2015-16 American Pop Culture Curriculum Map

2015-16 American Pop Culture Curriculum Map

2015-16 American Pop Culture Curriculum Map

August 5th- 14thFads, Fashion, Technology, Headlines and Toys of the 1950’s

August 17th-28th Television of the 1950’s

I Love Lucy

The Honeymooners

Gun smoke

The Lone Ranger

Howdy Doody

American Bandstand

September 1th -11th Music of the 1950’s

The Day the Music Died

Chuck Berry

Jerry Lee Lewis

Bill Hailey and The Comets

Elvis

September 14th-25th Movies of the 1950’s

The Wild One M. Brando

Some Like it Hot M. Monroe

Octobr 1th Decade Project Due

Video/PowerPoint/Bio-board

Interview/Fashion/Diorama

October 2rd-11thFads, Fashion, Technology, Headlines and Toys of the 1960’s

October 12th Tie-dye Project

October 15th- 26thTelevision of the 1960’s

I Dream of Jeanie

Batman

The Addams Family

The Twilight Zone

Rowin and Martins Laugh-in

The Dating Game

The Andy Griffith Show

October 29th- November 9th Music of the 1960’s

Bob Dylan

The Beatles

Jimi Hendrix

Otis Redding

Percy Sledge

James Brown

Aretha Franklin

Rolling Stone

Led Zeppelin

November 12th-23rdMovies of the 1960’s

Cool Hand Luke

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

The Graduate

November 26thDecade Project Due

Video/PowerPoint/Bio-board

Interview/Fashion/Diorama

November 27-Dec 7thFads, Fashion, Technology, Headlines and Toys of the 1970’s

December 10th-17thTelevision of the 1970’s

Sanford and Son

Good Times

All in the Family

The Jefferson’s

H.R. Puffin’stuff

Scooby Doo

Brady Bunch

Mork and Mindy

December 17th Movie/Music Review Due.

December 18thReview for Midterm Exam

January 2nd-11thMusic of the 1970’s

Queen

AC/DC

Aerosmith

Gordan Lightfoot

Sugar Hill Gang

The Eagles

Kiss

Disco

January 14th-25th Movies of the 1970’s

Jaws S. Spielberg

Young Frankenstein M. Brooks

January 28th Decade project Due

Video/PowerPoint/Bio-board

Interview/Fashion/Diorama

January 29th-February 7thFads, Fashion, Technology, Headlines and Toys of the 1980’s

February 8th Jeans Shredding Project

February 11th-22ndTelevision of the 1980’s

The Cosby Show

Cheers

Roseanne

Married with Children

The Simpson’s

MTV

February 25th-8th Music of the 1980’s

One Hit Wonders

Wham!

Cindy Lauper

Culture Club

Journey

Prince

Men at Work

David Bowie

The Police

Michael Jackson

Milli Vanilli

Heavy Metal

March 11th-22ndMovies of the 1980’s

The Breakfast Club The Brat Pack

Sixteen Candles J. Hughes

March 25thDecade Project Due

Video/PowerPoint/Bio-board

Interview/Fashion/Diorama

March 25th-29thFads, Fashion, Technology, Headlines and Toys of the 1990’s

April 8th-19thTelevision of the 1990’s

Oprah

Friends

Seinfeld

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

In Living Color

April 22nd-3rdMusic of the 1990’s

Swing renewal

County artist going mainstream

Boy Bands

Grunge

May 3rdMovie/Music Review Due

May 6th-10thMovies from the 90’s

May 13th Final Exam Review

Weekly readings will come from -Whole Pop online magazine

- Online blogs

- Reviews of current

Pop Culture icons and

events

Readings will be formatted and timed to familiarize students with ACT testing format.