1. Pop Culture
8-18

2. 8-18-16 Bellringer Please answer in your composition notebooks.
We are looking into the 1940s. What do you think the music of the 1940’s will sound like?
What kind of instruments do you think will be used?
Remember, minimum of 6 complete sentences

3. Essential Questions EQ3 Who decides what is popular?
EQ4 How do people consume popular culture?
EQ5 How do people create their own popular culture?
EQ8: What is the significance of music in popular culture?
EQ11: What impact has the music of the 1940s had on society?

4. Agenda
1. Recap: Cultural distinctions—folk, high, popular culture & examples. Discuss findings from yesterday. (1940s)
2. Computer lab for scavenger hunt over song.
3. Reminder: Vocabulary due by this Friday, upcoming quiz over the 6 words. NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE. You will be asked to define the word.

5. The Way You Look Tonight
From the 1936 Fred Astaire movie “Swing Time”
Wins Oscar for Best Song 1936
One of the most covered songs ever!

6. Assignment
For each version of “The Way You Look Tonight,” make a list of aspects that you like or dislike.
You must list a minimum of three aspects per song.
You might have three things you like per song or three things you dislike.
You might have two likes and two dislikes.

7. The Way You Look Tonight
Billie Holiday (1947)
Frank Sinatra
Michael Buble (2009)
Faith Hill and Tony Bennett

8. Pops up in pop culture… My Best Friends Wedding (1:30 in)
Adam Levine
85th Oscars (2013)
Charlize Theron and Chatum Tanning
at-the-oscars_lifestyle

9. Exit Slip
If you could briefly explain to someone in a paragraph what the 1940s were like, what would you say? What information would you include? News? Economy? Music? Celebrities? Briefly describe the 1940s in a paragraph. Include what YOU consider important, or what YOU would be interested in knowing.