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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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!

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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:

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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