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Cult of Celebrity, Princess Diana, John Lennon Michael W INSERT MULTIMEDIA OF YOUR TOPIC--BOTH ASSOCIATION AND INDIVIDUAL Imbed Photos (click FILE), Video (click Widget); Make a Glog (Instructions for Glog); media type="custom" key="13537478" Task One--DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC ---Due Monday, March 12th Each topic includes an association (movement) and an individual. **PROMPT: Explain the achievements associated with both parts of your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1980s. Explain the relationship between the individual and the association or movement.** Please write **__two__ extended** power paragraphs to address the above question. **Each paragraph** should meet the following expectations:

When you talk about the Cult of Celebrity you are talking about widespread interest in famous individuals. Whether it be someone who is famous for their talents or just famous for being famous, people adore people that are famous. It gets to a point where even if celebrities do something bad such as do drugs, they are soon forgiven. "It's as if celebrities belong to a different species of human beings, one that can do no wrong." (The cult of celebrity and its effects on society) Celebrities are also very effective because many people worship them and follow what they do. This can result in both good and bad results (it depends on your opinion really). "Thus they [celebrities] continue their antics, and our young people see their continued actions and then think it must be okay, because society has not condemned them." (Jared Garrett). When kids today see celebrities doing drugs, they think well it must be okay. All these things effect how our society works.

Some examples of the famous people that our society adored in the 1980s were John Lennon and Princess Diana. These two people are two different types of celebrities. John Lennon is one of the top 5 idols in music and one of the top 25 idols of all time period. "They [The Beatles] eventually formed the most successful songwriting partnership in musical history." (John Lennon Biography) John Lennon revolutionized music and created a whole new popular style of music with The Beatles. However, when it comes down to it, all that he had was talent in a certain area. My dad has talent in being an annuity specialist but he isn't praised for it. The irony about the cult of celebrity is that a crazed fan of John Lennon murdered him. Now Princess Diana on the other hand is not famous for a talent, she became famous for becoming the Princess through marriage. People adored Diana and believed her to be the sweetest person in the world. Ever since her death it has come out that she had some major flaws. She was just famous for being famous. "Contrary to belief, being Princess of Wales does not make one a princess in one's own right. It merely indicates that one was married to a Prince of Wales." (Biography of Diana, Princess of Wales) She wasn't even technically a princess either, she was just someone who married a prince. In a lot of ways it is crazy to worship someone that is just famous and it can lead to bad things. **Task One Rubric **
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of  3  credible sources,
 * 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.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Insert the Works Cited listing the three sources after the Third Task.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Post the paragraphs to the wiki March 12th. Timely posts of complete assign = 10 points. Task One = 50 points

<span style="background-color: #9008b6; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">__Task Two--EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE--Due March 15th__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of 3 sources: two new ones and any of the three sources used in Task One.** PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. 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. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs to address this prompt. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">**Task Two Rubric** Celebrities were big influences in the 1980s. It wasn't necessarily a good thing because not all celebrities were really amazing, great people. As mentioned before Diana was just a person who married someone, not a role model, but yet women still wanted to be her. It was not like Diana was the most elegant lady either, it turned out that she partied a lot and had an affair. "And then, to huge surprise in her circle, she [Diana] suddenly plunged into an affair with Dodi Fayed." (A very tragic affair: The true story of Princess Diana and her heart surgeon lover) So Diana was not the perfect person after all. John Lennon on the other hand was a huge role model for boys and men. His cool, calm, and collective personality really was ideal for most men in the late 70s and early 80s. "But every guy wanted to be John Lennon. He was like an epic cross between James Dean and Humphrey Bogart — rebellious and nonconformist, but charming and charismatic." (MUSIC: The Life and Influence of John Lennon) He was a nice man and he was somebody that people should be a lot more like.

The impact of Hollywood and celebrities is something that will never die down. There will always be the want to be famous because it is just the way humans are. The only bad thing about that is that when you finally reach a peak and achieve the top of the line social status, all you can do is regress from that. "Or as the Greeks put it, the only place to go from the top of Fortune’s Wheel is down." (Dying to Live Forever) Today most of our society wants to achieve that social status, they want to be famous. The only people to look up to and idle in that situation are those who have accomplished that goal such as Diana or Lennon. That is why the cult of celebrity is bad in a lot of ways, it's just a want to be something you probably cannot get. In the long run, the people we look up to today are basically just people that have a certain type of talent. Tiger Woods is good at golf, Katy Perry is a good singer, and Daniel Craig is good at acting. When it comes down to it they are all just people, just like us. All men were created equal and that still stands today.
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Task One. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * 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. If you credited the source in Task One, you do not need to reestablish credibility, only an internal citation is required.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 5 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #9008b6; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Task Three--JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO --Due Mar. 19th <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic and know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, identify 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 one citing a minimum of 3 credible sources. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Encyclopedic sources are not acceptable for this task. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">**PROMPT: Explain the forces that produced or created your topic. Use the four criteria of the Great Man Continuum to analyze the topic's long-run significance in American society. Specifically, (1) describe the significance of the accomplishment, (2) the endurance of the legacy, (3) extent of the topics influence, and****(4) impact on daily life of people then and now.**
 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** ||  ||   || X ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** || X ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** ||  || X ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** ||  ||   ||   || X ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great --Event Making --Eventful --Social XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX**HERE**XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -Hero ---Hero ---Determinism

