By: Marcella Carr-Gay
10th
and 12th Grade English
Rap Artist: Tupac
Shakur
The America
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued several policy statement warnings about
the effects of music videos on young people (especially young women) in
The music industry
needs your help. In six groups of 4 you
have been asked by your teacher to do a comparison of positive and negative
images and lyrics of and about women in music videos and to develop a policy
for the music industry. The music
executives will present your recommended policy to Congress.
Each group is
going to look at music videos. Once you
has done a comparison, each student will present their
findings in a reflective essay. In
addition each group will complete a group activity based on the steps of the
Public Policy Analyst (see Process below.)
Each group will be
assigned one of the following group activities:
Write a Rap or Song:
You will re-write
a rap or song that depicts women negatively and make it positive or you may
write an original piece.
Public Service Poster:
Create a public
service poster emphasizing positive images of women (you may need to address
the negative images)
Skit:
Perform a skit
emphasizing positive images of women (you may need to address the negative
images.)
Public Service Announcement:
You will produce
something similar to a commercial, however, instead of
selling a project you will be providing a service. The commercial should be 5-7 minutes long and
emphasizes the theme, how and why viewers should not support the media’s
negative portrayal of women in the media.
To do this you
will work in your groups of four. Each
group will be assigned one of the assignments (mentioned above) as a group
activity by the teacher. Each member of the group will be responsible to
contributing to the final project.
To do this work
you will each have a specific role to play and a responsibility to
fulfill. Each member of the group will
be responsible to contributing to the final project. This is a serious job and you will be graded
based upon how well you do your work (see evaluation rubric.)
Talk Show:
Produce a talk
show with the theme of positive/negative images of women in the media.
Roles:
Writer
Researcher
Public Policy Analyst
Coordinator
Producer (The
producer will assign roles to be played in the Skit and the Public Service
Announcement, and will produce the poster or the song with all of the members
of the group)
Individually you will:
First you will
define what sexism is.
Second you will
read and analyze the articles in the research section relating to the portrayal
of women in the media.
Third you will
listen in class to popular music that is written to, for and/or about
women. Your independent assignment will
be to choose two songs, outside of those listened to in class and compare and
contrast the two works and how their messages relate to sexism.
Fourth you will
each write a reflection paper that compares the positive and negative lyrics
and images of women portrayed in music videos.
This essay should be 7-10 paragraphs, typed, doubled spaced, twelve
point.
Follow the six
steps of the Public Policy Steps (PPA) below that you will use in order to
accomplish your goals:
Your groups will complete the six steps Public Policy Analyst to lead
toward developing new policy solutions.
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Follow each step carefully below and complete all
of the worksheets in steps 1-6 in the section below:
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Use the PPA as your guide if you need to and complete
the worksheets:
1. Identify and define the problem. Use the worksheet found at the website:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet1.html
2. Gather evidence for this problem and
complete worksheets.
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet2.html
3. Identify the causes and effects by using
the worksheet found at the website:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet3.html.
4. Create
a public
policy that will address the social problem.
Use the worksheets found at:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet4.html
and https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/solutions.html
6. Finally, evaluate the effectiveness of
your public policy solution and select the best solution by using the worksheet
found at the website:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/worksheet6.html
Artist:
Lil Kim 
Artist: Foxy Brown Artist:
Lucadris
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/61/68559.htm
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2822/is_3_21/ai_55940227
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NNR/is_3_35/ai_104970621
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_2_33/ai_87424934
http://rap.about.com/library/weekly/aa021201a.htm
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Category |
Not Acceptable |
Acceptable Work |
Average Work |
Good Work |
Exemplary Work |
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Originality |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Facts
Used |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Spelling
and Grammar |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Accuracy
of Information |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Following
Prescribed Format |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
To
get an A:
You
must get a total of 22-25 pts.
To
get a B:
You
must get a total of 18-21 pts.
To
get a C:
You
must get a total of 12-17 pts.
To
get a C- :
You
must get a total of 9-11 pts.
To
get a D:
You
must get a total of 6-8 pts.
To
get an F:
You
must get a total of 5 pts. or less.
ELA
STANDARD 1
Students will read and write, listen, and
speak for information and understanding.
All listeners and
readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas discover relationships,
concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written,
and electronically produced texts. As
speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language to acquire,
interpret, apply, and transmit information.
ELA
STANDARD 2
Students will read, write, listen, and
speak for literacy response and expression.
Students will read
and listen to oral, written and electronically produced texts and performances,
relate texts and performances to their own lives, and develop an understanding
of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and
performances represent. As speakers and
writers, students will use oral and written language for self-expression and
artistic creation.
By working on this
WebQuest you have learned how to be a Public Policy Analyst. You also have learned the six steps of being
a PPA. You have written a reflective
essay comparing the positive and negative images and lyrics in music
videos. You have participated in a group
that either wrote a rap/song or re-wrote a rap/song, or your wrote your own
original rap/song; created a public service poster; you
have written and performed a skit ; you have written and performed a public
service announcement; or you have written and produced a talk show.