USA+for+Africa,+“We+Are+the+World”+–Quincy+Jones--8th

Great Man Continuum

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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: USA For Africa was originated by actor and singer Harry Belafonte. His goal was to have a benefit concert to raise __ money __ for African famine relief. With __the help__ from Quincy Jones, Micheal Jackson, and Lionel Richie, he had written the song "We Are The World". The song "would then be recorded by 47 artists, most of them American"(ABC-CLIO). Quincy Jones's "We Are The World" was an attempt to stop the serious issues of AIDS, war, and Famine in Africa and Ethiopia. Jones along with Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson would __ join __ 46 artists to preform the song and raise money and awareness toward the organization. The group of talented performers came joined and made a music video of the recording of the song. USA for Africa created an event to grow recognition and to raise money called Hands Across America. The goal was to have 7 __million__ Americans link hands across the country to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness. The event cost ten dollars per person, in order to hold hands for 15 minutes, but "  afterwards, $20 million was donated to 1,651 organizations across the country"(ABC-CLIO) with the goal to end homelessness and hunger. The group continues on today and a current remake of the song was done shortly after the tragic earthquake in Haiti.

Quincy Delight Jones was born in Chicago Illinois on March 14, 1933. As a child he learned how to play many brass instruments such as the french horn and the trumpet, and when he was 14 he met Ray Charles who had then taught him how to arrange and harmonize jazz music. With major music influences when his father moved to Seattle Jones was able to meet many major entertainers "including [|Cab Calloway] , [|Billie Holiday] , Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Sammy Davis Jr., and [|Count Basie] "(ABC-CLIO). When Clark Terry was in town, he noticed Jones's potential and gave him lessons and taught him technique and jazz phrasing and style. Jones continued to progress and he later earned a __scholarship__ to Berklee School of Music. As he grew and graduated he wrote and composed music which gained him worldwide fame, and was recognized by Harry Belafonte to help with the writing of "We Are The World" along with Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie. He continues to influence the music __business__ and American Culture today.

Thieme, Darius L.

. "Quincy Jones ." //<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. 11 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif';">"USA for Africa." //<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. 11 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #121917; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; vertical-align: baseline;">""We Are the World" (Song, 1985)." // Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas //. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.

**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Task One Rubric **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main __idea__ in each paragraph with evidence from a minimum of <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;"> 3 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;"> credible sources,
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">signed <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px;">__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. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">** 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: 17px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> USA for Africa received a lot of feed back from many listeners of "We Are the World". They became worldwide known, and raised money for the issue of world hunger. This organization reached to pop culture and young adults or anyone willing to help the cause, bringing in anyone in America. The group had inspired people to help the cause by others rerecording the song and further spread the word of the cause. The one song was later separately recorded by 47 different artists. When the earthquakes hit Haiti the organization later recorded the same song with new artists, to further reach out to a younger and more modern age group. The organization is continuing to raise money for the cause and is still be recognized by the younger age group. USA for Africa has still been prevalent in the 21 first century because of its efforts to raise money for Haiti since the earthquakes. The organization had one goal to end world hunger but as become something more than that, not only by raising money but also awareness to the problem through campaigning. "We Are The World" was a song that brought America, and made it one with the world, becoming and "anthem inspiring the world to focus on the dire needs of those affected by the African famine"(USA for Africa). This got the attention of many ordinary people and superstars to join in on the Hands Across America fundraiser for the organization. They still continue to make an impact of the people of the world today.

<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.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"> ====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">When Harry Belafonte had the idea to create the organaztion, his intent was to end world hunger and also raise awareness. With the help of Quincy Jones, they were able to create a song that would raise the awareness of the cause. After the Hands Across America campaign and raised 20 million dollars. They also hosted another campaign after the Haiti Earthquakes and wrote another song to raise money and awareness to that tragedy as well. After 25 the group was still able to cause and effect on the American people making the organization achieve their goals which making it a wide spread accomplishment. The legacy of USA for Africa still stays strong today as well with their recent fundraisers and songs to help others in need. ====


 * 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 x--Eventful --Social

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men -Hero ---Hero ---Determinism

<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: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in 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: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. Format in MLA style.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; 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: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question thoughtfully and thoroughly.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">
 * <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? **