The 1950s Final Project Puppet Show

Today’s Objective... To demonstrate understanding of the influence of the 1950s on Rock & Roll music Students will understand music in relation to history and culture in the 1950s. Students will listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music from the 1950s.

Process Create groups Research 3 different aspects of the 1950s Create the characters as puppets Write a script to present the information

Groups

Research Rock On! Note Taking Name ___________________________ Topic: Source: List interesting facts in your own words: Your topics have to be different from everyone in your group! One source needs to be a book! Please use the Wiki page for additional resources.

Puppets Remember, past times in the 1950s were very simple, such as puppet shows. You can use any materials you would like to bring from home. Mr. Wuebben will provide small brown paper bags, yarn, markers, and glue. Your character needs to be someone Mr. Wuebben talked about in class. (This person will also be one of your topics) If you want to be extra creative, your group can create a “set.”

Script Your script needs to include all of your group’s characters. You need to determine the order of characters. Rotating characters is a good idea.

Time Line Day One—introduce project, determine topics, begin research Day Two—research, complete notes sheet Day Three—make puppets Day Four—write script with group, practice, record if time Day Five—finish practicing, record, upload, and complete evaluation

Reminders Each person looks up three topics One of your topics should be a person—this will be your puppet Your topics cannot be the same as another person in your group One of your sources needs to be a book

Topics