Timeline: Trace the history of American popular music in the 1970s. Include dates, major styles, genres, people, companies, new instruments, recording techniques. events, publications/recordings, and representative pieces of music. When finished, the timelines should prove useful for quick study reference. Strive to be as thorough as possible.
2. Summary: Include a summary of the pertinent historical information that helps your reader to understand the “big picture.” (500 words)

Instructions-
Outside sources may be consulted.
One article fromOxford Music Online
The historical summaries must use parenthetical references when required.
Works Cited is required.
All essays are to be original compositions. Paraphrasing and quotations are not permitted.
Sources to Avoid

The library has provided us with a list of web sites that are considered not to be suitable of reliable sources of information
Wikipedia.com
Yahoo! Answers
Wiki Answers
About.com
Bytes.com
Suite101.com
Chacha.com
Articlebase.com

All infromation must come from the book:
An Introduction to America’s Music. 2ed. by Richard Crawford and Larry Hamberlin.