Explain how several mainstream genres in popular culture began as subcultures and then became mainstream Analyze how Hip-Hop and Zombies are examples of this theme Create a short documentary showing some other subculture that became “mainstream.” Resources MBC Unit 3 Bundle Hip Hop Turns 40, Hip Hop sites, Zombie Alert (CDC), Hip Hop Project, What a script looks like (example), Basic Storyboarding, Subculture to mainstream project Assessments: Short documentary on hip hop, documentary on theme of specific subculture and it’s transition to mainstream. Quiz on Hip Hop. Unit 4 Technology and Popular Culture Time: 10-12 class periods Essential question: How does the introduction of new technologies influence society and popular cultural genres? SWBAT Identify and explain how new technologies influence popular genres Describe how specific technologies like the television, radio, sound recording and film created major shifts in popular entertainment and society. Explain how technologies in the 19th and 20th century had a homogenizing impact on popular culture, and how the internet is reversing that trend. Resources: MBC Bundle Unit 4: History of Television, One new Technology…., Modern Marvels, Television, Technology impact project, “Generation Like” Assessments: Short project on specific technologies, quiz on history of television, quiz on Generation Like Unit 5 Video Games Time 10-12 class periods
Explain how several mainstream genres in popular culture began as subcultures and then became mainstream Analyze how Hip-Hop and Zombies are examples of this theme Create a short documentary showing some other subculture that became “mainstream.” Resources MBC Unit 3 Bundle Hip Hop Turns 40, Hip Hop sites, Zombie Alert (CDC), Hip Hop Project, What a script looks like (example), Basic Storyboarding, Subculture to mainstream project Assessments: Short documentary on hip hop, documentary on theme of specific subculture and it’s transition to mainstream. Quiz on Hip Hop. Unit 4 Technology and Popular Culture Time: 10-12 class periods Essential question: How does the introduction of new technologies influence society and popular cultural genres? SWBAT Identify and explain how new technologies influence popular genres Describe how specific technologies like the television, radio, sound recording and film created major shifts in popular entertainment and society. Explain how technologies in the 19th and 20th century had a homogenizing impact on popular culture, and how the internet is reversing that trend. Resources: MBC Bundle Unit 4: History of Television, One new Technology…., Modern Marvels, Television, Technology impact project, “Generation Like” Assessments: Short project on specific technologies, quiz on history of television, quiz on Generation Like Unit 5 Video Games Time 10-12 class periods
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