 How can we, as AGS scholars, communicate the synthesis of the amendments in music to our peers so that they may critically think about them?  Make a playlist of songs related to rights and/or amendments  Analyze and explain the meaning of songs  Connect the songs to amendments

 You Haven’t Done Nothing – Stevie Wonder  The Unknown Soldier – The Doors  This Land is Your Land – Woody Guthrie  Born Free – Kid Rock  1913 Massacre – Woody Guthrie  Get Up, Stand Up – Bob Marley  The Times are a Changing – Bob Dylan  Give Peace a Chance – John Lennon and Yoko Ono  Happy Xmas (War is Over) – John Lennon  99 Problems – Jay-Z  We Can’t Stop – Miley Cyrus  Hurricane – Bob Dylan

 Most of our songs are protest songs, and they cover the First Amendment, as the artists have the right to speak out against the government  Other amendments covered: o Fourth Amendment o Ninth Amendment o Fourteenth Amendment o Twenty-sixth Amendment

 America is the land of opportunity  There is nothing different from “you and me”  “This land was made for you and me” – Expresses freedoms and rights not explicitly stated in the Constitution, referring to the Ninth Amendment  “This land is my land, this land is your land” – These lyrics imply equal freedom as well as equal protection of the law, referring to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

 Describes the Italian Hall Disaster in Calumet, Michigan, in 1913  Many people were packed into a music hall for Christmas Eve celebrations  Someone yelled “Fire!” although there was in fact no fire  Many people died from being trampled  The song brings up the debate involving the First Amendment, if any speech is protected by said right

 Artists can subliminally exercise their rights in their music  The Amendments impact our lives more than we think they do  The First Amendment is the most popular and most widely exercised amendment of all  Most amendments that are mentioned are those about social issues, rather than those about political issues

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  WARNING – The songs on this playlist are not censored and do contain obscene language

 Dylan, Bob. Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Columbia, CD.  Dylan, Bob. The times They Are A-changin' Columbia, CD.  Guthrie, Woody, Cisco Houston, Joe McDonald, Jack Elliott, Jim Kweskin, Joan Baez, and Odetta. The Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie. Vanguard, CD  Jay-Z. The Black Album. Rock-a-Fella Records, CD  Lennon, John, and Yo ̄ ko Ono. Happy Xmas (War Is Over). Parlophone, CD.  Lennon, John, John Lennon, and Yo ̄ ko Ono. Give Peace a Chance. Apple, CD.  Marley, Bob. Legend the Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers. Tuff Gong, CD.  Rock, Kid, Martina McBride, T. I., Sheryl Crow, Bob Seger, and Zac Brown.Born Free. Atlantic, CD.  War Protest Ann Arbor. The Ann Arbor News. Web. 29 Oct  Cyrus, Miley. We Can't Stop. RCA Records, CD.  Guthrie, Woody Massacre. Asch Records, n.d. CD.  Wonder, Stevie. You Haven't Done Nothin' UTV Records/Motown, CD.

 Morrison, Jim. By Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore. The Unknown Soldier. The  Doors. Paul A. Rothchild, CD.  "Anthems for a New Generation." : "You Haven't Done Nothin'" N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct  "Guthrie Writes "This Land Is Your Land"" History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 29 Oct  "Protest Song of the Day: ’1913 Massacre’ by Woody Guthrie | The Dissenter." Protest Song of the Day: ’1913 Massacre’ by Woody Guthrie | The Dissenter. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct  ""Born Free" Lyrics." KID ROCK LYRICS. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct  "Bob Marley and the Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up Lyrics | SongMeanings."SongMeanings. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct  "The Times They Are A-Changin'." The Official Bob Dylan Site. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct  "John Lennon – Give Peace A Chance." Genius. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct  "The Right of Privacy: Is It Protected by the Constitution?" The Right of Privacy: Is It Protected by the Constitution? N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct