Objective:
1. Take a classic rock song, in this case CSN&Y's "Ohio", and learn everything there is to know about this song including:
a) its creation
b) the meaning behind the music
c) its place in the panoply of protest music
d) understanding its modern day relevance
2. Based on this research and your general understanding of the significance of this song, consider creating a multi-media project based around this exploration that will then be presented in a culminating performance/presentation at this year's video festival.
Below is a laundry list (in order of appearance in the comment section) of relevant words related to the song "Ohio", found by those students who posted comments to this blog:
Kent State, May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guard, student protest, Cambodia, Nixon, anti-war, anti-Nixon, Neil Young, Vietnam War, draft lottery, killing 4 injuring 9, CSN&Y, AM radio stations, underground FM stations, Allison Krause, William Schroeder, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer
In just over three weeks, Kent State University will be observing the 40th Anniversary of the shootings on its campus. We will continue our exploration of the this topic as well as go in directions you would like to head in creating your multi-media project. What are you going to do toward this assignment this weekend? What other information is out there on the web? Post what you find in the comments.
See you all on Monday.
-Mr. Hoban
I think it would be cool to remix the song like we mentioned in class Friday. With that mixed song we can make a tribute video similar to the one below. It might be cool if during some points of the video we cut the song and go to audio from interviews about the shooting. (Like the one from the student photographer.) Then fade back into the song.
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So i did a little search on the 40th Anniversary of the Massacre and found that they have a DvD (40th Special Edition). Maybe we can make a trailer for the DvD. Here is a link that gives an example of their trailer.
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I was thinking about doing "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath. I know that it was also released in 1970. It was on Sabbath's Paranoid album. Given the time frame and evidence it also protests the vietnam war. It says how politians start the war so they should fight it not others. Then one day the politians will pay for it.
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http://www.ram.org/contrib/warpigs.html