APP UNIT IX PROJECT: SOUNDTRACK OF YOUR LIFE

Music motivates us, calms us, inspires us, and at times irritates us. You might think of it as the backdrop against which we live our lives. Songs can bring vivid memories of people, places, and events from our own past and serve to document our thoughts, feelings, and emotions at a given time or place. They can also inspire you to achieve your goals for the future. This project will give you the opportunity to use music as way to represent different stages of human development in your own life.

Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, and Erik Erikson theorized about the stages of cognitive, moral, and psychosocial development and associated particular milestones with each stage. Their ideas are summarized in the following tables in your textbook:

·  Comparing the Stage Theories: Figure 45.1 (p. 463)

·  Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development: Table 47.1 (p. 483)

·  Kohlberg’s Levels of Moral Thinking: Table 51.1 (p. 516)

·  Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development: Table 52.1 (p. 520)

Ø  For this project, your assignment is to create a soundtrack of songs that relate to the events of your life so far, and your life to come. The soundtrack will contain at least 8 songs – a minimum of one song to represent each of the following developmental phases:

1.  Infancy (birth to 1 year)

2.  Toddlerhood ( 1-3 years)

3.  Preschool (3-6 years)

4.  Elementary school (6 years to puberty)

5.  Adolescence (teen years into 20s)

6.  Young adulthood (20s – early 40s)

7.  Middle adulthood (40s – 60s)

8.  Late adulthood (late 60s and up)

Ø  Project Components:

·  Songs: For each of the developmental phases, you will choose a song that relates to one or more of the developmental milestones of that phase.

·  Liner Notes: For each song write brief liner notes – an explanation as to why you chose that song for that developmental stage.

·  CD Cover: Create a CD cover that you feel best reflects the collection of songs you have chosen.

PLEASE NOTE: You are not required to burn a CD of songs, or to submit any audio files for this project.

It will be helpful to brainstorm significant events that have happened at various ages and stages of your life so far -or will happen to you- that have had (or will have) an impact on your development as a person.

I know that you cannot predict the future—but you can imagine it. What will happen? What kind of future do you want to create? This is your big chance to imagine it!


Name ______

Step 1: BRAINSTORMING!!

Create a list of events or milestones that made a difference in your life, or you hope will make a difference in your future: / Now brainstorm songs that might fit these events/milestones:
Infancy / Infancy
Toddlerhood / Toddlerhood
Pre-School / Pre-School
Elementary School / Elementary School
Adolescence / Adolescence
Young Adulthood / Young Adulthood
Middle Adulthood / Middle Adulthood
Late Adulthood / Late Adulthood


Name ______

Step 2: PRODUCE IT & EXPLAIN IT!! Song List & Liner Notes (Submit this page with your CD cover)

For each song: List the title, artist, the event, and developmental phase it is connected to. Then, in the liner notes, explain why you chose that song and how it connects to that developmental phase (use psychological terms and concepts whenever possible!). The goal is to show me that you understand the various stages of development and that you can relate this understanding of developmental concepts to relevant events in your own life.

Track 1

Song Title ______Artist or Group: ______

Event ______Developmental Phase: ______

Liner Notes: ______

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Track 2

Song Title ______Artist or Group: ______

Event ______Developmental Phase: ______

Liner Notes: ______

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Track 3

Song Title ______Artist or Group: ______

Event ______Developmental Phase: ______

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Track 4

Song Title ______Artist or Group: ______

Event ______Developmental Phase: ______

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Track 5

Song Title ______Artist or Group: ______

Event ______Developmental Phase: ______

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Track 6

Song Title ______Artist or Group: ______

Event ______Developmental Phase: ______

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Track 7

Song Title ______Artist or Group: ______

Event ______Developmental Phase: ______

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Track 8

Song Title ______Artist or Group: ______

Event ______Developmental Phase: ______

Liner Notes: ______

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Step 3: CD COVER. Create a CD cover that you feel best reflects the collection of songs you have chosen. Attach it or email it to Ms. J at: J

PLEASE NOTE: You are not required to burn a CD of songs, or to submit any audio files for this project.