Biography of a Beatle: Growing Up After WWII

Group work:

Imagine you have been hired to help one of the Beatles write his autobiography.

You have been assigned to work specifically on the chapter discussing the way growing up in Liverpool influenced their Beatle as a young man.

Work in small groups and use your newfound knowledge of history and geography to help your Beatle enrich his book.

8. Divide students into groups of no more than four students each. 

9. You will need Handout 2: The Autobiography of a Beatle

and the handouts for Group 1

Group 2

Group 3 (Required video: Gerry Marsden on "American Music Brought to Liverpool," the Beatles performing "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," George Formby performing "Leaning on a Lamp Post")

Group 4, Group 5 (Required video: "Cunard Yanks," Gerry Marsden on "American Music Brought to Liverpool")

or Group 6 (Required video: "Wabash Cannonball," Gerry Marsden on Skiffle, Graham Nash on Skiffle). 

These contain source materials for each group's section of the autobiography, including photographs, quotations, and videos. 

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