Description
Engage students through media while exploring the history of the cowboy in American media and how those traditions continue today.
Students will look at and analyze a variety of media including a short movie clip, a country music video, and country/western music. Students will look at common tropes and themes found in the cowboy myth such as gunfights, rodeo, cattle roping, and outlaws.
Includes both PPT and Google Slides Editions
What’s Included:
✎ Suggested Media Links
✎ 50 Slide PPT
✎ Key Song Lyrics
✎The Iconography of the Cowboy
✎ The Cowboy in American Culture