Famous American Musician: Elvis Presley

Famous American Musician

Elvis Presley

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Learn More About Each Musician!

In between our virtual lessons, we will complete mini-lessons where we will get to know our featured American musician a little bit better! These mini-lessons will review some facts or important things we have already learned, listen to some examples of their music, as well as learning a bit about why that musician might be so important! After looking through the mini-lesson, be sure to answer the question or complete the assignment that goes along with the lesson.

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Our current Famous American Musician is...

ElvisPresley

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Lesson Steps

01

QUICK FACTS

Click through these buttons in order to go through the mini-lesson, and figure out what you will need to submit.

02

LISTENING

03

LEGACY

04

ASSIGNMENT

FACTS ABOUT ELVIS

Let's go over some of the facts that we learned about Elvis from our last virtual lesson.

• He was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. However he would move to Memphis, Tennessee at 13, which is when he would start with music.
• He became known as "the King of Rock & Roll", or just "The King"
• He would also write and sing country, blues, and gospel songs.
• He also starred and wrote the music to many movies, though none of them were very successful.
• He passed away suddenly in his mansion called Graceland in 1977. Graceland is now open to the public as a museum!

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Here are some songs by Elvis, including the one we heard in our virtual lesson.Make sure that you are listening to each song and learning what he sounds like! There will usually be an actitivty based on the artist's songs each virtual lesson.

"CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE"

"BURNING LOVE"

"JAILHOUSE ROCK"

"DON'T BE CRUEL"

"HEARTBREAK HOTEL"

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"CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE"

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"JAILHOUSE ROCK"

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"BURNING LOVE"

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"HEARTBREAK HOTEL"

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"DON'T BE CRUEL"

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AN ARTISTS "LEGACY"

Your "legacy" is the impact or mark you have left behind on the world. Every musician we will learn about has left an important legacy not only on the history of American music, but on music all over the world. When we are learning about an artist's legacy, we are learning why they are so important and what they did for music. So let's read about our artist's legacy, and learn why we are talking about them in the first place!

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ELVIS' LEGACY

Here is why Elvis' is so important, and why we are learning about him!

• ​He fused many genres together to make his sound. Using gospel, country, and rock all in one.
• He was a symbol for the youth at the time, and helped create their culture.
• Helped the fight against racial segregation through the sharing of music.
• His concert "Aloha From Hawaii" was the first concert by a solo artist that was played around the world!
• He inspired thousands of artists to play rock & roll. Including being a direct influence to The Beatles!

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Pick ONE song from this lesson that you liked the most.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Choose THREE descriptive adjectives you would use to describe the song.

I will give you a list of helpful adjectives.

Here's what you need to do to get credit for this mini-lesson.

Submit in Canvas the name of the song you chose AND your three adjectives.

Submit in the module page "FAM: Elvis Submission."

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AWESOME MUSIC ADJECTIVES

UpbeatBrassy Bright Mellow Calm Noisy Scary Thundering Slow

Catchy Dance-able Dynamic Epic Fresh FunkY Heartfelt Moody Playful

PolishedRaw Rhythmic Sensitive Skilled Stylish Thrilling Unique Spooky

Cheerful Twangy Loud Crazy Warm Futuristic Jammin Cozy Snappy

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TO BE CONTINUED...

We'll finish up learning about Elvis in next week's virtual lesson!

Send me a Canvas Inbox message if you need help with anything!