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Suggested Grade Level: 7-12
This research guide serves as a resource for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's Education Department course, Ball of Confusion: Rock Music & Social Change in the 1960s. For additional information on the course and for more teacher resources, see: http://rockhall.com/education/distance-learning/courses/BOC/
The history of rock and roll overlaps with some of the most turbulent times in U.S. history. In the 1960s in particular, American society faced challenges stemming from the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights movement, and the Women’s Liberation movement. During this time many people felt that the world was a “Ball of Confusion,” as described in lyrics of the popular Temptations song. This class features songs from artists including Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield, Aretha Franklin, and Jefferson Airplane, and helps students identify ways that popular musicians have used messages of revolution, protest, and empowerment to question society and effect change. Supplemental media includes recordings and videos of Hall of Fame Inductees.
Our catalog has a subject category for "Inductee." If you enter this term in the search box and choose "Subject" in the dropdown box, you will retrieve information on our resources that are related to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees.
Limit your search by using the facets on the left of your screen in the library catalog, i.e. Format:
- Book
- Archival Collection
- Archival Item
- Audio
- Video
- Score
- Periodical
- Map
These research databases can be accessed within the Library and Archives.
These resources, pulled from class discussion and selected from the Library and Archives' collections, will help you to:
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