Nursery Rhymes

Thursday, April 14th

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 U2• “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, congressmenPlease heed the callDon't stand in the doorwayDon't block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has stalledThere's a battle outsideAnd it is ragin'It'll soon shake your windowsAnd rattle your wallsFor the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathersThroughout the landAnd don't criticizeWhat you can't understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your commandYour old road isRapidly agin'Please get out of the new oneIf you can't lend your handFor 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'allSwingin' while I'm singin'Givin' whatcha gettin'Knowin' what I knowWhile the Black bands sweatin'And the rhythm rhymes rollin'Got to give us what we wantGotta give us what we needOur freedom of speech is freedom or deathWe got to fight the powers that beLemme hear you sayFight the power

As the rhythm designed to bounceWhat counts is that the rhymesDesigned to fill your mindNow that you've realized the prides arrivedWe got to pump the stuff to make us toughfrom the heartIt's a start, a work of artTo revolutionize make a change nothin's strangePeople, people we are the sameNo we're not the sameCause we don't know the gameWhat we need is awareness, we can't get carelessYou say what is this?My beloved lets get down to businessMental 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, IThree 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 feudalismBaa baa black sheep. Have you any wool?Yes sir, yes sir; Three bags fullOne for the master, one for the dameOne 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 waterJack fell down and broke his crownAnd Jill came tumbling after.Up got Jack, and home did trot As fast as he could caperHe went to bed and bound his headWith vinegar and brown paper.

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary: against Queen Mary, IMary, Mary quite contrary,How does your garden grow?With silver bells and cockle shellsAnd 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 PlagueRing around the rosy,Pocket full of posiesAshes to ashes,We all fall down.

Ring Around the Rosy: the Black PlagueRing around the rosy,Pocket full of posiesAshes 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