he goal of this assignment is to write a short history of a favorite genre of music.
Pick what you like to listen to – rock, country, hip hop, pop – whatever it might be.
Research the early days of it. Delve into who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Tell about at least 3 artists or groups that were early in the genre’s history.
Tell about 3 further groups or artists that have been active in the past and/or are current.
Requirements include a minimum of 5 sources for the writing and at least 3 music video references for the music.
The writing sources must include the use of two materials from the class as follows:
“Switched on Pop” by Sloan and Harding
“Breaking Records: 100 Years of Hits” by William Ruhlmann
All sources must each have at least one in-text reference in the body of the essay.
All sources used must be listed in the source section at the end of the essay. Each source must have at least one in-text citation.
All sources must be of educational integrity. No Wikipedia or other “wiki –“ sites. The use of an online encyclopedia is only okay if used to investigate and use the sources of the article(s) found there. Do not just reference an encyclopedia, but if you investigate other sources found there, you must reference the encyclopedia as well. The encyclopedia is the only source that is not required to be used in-text.
This essay must be 750 – 1,000 words (3 pages) not including the title page nor the source list. (This is Microsoft Word, Times New Roman font at 12 font size, using 2.0 spacing). Use 2.0 spacing throughout.
Submit the assignment in Word .doc or .txt. PDFs are not acceptable.
