in to a particular social justice movement. Comment on the connection between the music and the social movement. Your analysis must have a well- developed argument that is clearly stated in the form of a thesis statement at the beginning of your essay. A thesis along the lines of \u201cThis soundtrack looks at gender\u201d is not a well-developed argument. Your thesis needs to be more specific than this. For example, \u201cThis soundtrack identifies three particular songs written in the 1940s concerned with intersections of gender and class and the ways music supported women\u2019s labour activism at the time.\u201d Your job, then, is to provide evidence in the form of concrete examples that support this argument. Your analysis should integrate at least (2) course readings into your analysis and your paragraphs should be connected to one another. Questions to consider: \u2022 Who wrote, sang and produced the song? \u2022 When was the song released? \u2022 Was the song re-released by another artist? \u2022 Who is the intended audience? \u2022 How does the song fit into your particular social justice movement? \u2022 How does the song grapple with gender inequalities, and consider other diversities among people (i.e. race, class, sexuality, ability etc.)? \u2022 Does the song account for material inequalities, social exclusions, and class structure? Strong Thesis statements samples written by former students: 1. The three songs of the 1960\u2019s to 1970\u2019s, included in the soundtrack, were written to identify the cultural changes of gender conformity, activism for peace and fashion and how the music supported the hippie movement. Through the following five songs, common themes associated with the hippie movement can be identified. Songs from Peter, Paul & Mary, The Who, Scott Mckenzie, John Lennon and Cat Stevens will be analyzed. 2. As gender can be used as a category of analysis to see how it has differed throughout the time periods, common factors such as the relationship to power are prevalent. This rings especially true for the civil rights movement and the black liberation movement which dealt with both racial and gender inequality. These movements both used music as a way to express their struggles and the inequalities they underwent. This soundtrack identifies three songs in particular that were released in the 1960s and 1970s which represent race and gender in the support of black liberation and women\u2019s rights. Please see the attached grading rubric for information on how assignments will be assessed and complete the checklist below before submitting your assignment to the dropbox on Blackboard. Checklist: I have conducted background research on my social movement. I have chosen three songs that relate to a specific social movement. I have provided strong and in-depth analysis of each song. I have explained how the songs work together as a soundtrack. I have discussed how each song relates to the social movement I\u2019ve chosen. I have constructed an argument that provides a strong framework for my discussion. I have drawn upon at least two secondary sources (articles\/book chapters) from the syllabus to inform my analysis. I have edited my draft for grammatical and spelling mistakes. 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