Disco and Beyond WebQuest

70s Music: Have a Nice Decade

Introduction:
In this WebQuest you will travel to the websites of some of the most popular musicians of the 70s. The purpose of this is for you to learn more about this eventful decade.

Task:
Your task is to look up each website, read the information carefully, and answer the questions.

Process:
1. Research the Aerosmith website listed below and answer the following questions:

A. The band Aerosmith developed from a combination of two separate bands named ________________________

and _______________________. This happened in the year ___________.

B. Their debut (first) album, released in _____________, was called Aerosmith. The tune "Walking the Dog" uses

a well-known children's poem. What is it? ______________________________________.

2. Research the Led Zepplin website listed below and answer the following question:

A. Led Zepplin has recently returned from their Europe Winter Tour 1998. The countries they visited were

were _____________, __________________, __________________, _________________,

______________, __________________, __________________, _________________,

__________________, __________________, _________________.

3. Research the Pink Floyd websites listed below and answer the following question:

A. Where did the name Pink Floyd originate? _______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________.

B. Why did Barrett leave the band? ______________________________________________________________

What year was this? __________ Who replaced him? __________________________________________

C. What album was released in 1979? ____________________________________________________________

What was interesting about this album? ________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________

D. What did Roger Waters do in 1990? ___________________________________________________________

4. Research the Bob Marley websites listed below and answer the following question:

A. What year did Bob Marley begin recording? __________

B. Fill in the blank. "Though the wailers recorded prolifically for small Jamaican labels, it was not until a union

with the British-based _________________________________ in the early 70s, that they came to the attention

of ________________________________________________________.

C. Is Bob Marley still performing today? Explain. __________________________________________________.

5. Research the Queen websites listed below and answer the following question:

A. Queen signed a recording contract in 1972. With whom did they sign? _______________________________

B. The well-known song "Bohemian Rhapsody" was recorded in __________ and stayed #1 on the charts for

____ weeks. Many years later this tune was also used in the movie "Wayne's World."

C. By 1991 Queen was #1 on the UK charts for the first, second, third time.
(circle one)

D. Queen recorded "We Will Rock You" on their album "News of the World." Go to the second Queen website to

find the album and listen to a MIDI file of it.

6. Research the David Bowie websites listed below and answer the following question:

A. What was David Bowie's given name? __________________________ Why did he change it? _______

_______________________________________________________________________________________

B. The album "Young Americans" produced in 1975, had a standout single called, ____________________.

This was an impromptu duet with _________________________ of The _____________________.

This became Bowie's first and only _________________________________.

7. Research the KISS websites listed below and answer the following question:

A. What is the primary difference between the appearance of the group KISS and most of the other rock groups of

the 70s? (see also the picture section of this website) ______________________________________________

B. The first KISS album was released in _________.

C. In June 1983 the band performed for the last time wearing make-up. What year did they wear it again and for

what event? ______________________________________________________________________________

Resources:

Aerosmith
1. http://www.aerosmith.com (go to the aerosmithsonian)

Queen
1. http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/shop?d=p&id=queen&cf=11
2. http://www.geocities.com/~queenfan/newsoftheworld.html

Pink Floyd
1. http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/shop?d=p&id=pinkfloyd&cf=11
2. http://wallofsound.go.com/artists/pinkfloyd/home.html

Bob Marley
1. http://rockhall.com/induct/marlbob.html

David Bowie
1. http://rollingstone.tunes.com/sections/artists/text/artistgen.asp?afl=&LookUpString=331

Led Zepplin
1. http://www.dnaco.net/"buckeye"/lz.html

Kiss
1. http://home.golden.net/~kissarmy/

Evaluation:
The evaluation will be based on the percentage of correct versus incorrect answers.

Conclusion:
The 70s was a widely varied era of music creation. Styles, sounds, sights all changed dramatically from one group to the next.

Authors: Diane Aumann, Rachel Siegel, Steven Stenzel
Created: October 28, 1999

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