Use these links for class activities:
Brainstorm BEAM sources for your group topic
Complete this worksheet and share your topic and two sources you found.
“20 Protest Songs Written about the Latinx Struggle” (Hiplatina)
Stephanie Jiménez, “Exploring Chicano Identity Through Music”
Ed Masley, “25 Songs of Social Justice, Freedom, and Civil Rights”
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia and can be a useful source for background information. Because it is open to any author(s), quality can vary depending on the topic.
AllMusic is a resource for finding out more about albums, bands, musicians and songs. Search by artist or song.
Genius is an online encyclopedia featuring lyrics annotated by community members and verified by editors.
WhoSampled contains a comprehensive, detailed and accurate database of samples, cover songs and remixes.
Indexes articles from more than 705 international music periodicals on all aspects of classical & popular music. 1970-present. Updated regularly.
A comprehensive online resource that cross-searches and gives access to nearly 8 million music tracks in the following streaming music databases: American Song, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound. Updated continuously.
Formerly Grove Music Online
An online encyclopedia of music, containing the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), as well as other Grove Dictionaries of Music and music reference works from Oxford University Press. Updated continuously.