Interdisciplinary Approaches to Consumer Culture

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.01.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. School Background
  3. Rationale
  4. Content
  5. Why the music video?
  6. Objectives
  7. Background Information
  8. Strategies
  9. Activities
  10. Annotated Bibliography
  11. Endnotes

Teenage Dream: Consuming Subtext

Andrea Frances Kulas

Published September 2012

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Endnotes

  1. "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", "E.T.", and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
  2. " Chicago Public Schools: Clemente." Chicago Public Schools : home. http://www.cps.edu/Schools/Pages/school.aspx?id=609759>.
  3. Rideout, Victoria, Ulla Foehr, and Donald Roberts.Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-to 18-Year Olds. Menlo Park: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2010.
  4. Idelogical undertones that are implied
  5. There is no way I can dismiss the power of print ads and for the purposes of these lessons I think print ads are a great place to start, but it should not end there. Radio and television advertisements also have incredible power, but I feel as though, like print ads, they are too much about the actual advertisement.
  6. "Common Core State Standards Initiative | Home." Common Core State Standards Initiative | Home. http://www.corestandards.org/>.
  7. "Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers | PARCC." Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers | PARCC. http://www.parcconline.org/>.
  8. "Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium." Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. http://www.smarterbalanced.org/>.
  9. LCF link
  10. The four current strands for CCSS are Reading Literature/Informational Texts, Writing, Speaking/Listening, and Language.
  11. Writing also has a few subcategories that accompany it:
    1. 11a. Introduce precise, knowledgeable claim(s), establish the significance of the claim(s), distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and ceate an organization that logically sequences claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence
    2. 11b. Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience's knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases.
    3. 11c. Use words, phrases, and clauses as well as varied syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships between claim(s) and reasons, between reasons and evidence, and between claim(s) and counterclaims.
    4. 11d. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
    5. 11e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to
    1. "Common Core State Standards Initiative | Home." Common Core State Standards Initiative | Home. http://www.corestandards.org/>.
    2. The Jazz Singer. Dir. Crosland Alan. Perf. Al Jolson, May McAvoy. Warner Bros. Pictures, 1927.
    3. I would argue that this also put tremendous pressure on writers. Before, it was only necessary to have storylines; now dialogue needed to be included. I don't think cinema was ready for this shift and now dialogue needed to actually mean something. This could put an actor in a very tough spot if the writing were poorly executed.
    4. Singin' in the Rain. Dir. Stanley Donen. Perf. Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds. MGM, 1952.
    5. Blackboard Jungle. Dir. Richard Brooks. Perf. Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Sidney Pointier. MGM, 1955.
    6. Hunter, Evan. The Blackboard Jungle. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1954.
    7. It is to be noted that Bill Haley wasn't the only artist to record songs in the Rock 'N Roll genre. Notable artists like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, etc.
    8. "Song artist 100 - Bill Haley & his Comets." 14 July 2012. http://tsort.info/music/3m2pga.htm>.
    9. CNN, Todd Leopold. "The 50-year-old song that started it all - CNN." Featured Articles from CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2005-07-07/entertainment/haley.rock_1_rock-n-roll-jackie-brenston-roll-guy?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ>.
    10. August 7, 1955
    11. "The Ed Sullivan Show." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show>.
    12. "History of Television - Mitchell Stephens." New York University. http://www.nyu.edu/classes/stephens/History%20of%20Television%20page.htm>.
    13. "MUSIC TELEVISION - The Museum of Broadcast Communications." The Museum of Broadcast Communications. http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=musictelevis>.

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