The cult of celebrity is mainly determined by the way others view the celebrity. For this reason I placed this topic under eventful hero. It is not like celebrities are doing things people had never done before; people such as Princess Diana just became famous because they were famous. Diana never did anything amazing but get married, the view and influence of the cult of celebrity is mainly determined by society's aspect of the celebrity. Sometimes people have slanted views of the real truths in the world, such as people like Diana. "Diana was often called Princess Diana by the media and the public, but she did not possess such a title and was not personally a princess, a point Diana herself made to people who referred to her as such." (Biography of Diana, Princess of Wales) This is why Diana was famous, there were many skewed views about her. One of the bad things about the cult of celebrity is that it is a poison for society. It has no substance to it. People are admiring people that are not admirable, in fact most celebrities are bad role models and meaningless. "Celebrity worship reflects a primal need that’s been present since the Babylonians: to elevate people to the status of mythic heroes, only to destroy them." (Dying to Live Forever) What is the purpose of wanting to be famous? In the long run it has no meaning.

On the other hand there are people that do have substance such as John Lennon. People such as John Lennon have real talent and they can drive others with talent to pursue/accomplish their dreams. John Lennon and the Beatles started a whole new music era. The music industry in a lot of ways helps drive the economy. There is a lot of money being spent and consumed everyday because of music and that is all due to the cult of celebrity and the popularity of certain artists. Unfortunately if you look at that today it has gone way down due to free music downloading. "Today, music fans play free music videos on YouTube, stream songs for free on Spotify, MOG or Rdio, customize Internet radio stations on Pandora or Slacker and consume music a zillion different ways." (The New Economics of the Music Industry) What is really bad about this is that it can only get worse unless somebody gets a lot stricter. The cult of celebrity is something that will be around for a long time and we can only hope that the good aspects of it will hold up.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Task Three Rubric **


 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new expert opinion sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Tasks One or Two. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * 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
 * ** Complete Great Man Continuum and Table and justify your placement using the evidence of the 4 criteria **
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 7 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Need Help Applying the Great Man Theory? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When deciding where a person may fit on the continuum, think about what society was like at the time he/she was famous. Did the person change history because of their personal characteristics, or would history have gone on in a similar way without this person? Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Refer to these handouts for additional information: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** eed Help Using the Great Man Criteria Table? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Use a scale of 0-to 5 to evaluate the individual’s accomplishments, legacy, influence, and impact.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** 0=not at all, 1=little effect, 2=short run, 3=moderate, 4=wide-spread, 5=long run **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Individuals with high totals, mostly 5’s, should be placed close to Great Men; those with low scores near social determinism.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Need Help placing individuals on the Great Man Continuum? **

Works Cited

Morton, A.. "Princess Diana Biography." //Biography online//. N.p., 2006. Web. 12 Mar 2012. <http://www.biographyonline.net/people/biography_princess_diana.html>.

"John Lennon." //biography.com//. A&E Television Network, 2011. Web. 12 Mar 2012. <http://www.biography.com/people/john-lennon-9379045>.

Garrett, Jared. "The cult of celebrity and its effects on society." //Helium//. N.p., 2007. Web. 12 Mar 2012. <http://www.helium.com/items/174335-the-cult-of-celebrity-and-its-effects-on-society>.

Majere, Rahman. "The cult of celebrity and its effects on society." //Helium//. N.p., 2010. Web. 12 Mar 2012. <http://www.helium.com/items/1726783-celebrities>.

Baker, Katie. "Dying to Live Forever." //The Daily Beast//. The Newsweek, 05 n. Web. 26 Mar 2012. <http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/11/05/the-cult-of-celebrity-is-as-old-as-humanity-

Knopper, S.. "The new economics of the music industry." //Rollingstone//. N.p., 2011. Web. 26 Mar 2012. <http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-new-economics-of-the-music-industry-20111025>.

Levy, G., and R. Kay. //A very tragic affair//. N.p., 2007. Web. 27 Mar 2012. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-504110/A-tragic-affair-The-true-story-Princess-Diana-heart-surgeon-lover.html>.

Anderson, Daniel. "MUSIC:The Life and Influence of John Lennon." //rhombus//. N.p., 2010. Web. 27 Mar 2012. <http://www.rhombusmag.com/2010/12/13/music-the-life-and-influence-of-john-lennon/>.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. Format in MLA style. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Remove Web Addresses
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum using the evidence from the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question thoughtfully and thoroughly.