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Rock ‘n’ Roll U.S.A.
A Homemade PowerPoint Game
By
Clayton DeMooney
University of Georgia
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Game Directions
Story
Credits
Copyright Notice
Game Preparation
Objectives
Game Pieces
The Story of Rock ‘n’ Roll U.S.A.
Adam, Clayton, Paul and Peter are four recently graduated high school seniors from Georgia in their last summer together before college begins. These four friends are looking for an adventurous summer break, so they embark on a cross country journey to California to see the final show of their favorite band, Guster. They all pile into Adam’s van in hopes of winning free tickets to the concert along the way. In order to do so, their knowledge of Rock music has to be vast to win the many trivia contests at each city’s local radio show. They also bring their instruments in hopes of getting a few gigs along the way and earn a little money. By the time they arrive in Los Angeles they hope to have four tickets or they will have to turnaround and go home empty-handed. They need your help to get free tickets and backstage passes!
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Rockin’ DirectionsGOAL: To play Rock ‘n’ Roll U.S.A. there can be no more than four
teams. Each team has a van and the first team to reach the middle
of the board with four tickets wins.
HOW TO PLAY: Each van begins with $200 as they set out on their journey. Each van begins at the starting point on the board and travels in a clockwise direction(you cannot go backwards!). The team rolls the die and can land on one of four options:
1. Benefits block
2. “Oh No!” Setbacks
3. Radio Trivia
4. Grand Prize TicketNext
Expenses Rewards Overall Balance
Table:
Directions, cont’dIf the team lands on the “Benefits block” they take the card and the reward offered to them. If they land on “Oh No! Setbacks” they face some sort of obstacle. If they land on “Radio Trivia” they will have the opportunity to win prize money. They can choose one of the three levels of difficulty to win money(1st level- $25; 2nd level- $50; 3rd level- $100). If they land on the “Grand Prize Ticket” they have to answer an ultimate question correctly in order to win one ticket. The team continues to roll the die until they land on an “Oh No!” block or they answer a trivia question incorrectly. After four “Grand Prize” tickets are accumulated, the van moves to the middle of the board and wins the backstage passes. The guitar at the bottom of each page will return the players to the previous menu.
*A team loses if another van reaches the middle before them, or they lose all of their money before they reach the concert. Each student will be given a money balance sheet that accounts for the amount of money that a team has.
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Game PreparationGameboard: Print out slides 7, cut off the edges, then tape together“Oh No!” Cards: Use the “Oh No1” slides with the game, there is no need to make cards.Benefits Block Cards: Same as above except with Benefits Block.Radio Trivia: Again, this applies to the above.Ultimate Question: And once again, use the PowerPoint with the game. Don’t print out anything you don’t have to.Expense Account Sheet: Print out slide 8, and make enough copies for all teams to have 3-4 sheets.Game Pieces: Cut out the vans in slide 6 for pieces.
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Game Pieces
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Game Board
Expense Account Table
Game Board
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CreditsAll teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game
at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
• Originally designed by Clayton DeMooney, University of Georgia, June 30, 2003 “Rock ‘n’ Roll U.S.A.”.
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Educational Objectives• Audience
Adults of all ages who appreciate music. Come one, come all men women and children.
• Subject Area Objectives
People will be able to identify the major elements of Rock Music and be able to chart the history of Rock ‘n’ Roll and its influences.
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Copyright• Copyright 2003 Clayton DeMooney
• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.
• Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.
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Time to play “Rock ‘n’ Roll U.S.A.”!
Benefits Block
Oh No! Setbacks
Radio Trivia Questions
Grand Prize Ticket Questions
Home Page Game Directions
Benefits Block
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Block 1
You earn $20 busking on the streets of Atlanta!
Block 2
You find a wallet on the street in Nashville and turn it into the police
and get a $100 reward.
Block 3You meet up with a band in Memphis and earn $50 helping them load their
equipment in their bus.
Block 4
You earn $50 washing dishes at a diner in Chicago
Block 5
You earn $250 as a salsa dance instructor for one week in East Texas
Block 6
You earn $300 for playing at a honky-tonk in Dallas.
