What changes occurred in the US that gave rise to the IWW?

Watching

Watch the film The Wobblies (LINK)————->https://thoughtmaybe.com/the-wobblies/

Bird, S., Shaffer, Deborah, Baldwin, Roger N., Center for Educational Productions, presenter, National Endowment for the Humanities, sponsoring body, Docurama, & New Video Group. (2006). The Wobblies. New York?]: Docurama : Distributed by New Video Group. (Links to an external site.)

Note Taking

Watch the film closely and take notes on  to the following themes & questions

• What changes occurred in the US that gave rise to the IWW?
• In what ways was the IWW different from other unions?
• How did the IWW use music in their struggles with the capitalist class? What other strategies did they use?
• Take note of the actions in Lawrence, Patterson, the PNW and Bisbee
• How did the filmmakers use music in the film?
• How did the capitalist class use the newspapers in their struggles with the IWW? What other strategies did they use?
• What strategies did the government of the time use in their engagements with the IWW?

Writing

Write a  THREE to FOUR-page examination of The Wobblies and its representation of the activism of The Wobblies by specifically examining the role of the songs (listed blow) played in articulating the themes of the film and the objectives of The Wobblies.

• The film, The Wobblies includes a number of famous Wobbly songs including the following (the links below carry you to the lyrics. In providing them, my focus has only been the lyrics, not the focus of the websites in question. Fingers crossed, none of the links is NSFW. I doubt it…but…you never know):
• LOOK UP THE LYRICS TO ALL OF THESE SONGS FROM THE FILM
  • Power in the Union
  • Working Men Unite 
  • The Rebel Girl 
  • Working Men Unite 
  • Union Maid 
  • Hold the Fort 
  • When You Wear that Button 
  • Ta-ra-raboom-de-ay 
  • Hallelujah Im a bum 
  • 50,000 lumberjacks 
  • Wild Over Me 

Analyze the songs (use the techniques from Meaning Making and Music) and examine their placement in the film. What meanings are produced by the songs? And what meaning is the filmmaker trying to convey by using the songs at the points that they do in the film?

Format Requirements:

• Your paper must include the following sections AND each section must be clearly marked
  • Introduction
  • Identify the film  and what it’s about. Giver a short statement that briefly captures your response to the prompt. 
  • Description
  • In this section  describe the plot structure of The Wobblies. Focus specifically on the way that the film tells the stories of the Wobblies, their beginnings, their tactics, their activities across the US. Consider that  documentary filmmakers make a number of decisions about how they  will structure their film. What decisions did the filmmakers make in this instance. After reading this section of your paper, your reader  (who is not me) should have a clear map of how the film told its story. 
  • Analysis
  • This is the most important part of your paper. In this section respond to/answer the prompts. Use the techniques described in the lecture Music Analysis and analyze the songs (use the techniques from Meaning Making and Music) and examine their placement in the film. What meanings are produced by the songs? And what meaning is the filmmaker trying to convey by using the songs at those points in the film?  Be sure to make direct reference to examples that you have found in The Wobblies, compare and contrast them to examples referenced in the lecture and reading . When referencing examples from The Wobblies, be sure to be specific by clearly describing the points at which the examples occur in the  ‘story’ and/or using  the counter at the bottom of the screen.
  • Conclusion
  • In this section briefly summarize your findings, and, present your evaluation of the film. 

Mechanics

• Your paper MUST  be compatible with Microsoft Word.
• Typed, double-spaced,12-point font two to three pages
• Include page numbers at the bottom of the page
• Use one-inch margins
• Include a reference list and correctly use APA citation format for all citations (the reference list is not included in the three pages)
• You MUST save and upload your paper using the following convention  Last name First name Wobblies 2021
  • So if Robyn Fenty was in our class her assignment would be saved in the following manner: Fenty Robyn Wobblies 2021

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