When Music Offends
Vocabulary
The Day the Music Died
Rockers, Rappers and Freedom of Speech
Stop The Music
100
Offensive Music
What is the topic of When Music Offends?
100
oppose
What means to disagree strongly?
100
School officials banned music throughout the district because a parent complained about offensive music.
What is this article mostly about?
100
A rule that limits what you can do
What is a restriction
100
What is the topic of Stop The Music
What is the controversy over RAP music
200
TCA, a cable company decided to ban MTV
What happened in MTV Unplugged?
200
A person who judges whether something is good or bad.
What is the definition of critic?
200
The music ban at Penn High School started a ____________ ___________.
What is a national debate
200
An addition to something
What is an amendment?
200
Parents became angry
Who became angry about Rap Music?
300
Turn the station, channel or turn it off!!
What are some things you can do if you find music to be offensive?
300
A disagreement among many people
What is a controversy?
300
To stop or break up
What is the definition of disrupt
300
censor
What is the word that means to remove a part or all of a book, movie or song because of a belief that others may find it offensive or harmful to the public?
300
Confront
What word means to stand up to someone in a threatening or accusing way?
400
Yes, because people wrote letters that opposed the ban on MTV.
What happened when TCA banned MTV? Did they bring MTV back? Why?
400
To contribute to the growth of something or give a higher position.
What does promote mean?
400
Music agitated students, kept them from learning and was very racist.
In Learning vs. Lyrics, What did Mishawaka school superintendent Vickie Markavitch say about students and music?
400
Freedom of Speech
What is the first amendment to the Constitution in the Bill of Rights?
400
Parents Music Resource Center ( PMRC)
What is the name of the parental group that opposed the Rap music?
500
TCA had 400,000 customers and Not all were furious only SOME were furious about the ban on MTV.
How many customers did TCA, the Cable company have? Were they all furious because of the ban on MTV?
500
detrimental
What is harmful or dangerous?
500
1) Student's could listen with earphones 2) Teachers can manage music on school grounds 3) Students may only listen to censored music
What is a fair solution for managing music at your school?
500
It says the government cannot stop people from expressing their opinions. No, not if what we are saying is dangerous to others. It is not protected by the First Amendment.
What right does the Freedom of Speech give people? Can we say whatever we want?
500
No new laws were passed.
Did the parent controversy against Rap Music cause any new laws?