Block 7
Along the way to L.A. you write a song that a studio in San Antonio
buys for $400.
Block 8
You find a banjo on the side of the road and earn and are rewarded $75.
Block 9
You play at a bar in Durango, CO and earn $250 in one night.
Block 10
You travel to a Denver ski resort and help cut down trees for a day and
earn $75.
Block 11
Before you enter California you head down to Las Vegas and win $500 at
the Blackjack table.
Block 12
You play in the parks of Los Angeles and earn $50.
Block 13
A record executive hears your music and offers you a free ticket to the
Guster show!
Block 14
You work as a waiter in a local restaurant and earn $200 in tips!
Block 15
You earn $250 playing at a local club in L.A.
Oh No!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Oh No! 1
You get a flat tire in Chattanooga, pay $20.
Oh No! 2
You run a red light in Athens, pay $100.
Oh No! 3
You get a parking ticket in Charleston, pay $20.
Oh No! 4
You get a speeding ticket in Tyrone, pay $125.
Oh No! 5
You fill up for gas, pay $35.
Oh No! 6
You sleep stay at a motel for a night, pay $45.
Oh No! 7
You slept late and started on the interstate an hour later: you lose a
turn.
Oh No! 8
You eat a steak dinner at the local steakhouse, pay $95.
Oh No! 9
You take a wrong turn in Texas, go back three spaces.
Oh No! 10
You lose one of your guitars, you have to buy a new one, pay $500.
Oh No! 11
You are fined for playing in the park without a permit, pay $100.
Oh No! 12
You get a parking ticket in L.A., pay $30.
Oh No! 13
Pay $60 to fill up for gas in California.
Oh No! 14
You go out to eat at a local restaurant, pay $35.
Oh No! 15
You dropped one of your Guster tickets on the way to a gig, so now
you have one less ticket than you had before.
Radio Trivia Levels
Level 1:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10
Level 2:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10
Level 3:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10
I’m Sorry
Um, yeah, that answer was incorrect.
Better luck next time.
Congratulations
Yes, you are correct!
Please continue.
Level 1-1 The first movie to use a rock ‘n’ roll soundtrack is:
a. Rebel Without a Cause
b. The Blackboard Jungle
c. The Wild One
d. American Graffiti
Level 1-2The way that sounds are combined to create a piece of
music is referred to as:
a. Texture
b. Production
c. Harmony
d. Rhythm
Level 1-3Instrumentation is often referred to as the source of
sound:
a. True
b. False
Level 1-4If music gradually becomes louder, it is known as a:
a. Decrescendo
b. Heightened sound
c. Climactic
d. Crescendo
Level 1-5If music gradually becomes softer, it is known as a:
a. Decrescendo
b. Lowered sound
c. Anticlimactic
d. Crescendo
Level 1-6Three or more different pitches sounding at the same
time produce a:
a. Chord
b. Scale
c. Range
d. Melody
Level 1-7A collection of pitches that are played in succession
is a :
a. Harmony
b. Melody
c. Meter
d. Rhythm
Level 1-8The way in which pulses are organized is :
a. Harmony
b. Melody
c. Rhythm
d. Meter
Level 1-9Most urban blues songs are written in the 12-bar
progression.
a. True
b. False
Level 1-10The speed at which basic pulses or beats happen is
known as:
a. Meter
b. Tempo
c. Rhythm
d. Range
Level 2-1Which of these early Rock Music influences
contributed the most to Rock ‘n’ Roll:
a. Country and Western
b. Jazz
c. Blues
d. Cajun
Level 2-2There are generally two types of blues. They are:
a. Rural and urban
b. North and South
c. East and West
d. Fast and Slow
Level 2-3Who is considered the “father of blues?”:
a. T-Bone Walker
b. Muddy Waters
c. Blind Lemon Jefferson
d. W.C. Handy
Level 2 -4Boogie Woogie is a type of piano blues.
