John R. Lewis Library: Music and Society: Research Home

Essential Question

Essential Question

Does music have the power to move us and spark change (in us and our world)?

Research Tasks

(will take multiple days--research takes time!)

Lyrics: Find your song lyrics. Then, read through your song and annotate along the way. What do you notice? What connections can you make?
Understand the History: What is happening during your time period? Are you familiar with this event? If not, look it up in a history database.
Article Connection: After identifying an event find an article in the news database that connects to your song.
Image: Find an image that relates to your song using the Britannica Image Quest Database.

Investigate Artist/Band/Song

Britannica School - High This link opens in a new window
High school leveled materials that include thousands of:
-articles
-images
-videos
-audio clips
-primary sources
-maps
Biography in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
If you aren't finding your artist in Britannica, check here.

Find News from your Time Period

News (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
If you don't find what you are looking for in Biography, try in this database.
News (World News Digest - Infobase) This link opens in a new window
News articles dating from 1940 - present

World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO) * This link opens in a new window
History from the Renaissance to today. Good first stop to build background knowledge.