Songs have the Power Assignment
Name: ____________________
Protest songs appear across cultures around the world in many different genres.
For centuries, singers have used music to fight racial and gender discrimination,
war, or other social inequalities.
“Songs have the power to change the world.”
Research to find a protest song that really speaks to you. You will need to
complete the following tasks:
 Print or copy the lyrics from the protest song you have chosen.
 Highlight or underline lyrics that define why the song was written.
 Complete the graphic organizer about purpose and audience.
- uses evidence
from the media
text to identify its
purpose and
audience
- identifies
purposes and
audiences not
targeted by the
media text
- makes
judgments about
effectiveness
based on analysis
of purpose and
audience
Level 4
- makes thorough
use of evidence to
identify complex
aspects of the
purpose
- correctly
identifies complex
purposes, and
audiences not
targeted
- makes
sophisticated
judgments about
effectiveness
bases on a
thorough analysis
Level 3
- makes logical
use of evidence to
correctly identify
the purpose
- correctly
identifies
purposes and
audiences not
targeted
- makes logical
judgments about
effectiveness
based on a
reasonable
analysis
Level 2
- makes some use
of evidence in a
somewhat
complex
statement
- identifies simple
purposes and
audiences not
targeted
- makes simplistic
judgments about
effectiveness
based on a partial
analysis
Level 1
- makes limited
use of evidence in
a simple
statement
- identifies (not
always correctly)
simple purposes
and audiences not
targeted
- makes a
simplistic
statement about
effectiveness
Song title: ______________________________________________________
Artist: ____________________________________________
Songwriter: ________________________________________
Due date: Friday, October 10th
Purpose and Audience of a Media Text
Purpose of the Media Text:
How I know:
Audience of the Media Text:
How I know:
Purposes Not Targeted:
Audiences Not Targeted:
Media Text Effectiveness Rating:
Evidence of and Support for My Rating (Evidence from the Media Text):