a. True
b. False
Level 2-5Yodeling is a formal characteristic of which Country
and Western Style:
a. Southwestern country swing
b. East Texas Rural Country
c. Southern Country
d. North Georgia Bluegrass
Level 2-6What record company produced records of black artists
for black audiences early in the 20th century?
a. Race Records
b. Sun Records
c. Empire Records
d. RCA records
Level 2-7Common characteristics of this types of blues are
barrelhouse rhythm, 8 quick pulses per measure and complex polyrhythms between the two hands:
a. East Texas rural blues
b. Chicago urban blues
c. Boogie Woogie
d. Mississippi Delta Blues
Level 2-8Which song is commonly referred to as the “first”
Rock ‘n’ Roll song?
a. Ain’t it a Shame
b. Rocket 88
c. Hound Dog
d. Great Balls of Fire
Level 2-9Elvis Presley remade the song “Hound Dog.” Who is
the original artist?
a. Roy Brown
b. Big Joe Turner
c. Jackie Brenston
d. Big Mama Thorton
Level 2-10Little Richard is originally from which town?
a. Memphis, TN
b. Chicago, IL
c. Macon, GA
d. Jefferson, MS
Level 3-1 The name of Buddy Holly’s band is:
a. The Animals
b. The Crickets
c. The Holly’s
d. The Roaches
Level 3 -2Buddy Holly’s manager and agent was:
a. Sam Phillips
b. Alan Freed
c. Neil Aspinal
d. Norman Petty
Level 3 -3This future country star was a bassist in Buddy
Holly’s band:
a. Willie Nelson
b. Johnny Cash
c. Waylon Jennings
d. Charlie Pride
Level 3 -4African historians/musicians were known as:
a. Chaka’s
b. Jali’s
c. Cumba’s
d. Kwali
Level 3 -5This man is considered the father of the Delta Blues:
a. Robert Johnson
b. Dave Bartholomew
c. B.B. King
d. Charley Patton
Level 3 -6Jackie Brenston(who wrote Rocket 88) was a member
of The Rhythm Kings. Who was the front man for this band?:
a. Elvis Presley
b. Ike Turner
c. Bill Haley
d. Frank Sinatra
Level 3 -7The “Day the Music Died” is commonly referred to as
the day when Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and who, died in a plane crash?
a. Eddie Cochran
b. Bo Diddley
c. Richie Valens
d. Carl Perkins
Level 3 -8Elvis Presley’s agent and manager was:
a. Cosimo Matassa
b. Col. Tom Parker
c. Leonard Chess
d. Sam Phillips
Level 3 -9“Moondog’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Party” was the first rock
radio show hosted by:
a. Alan Freed
b. Cosimo Matassa
c. Scotty Moore
d. Wolfman Jack
Level 3 -10The common rhythm in Bo Diddley’s songs is:
a. Swing rhythm
b. Do Wop rhythm
c. Hambone rhythm
d. Decca rhythm
Grand Prize Tickets
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Congratulations!
You’ve just won a Guster ticket!
Please continue.
Better Luck Next Time
No Guster Ticket For You!
Grand Prize Ticket 1The only Buddy hooly song to reach No 1. on the
Billboard charts was:
a. That’ll be the day
b. Peggy Sue
c. It’s so Easy
d. Not Fade Away
Grand Prize Ticket 2The Beatle’s song to spend the most amount of time at
No. 1 on the Billboard chart is:
a. Help!
b. Yesterday
c. A Hard Days Night
d. Hey Jude
Grand Prize Ticket 3Bob Dylan’s real name is:
a. Robert Mapother
b. Dylan Masters
c. Dylan Robert
d. Robert Zimmerman
Grand Prize Ticket 4He was killed in a motorcycle accident in Macon, GA:
a. Eddie Cochran
b. Duane Allman
c. Carl Perkins
d. Pete Best
Grand Prize Ticket 5John Lennon originally formed a group in England
known as:
a. The Roaches
b. The Wiseguys
c. The Quarrymen
d. The Starlights
Grand Prize Ticket 6Rod Stewart was originally in this band:
a. Wings
b. The Faces
c. Interlochen
d. The Mindbenders