VI  Critical Analysis of The Beatles

     I have the learning objectives for each section listed above the activities and topics proposed for that section.
Objectives
1.  The students should be able to write a critical analysis about one of The Beatles' songs, lyrics, albums, or album cover art works.

2.  The students should be able to save the critical analysis as a .html file and put it up on a Web page.
 


 

                                      In this section you will have the opportunity to write a critical analysis about any of
                                      The Beatles' songs, albums, or art work related to The Beatles.  When writing your
                                      analysis be sure to support the statements you make.  If you do not like something
                                      be sure you explain why you do not like it.

VI  Critical Analysis of The Beatles



FLASHBACK
      Please use one of the resources below if you need to flashback and revisit the rules on how to write a critique.
Critiques:  This site is brought to you by The Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
It contains a checklist of questions that the writer should ask him/her self during the writing process of a critique.
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/text/critique.html
You may also find these sites helpful even though they are not specific to an analysis.
Tips for Writing College Papers:  This site includes a short section on argument/organization tips while writing a paper.
http://www.hup.ucla.edu/up/CT/writing_.htm

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay   This is a great site if you need to flashback and reflect on your English writing skills.  This page includes a wonderful listing of other useful Writing Sites.  http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/ 

The Five Paragraph Essay  If you want to learn how to write a short, consise essay with all of the essential elements, this is the place.
http://geocities.datacellar.net/SoHo/Atrium/1437/ 

Alan W. Pollack's "Notes On" Series: The most respected scholarly dissertations on the Beatles'  music - 141 songs, to be exact. Your starting point. http://rmb.simplenet.com/public/files/awp/awp.html A Beatles' Odyssey: Notes on Alan Pollack himself and his
mission to dissect the Beatle's songs. An excellent essay that
does much analysis of its own. From Soundscapes. http://www.icce.rug.nl/%7Esoundscapes/VOLUME01/
A%5FBeatles%5FOdyssey.html
Rock Lyrics As Poetry:  "Blackbird" and "Eleanor Rigby" and analysis of their Deeper Meaning. From M. Jordan.
http://www.entrypoints.com/RockLyrics/Blackbird.html 
The Beatles Study Site: Beatles as influenced by Lord Buckley, The Magus, and The Tarot, among other things. http://geocities.datacellar.net/SunsetStrip/Lounge/8450/index.html
The Hey Jude Theory:  Is "Jude" John or Julian? Neither? An interactive discussion from Stephanie Hoerner.
http://www.muohio.edu/%7Ehoernese/jude%2Dtheory.html
The Beatles Are The Masters Of The Universe: Very insightful study of a dozen Beatles classics from The Freaky Times!
http://members.aol.com/albfreaky/music/beatles.html The ten greatest Beatle songs

Assignment #1  Select ANY (Your Choice)Beatle song, lyric, album, or album cover, and write a three to five page paper that critically analyzes the work.
Assignment #2  After you have completed your critical analysis paper and it has been graded and corrected, make all necessary changes.  Then go to your Web site editor and cut and paste your Word Processed document into a new page.  Save the file as .html.  Then resubmit your research paper to the teacher.


FLASHBACK

          Please click here if you need to flashback and revisit the rules on how to cite an electronic reference.
The Writing Center: Documenting Sources MLA  This is a useful handout describing the proper was to cite resources using the MLA Style guidelines
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/text/docsources.html

Beyond the MLA Style Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet:  This site will provide you with information concerning how to cite an E-mail, Web Site, FTP, Gopher, Usenet, or Mailing list and more, according to the MLA Style guidelines.
http://falcon.eku.edu/honors/beyond-mla/

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association :  This site will provide you with information concerning how to cite resources according the the APA Style guidelines.
http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html

If you haven't done this already, please do it now!Go to one of the following URL's and learn how to make your own Website.  Please read all of the information! 
Netscape: Free Web sites and instructions. Click on the following URL.  http://home.netscape.com/
Go to Top Picks and click on get a Web site.  Sign up for a free Web site if you haven't already. Then go to Netscape Composer. 
If you would rather get a free Web site from someone else try the following two links.
Geocities/Yahoo:  Free Websites!  Easy to create.  http://geocities.datacellar.net
Homestead:  Free Websites!  Another site with easy to make Web sites. http://www.homestead.com
Cut and paste your Word Processed document into a new page at your Web site.
Save the file as .html.  Then resubmit your research paper to the teacher.  E-mail the instructor your URL.

 
The Beatles: Across the Curriculum
is maintained by:
Mary Ann Fornataro
This Web site contains course work and links to various Beatle sites.  Please e-mail your comments or suggestions.

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