Finding a topic to do was a bit of a challenge. We wanted to find something that was broad, so that we had a lot to work with, but yet something that we could find a focus point on. We finally decided on music because there’s so much history behind music and how it has evolved to what it is today and how much it’s changed. The censorships have changed as our society changes and we found this topic extraordinarily interesting.
We conducted our research by going through countless websites and narrowing down the information to what we felt was the most important and significant facts from music archives over the years. We divided up the work equally and spent time thinking about how we wanted the project to look and the feel of the website. We wanted a neat and organized way to present all that we had found, learned and the stuff that we already knew about music censorship and banning.
We selected our presentation category by what was an easily accessible way to find the information. In the day and age of all this technology, we felt that a website was the most clear cut and definite way to get our ideas and research across to the mass majority. This idea of a web site came to us while we were researching our topic on our phones and felt that if web sites could be accessed so easily we could put our website out too. We constructed the website in a way that was easy to see and easy to find what exactly the viewer is looking for. With this idea we split into different categories for easy accessibility to the information.
Our topic directly relates to the National History Day theme by all the rich history surrounding music and the different censorships that have been added to music over the years. Music is a timeless and ageless topic and it allows for a lot of expansion and interesting facts that most people don’t know about. We have the right to listen to what we want, but the responsibility not to listen to music that is inappropriate for what it’s used for and where we are. This is why our project and topic directly relates to the topic of rights and responsibilities for this year’s National History Day theme.
We conducted our research by going through countless websites and narrowing down the information to what we felt was the most important and significant facts from music archives over the years. We divided up the work equally and spent time thinking about how we wanted the project to look and the feel of the website. We wanted a neat and organized way to present all that we had found, learned and the stuff that we already knew about music censorship and banning.
We selected our presentation category by what was an easily accessible way to find the information. In the day and age of all this technology, we felt that a website was the most clear cut and definite way to get our ideas and research across to the mass majority. This idea of a web site came to us while we were researching our topic on our phones and felt that if web sites could be accessed so easily we could put our website out too. We constructed the website in a way that was easy to see and easy to find what exactly the viewer is looking for. With this idea we split into different categories for easy accessibility to the information.
Our topic directly relates to the National History Day theme by all the rich history surrounding music and the different censorships that have been added to music over the years. Music is a timeless and ageless topic and it allows for a lot of expansion and interesting facts that most people don’t know about. We have the right to listen to what we want, but the responsibility not to listen to music that is inappropriate for what it’s used for and where we are. This is why our project and topic directly relates to the topic of rights and responsibilities for this year’s National History Day theme.