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What Is Celtic Music?

For Students 9th - 10th
Defining Celtic music, this site breaks down its history into Ancient Times, the 19th century and then by the 1970s and 1990s. Includes links to other sites about Celtic music.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 25: Vietnam Revisited

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using music, videos, and interviews are effective ways to study the Vietnam War era. The music from the late 1960s and early 1970s offers wonderful insights into how many Americans felt about the times. Through the use of personal...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Lesson 46: Feminism Does Not Have to Be an F Word

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The women's liberation movement of the 1970s is suffering a tremendous backlash and is frequently viewed as obsolete. Many young people feel as though feminism is irrelevant and sexism no longer impacts their lives. Through the...
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Library of Congress

Loc: History of Ragtime

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from Library of Congress' Performing Arts Encyclopedia gives an extensive explanation of the history of ragtime. Trace the development of the genre from the 1850s through the 1970s.
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Mdl Communications: Super Seventies Rocksite

For Students 9th - 10th
A good source of information about rock music in the 1970s, including band spotlights and a photo gallery, plus much more.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Earth, Wind, and Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Read background information and the history of the music of the popular Grammy award winning band of the 1970s, Earth, Wind, & Fire.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ragtime

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers the definition, historical context, revival, and composers of the ragtime style of music.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Al Green

For Students 9th - 10th
Gifted 1970s soul singer, Al Green, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. After a rewarding R&B singing career, he became a Reverend in 1976 and moved to gospel music.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Flower Power

For Students 5th - 8th
An interesting look at the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s and what influence it had on popular culture.
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Classical Bands

Classicbands: The Band

For Students 9th - 10th
Features information and history of "The Band", one of the greatest rock bands of the 1970s who started out as Bob Dylan's back-up group.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Finding Oneself

For Students 5th - 8th
A good description of the decade of the '70s, the "Me" decade. Read about the fashions, hairstyles, therapies, and fads that made this decade somewhat absurd.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Al Green

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Al Green, an American singer-songwriter who was the most popular performer of soul music in the 1970s. By further transforming the essential relationship in soul music between the sacred...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Marvin Gaye

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Marvin Gaye, an American soul singer-songwriter-producer who, to a large extent, ushered in the era of artist-controlled popular music of the 1970s. Gaye's father was a storefront...

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