Nursery Rhymes Thursday April 14 th Todays Objectives

Nursery Rhymes Thursday, April 14 th

Today’s Objectives (Hours 1 -6) 1. Turn in prologue paraphrase and any late assignments from this week. 2. Watch PPT Presentation about medieval nursery rhymes, and complete worksheet.

Today’s Objectives (Hours 7 -8) 1. Turn in posters and questions. 2. Turn in sonnets and any late work from this week. 3. Watch PPT Presentation about medieval nursery rhymes, and complete accompanying worksheet.

Answer the 15 questions on your worksheet as we go through the following PPT presentation. You will turn this in and will receive points for completion.

History • Nursery rhymes are an early form of protest music and social commentary • Protest music was usually targeted at the government • Mainly used to protest wars, inequality, taxes, etc.

• Modern protest songs include: • “Sunday Bloody Sunday” by U 2 • “White Riot” by The Clash • “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy • “War” by Edwin Starr • “Dear Mr. President” by Pink • “ 16 Military Wives” by The Decemberists • “Holiday” & “American Idiot” by Green Day • “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” by Toby Keith • “The Times They are a Changing” by Bob Dylan • “White America” by Eminem

Associated Genres • Folk music • Rap • Hip Hop • Punk

Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is ragin' It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'. Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don't criticize What you can't understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin' Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin’. -Bob Dylan, 1964

What Are Their Names, Neil Young-Jerry Garcia-Phil Lesh. Michael Schrieve-David Crosby (1970) I wonder who they are The men who really run this land And I wonder why they run it With such a thoughtless hand. Tell me what are their names, And on what street do they live I'd like to ride right over This afternoon and give Them a piece of my mind About peace for mankind Peace is not An awful lot To ask

“Fight the Power” by Public Enemy (1989) Music hittin' your heart cause I know you got soul (Brothers and sisters hey) Listen if you're missin' y'all Swingin' while I'm singin' Givin' whatcha gettin' Knowin' what I know While the Black bands sweatin' And the rhythm rhymes rollin' Got to give us what we want Gotta give us what we need Our freedom of speech is freedom or death We got to fight the powers that be Lemme hear you say Fight the power As the rhythm designed to bounce What counts is that the rhymes Designed to fill your mind Now that you've realized the prides arrived We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart It's a start, a work of art To revolutionize make a change nothin's strange People, people we are the same No we're not the same Cause we don't know the game What we need is awareness, we can't get careless You say what is this? My beloved lets get down to business Mental self defensive fitness

Purpose of early English “nursery rhymes”— • Similar to modern examples • Used to protest the government (king, queen, etc. ) • People did not have freedom of speech • Speaking out could be punishable by death • Often were parodies of political and royal events or mistakes • Also used to comment on societal problems (such as the Bubonic Plague)

Baa, Baa Black Sheep • Georgie Porgie • Humpty Dumpty • Jack Sprat Old Mother Hubbard • Mary, Mary Quite • Contrary • • Ring Around the Rosie • Ladybird, Ladybird • • Little Jack Horner • • • Little Tommy Tucker Rain, Rain Go Away Ring Around the Rosie There Was a Crooked Man Three Blind Mice There Was an Old Woman London Bridge is Falling Down

Three Blind Mice: against Queen Mary, I Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a thing in your life, As three blind mice?

Baa, Baa Black Sheep: comment on feudalism Baa black sheep. Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir; Three bags full One for the master, one for the dame One for the little boy who lives down the lane

Jack and Jill: King Louis and Marie Antoinette Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after. Up got Jack, and home did trot As fast as he could caper He went to bed and bound his head With vinegar and brown paper.

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary: against Queen Mary, I Mary, Mary quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row.

With silver bells and cockle shells. . .

And pretty maids all in a row.

Ring Around the Rosy: the Black Plague Ring around the rosy, Pocket full of posies Ashes to ashes, We all fall down.

Rain, Rain Go Away: ? Rain, rain go away, Come again another day. Little Johnny wants to play; Rain, rain, go to Spain, Never show your face again!

For Tomorrow (Hours 1 -6) 1. Complete grammar pages 165 -166. (DUE FRI) 2. Complete Shakespeare crossword puzzle. (BRING TO CLASS ON MON) 3. Complete family tree, and turn in by Friday. 4. You don’t need your textbook tomorrow, but you will need it on Monday.

For Tomorrow (Hours 7 -8) 1. Complete grammar pages 159 -162. (DUE FRI) 2. Complete Shakespeare crossword puzzle. (BRING TO CLASS ON MON) 3. Bring your textbook to class on Monday; you do not need it tomorrow. We’ll begin a study guide on Monday over Romeo and Juliet