Lesson Plan
Objective:
Lesson:
Materials:
- Students will hear a handle full of songs from The Beatles, ranging from the albums called Please Please Me to Let It Be.
- Students will be given an overview of each member of The Beatles after each impactful album.
- Students will be able to understand the evolution of The Beatles’ music.
Lesson:
- Introduction - 2 minutes - Source: Guesdon
- Ask the students if they know The Beatles and ask them if they can name 5 albums (they won’t. They will just raise their hand).
- Mention the records they hold in history
- Activity - (5-6 minutes)
- First activity
- Students will be given pictures of each member of the band and are asked to name each member.
- Students will be given pictures of each member of the band and are asked to name each member.
- Second Activity
- Students will hear a series of five songs. They will not be in chronological order. Students will be asked to put them in order.
- Students will hear a series of five songs. They will not be in chronological order. Students will be asked to put them in order.
- Albums - 8 minutes - Source: Guesdon and Miller
- Please Please Me
- This album took 14 hours to make and record.
- The band couldn’t find the right song for the last spot of the album so they used a song from The Isley Brother called “Twist and Shout.”
- The last song, “Twist and Shout” by The Beatles, was recorded last because the producer knew it would strain John Lennon’s voice.
- I played some of the song, 1 minute and 30 seconds to 1 minute and 40 seconds. This was to hear the strain in Lennon’s voice.
- This album took 14 hours to make and record.
- A Hard Day’s Night
- This album was made because of their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night.
- It was the only album that wasn’t recorded in Abbey Studios. This album was recorded in France.
- “Can’t Buy Me Love” stayed at number 1 on the charts for five weeks. This was the first to ever jump from #27 to #1 in less than a week.
- This album was made because of their first movie, A Hard Day’s Night.
- Their Looks
- Their style of clothing changed drastically due to their drug use.
- Bob Dylan introduced them to weed.
- Their dentist introduced them to harder drugs like ecstasy. He slipped it into their tea.
- Their style of clothing changed drastically due to their drug use.
- Rubber Album
- John Lennon called this album the pothead album.
- George Harrison used the sitar for the first time on this album. This wasn’t the last time.
- “Norwegian Wood” was about an affair that John Lennon had with his wife at the time.
- John Lennon called this album the pothead album.
- Revolver
- John Lennon called this album the acid album.
- This album is when they really started to do hardcore drugs.
- The album cover was drawn by Klaus Voormann.
- “Eleanor Rigby” was named after a co-star that acted with the band on the film, Help!, and Rigby was named after a store that Paul McCartney walked past.
- John Lennon called this album the acid album.
Materials:
- A youtube video of “A Hard Day’s Night” by The Beatles
- A youtube video of “Norwegian Wood” by The Beatles
- A youtube video of “Can’t Buy Me Love” by The Beatles
- A youtube video of “Eleanor Rigby”
- Photos of The Beatles wear different types of clothing
- Photos of The Beatles in the studio
- Photos of The Beatles’ albums
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Annotated Bibliography
Guesdon, Jean-Michel. All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Song. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2013. Accessed on January 20, 2021.
This book is very useful. Throughout the book, there is a minimum of three pages dedicated to each song and album description. Some songs and albums have over 6 pages dedicated to them which makes this book over 670 pages long. This source will be used most often for this project.
Miller, James E. “The Beatles.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., Accessed on January 20, 2021.
This source is useful because it touches on the topic for my introduction. In the introduction, I will be mentioning how the band got together and this website helps. This site will most likely be used for later sections too.
This book is very useful. Throughout the book, there is a minimum of three pages dedicated to each song and album description. Some songs and albums have over 6 pages dedicated to them which makes this book over 670 pages long. This source will be used most often for this project.
Miller, James E. “The Beatles.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., Accessed on January 20, 2021.
This source is useful because it touches on the topic for my introduction. In the introduction, I will be mentioning how the band got together and this website helps. This site will most likely be used for later sections too.