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Home 1920's Topics __1920’s Project Assignment__ The Blues (music), Robert Johnson Researched by John M.
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__Task One---DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC -Due Tuesday, February 7__ Each topic includes an association or movement and an individual. Please write __two__ extended power paragraphs that address the following prompt:**Explain the achievements associated with your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1920s. Explain the relationship between the individua****l and the association or movement.**

The blues helped black overcome the barrier of white and black through one aspect of culture. Langston Hughes, a famous black writer during, but not limited to, the 1920’s, wrote an article about the blues and how it changed American culture. He wrote that the Blues allowed blacks to eventually, “[break] into the white publications,” (Langston Hughes). Hughes also wrote that although the blues combined the two races, the blacks, “still hold their own individuality in the face of American standardizations ,” (Hughes). Kenneth Allsop, an English writer, broadcaster, and naturalist, also wrote about the blues movement. He wrote that together (the black and the “poor whites”), they created a culture derived from the music, which was incredible (Kenneth Allsop). Although the blues combined races and cultures, it still gave the blacks some individual pride. Robert Johnson transformed the blues genre in no way anybody had ever done before. According to legend, he made a deal with the devil, which gave him the ability to play the guitar like a prodigy. Chris Smith, a writer from ABC-Clio, writes that Robert Johnson’s, “ style was copied by hordes of bluesmen … [and he] sparked a whole new era of blues-based rock, influencing some of the biggest names in music…,” (Smith, ABC-Clio). Robert Johnson changed the way blues music would be played forever.


 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited.
 * Insert the Works Cited after the Third Task.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points.

__Task Two-EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE-Due Friday, February 10__ Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of three credible sources. Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1920s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First century? ====Robert Johnson was a very extensive influence on the blues genre and inspired many other African Americans, as well as whites, to play "the blues" in a completely different way than ever before. Robert Johnson is often, "c onsidered the first rock-style guitarist...," and he influenced many bands to cover his songs such as, "Cream's 'Crossroads,' the Rolling Stones' 'Stop Breaking Down,' and Led Zeppelin's 'Traveling Riverside Blues'," (Talevski, ABC-Clio). Without Johnson's influence on the "rock-style" guitar playing that stemmed from the blues, some of the bands throughout history could have a completely different sound, or might not even exist. He influenced not only the African American society, but the musical society as a whole. His legacy has been well lived through many artists who are influenced by his guitar styles or the ones that have covered his songs including Eric Clapton, who, "...has covered at least 75% of Johnson's material," (Smith, ABC-Clio). Eric Clapton is living proof of somebody who has been influenced by Johnson's legacy. ==== ====<span style="color: #121917; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blues' influence, like Johnson's, is still around today but had a more prominent influence on American society and the world as a whole. The blues is a predominantly African American influenced type of music but effected all cultures and societies in the 1920s. The blues influenced all parts of society as many blues artists played, “at local dances, barbecues, and other social gatherings,” (Batchelor, ABC–Clio). Different types of blues influenced different parts of society. For example: “folk blues often spoke of work, crime, gambling, alcohol, imprisonment, disasters, and hard times,” so it influenced the lower classes of society (Batchelor, ABC-Clio). The blues was also in effect, “on porches, street corners, and in jook joints throughout the South.” (Prahlad, ABC-Clio). An article, from e Library, states that, “<span style="color: #0e0e0e; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">the diverse strains fused in the 1960s, influencing nearly all American popular music, from rhythm and blues and soul to rock music,” thus, creating a legacy that will live on forever (Tuleja, e Library).====

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #7dff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Task ThreeJUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATION---Due Feb. 15 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic, and you know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, what were the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the Great Man Continuum to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each citing a minimum of three credible sources.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Robert Johnson belongs on the continuum at event making hero because his, “ideas [and] accomplishments have an influence on cultures all over the world,” (Sidor, Great Man Continuum). Johnson created a, “ <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">fork in the road and [blazed] a new path…,” ( <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sidor, Great Man Continuum). Without him, it is likely that there would not have been many artists today that were influenced by his music. Johnson paved a new path and left a legacy of an entire genre of music.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 24px;">Like Robert Johnson, blues belongs more toward event making hero as well. Blues influenced cultures all over the world and helped people to cope with melancholy moods, rather than create them (e Library). The blues was a music that was not derived from other genres, but a genre that sprouted others. It set the course for many more types of music to come.

<span style="background-color: #7dff00; color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">WORKS CITED <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kenneth Allsop, "Black, White, and the Blues," Annals of American History. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">< [] > <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[Accessed February 7, 2012].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Langston Hughes, "The Negro Artist and the Cultural Mountain," Annals of American History. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"><[]> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">[Accessed February 7, 2012].

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Smith, Chris. "Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers (1961)." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 7 Feb. 2012.

<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';">Batchelor, Bob. "Blues Music in the 1920s." //<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; vertical-align: baseline;">Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas //<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';">. ABC-CLIO,<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';"> 2012. Web. 15 Feb. 2012.

<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';">Prahlad, Anand. "Classic Blues." //<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; vertical-align: baseline;">Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas //<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';">. ABC-CLIO,<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';"> 2012. Web. 15 Feb. 2012.

<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"blues." //<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">eLibrary //<span style="background-color: #f1f5f4; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">. Web. 15 Feb. 2012. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Rubric for all three tasks: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Outstanding paragraphs include the following elements: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Accurate power paragraph format with each paragraph citing evidence from three different sources. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Correct research components such as credibility statement, internal citations, <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;">Works Cited entries <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Thoughtful and thorough response to the each prompt <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ A variety of sentences with interesting, clear diction <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ Photos exemplifying the <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px;">influence of the individual and association or movement <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">✓ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Place your topic on the Great Man Continuum;  <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">✓ Complete the criteria table to justify the reasons for your placement.