Friday, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

As a class we watched "Welcome to the Future" by Brad Paisley. We "deconstructed" the video viewable here (unless you are at the school). Here's what the record company (Sony) says about the video: In a bid to promote his single "Welcome to the Future", Brad Paisley has premiered a music video for the track. This video captures kids sharing what they want to be in the future. Fire fighter, architect, doctor, designer and singer are some of the occupations these kids are dreaming of.
"Welcome to the Future" is taken from Brad Paisley's June release "American Saturday Night". This song was written by Paisley based on his observations from Times Square on election night, November 4, 2008. The track was performed in "Country at the White House" event held by First Lady Michelle Obama to encourage arts education. The gig will be televised on August 15 on GAC.
"To have a song about the times we're living in and the effect of an election and how its changed life and politics as we know it and to get to play it to this man [Barack Obama] is surreal beyond belief," Paisley said. "Over the next few days, it will be wild to think about this."
Watch Brad Paisley "Welcome To The Future"  New HQ HD CDQ Official Music Html Video.

As a class, we looked at CONTEXT, IRONY, SYMBOLISM, TONE, CONNOTATION, DENOTATION, THEME, SYMBOLISM, ALLUSION, & SHIFTS in all of the above. It was a review of all the things we had studied in first and second quarter. It was also a set up for what we are going to study in third quarter.


We also watched Brad Paisley speak to President Obama at the White House here.


Next time, we will be comparing and contrasting Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcom X.


Have a great Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday, and we'll see you back for a short week!