Final Paper[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 3, 4]Participating in an interview with a center director is a required step in obtaining a teaching position. During an interview, a center director is very likely to ask you about lessons you have planned or developed to meet the learning needs of young children.Part 1: Lesson Plan:For the first part of the Final Paper, you will submit the literacy lesson plan that incorporates a piece of children’s literature that you have been working on throughout the course.To prepare for Part 1,Using instructor and peer feedback from previous weeks, modify your lesson plan.Review the Week 5 Lesson Plan Assignment Template that you will use to complete this assignment.Preschoolers 3 to 5 years oldIn your lesson planInclude the contents from Week 1: standard, goal, lesson.Include the contents from Week 2: materials, introduction, lesson procedures, guided practice.Include the contents from Week 3: independent practice, differentiation, closing, assessment.Upload the lesson plan to Waypoint.Part 2: Written Interview Answers: Before any interview, you need to formulate answers for many questions an interviewer may ask. In this portion of the Final Paper, you will prepare written answers to 10 interview questions.To prepare for Part 2,Read Final Paper Helpful Hints.Review the Interview Answers template that you will use to complete this assignment.Locate two credible sources (in addition to the course text) to support your answers.In your paperAnswer the interview questions provided on the template.Upload the completed template to Waypoint.For each question, you shouldIllustrate your response with detailed classroom examples relating to the interview question.Communicate critical thinking and analysis of interview questions in each response.Use at least one credible source to support each answer. (You may use one credible source for more than one answer.)The Final Paper is submitted in two parts.The Part 1: Lesson PlanMust be two to three pages in length.The Part 2: Written Interview AnswersMust be five to six pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) Must use at least two credible sources in addition to the course text. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips. Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Choose ONE of the following questions to answer in short essay format. Each essay should be no more than 600 words, so think carefully about your approach and write clearly and concisely. Make sure to construct an essay and not merely respond mechanically to the questions asked in the prompt. In each essay, you must cite at least one reading, one lecture, and one audio example. All references should be parenthetical and in the body of your text, citing lectures by number, readings by author’s last name and page number, and audio recordings by artist and song name and track timing (as needed). There is no need for the sources cited section since all materials being referenced must be from the course. There is no need to restate the question, just reference it by number. All work will be screened for potential plagiarism issues by Turnitin. Choosing the Creative Option replaces one required essay, but you still need to write one.1. What musical, social, and technological changes occurred after World War II with respect to blues and blues culture (your response should at least reference various ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors of the “Great Migration”)? How are rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll related? What issues surfaced (or were hidden) in the transitional from one style to the next? Give a few specific examples to support your argument. 
2. There have been several significant “revivals” of interest in the blues, beginning in the 1930s/40s as folklorists searched to discover and preserve rural blues, in the 1960s as American and British fans rediscovered the music, in the 1980s following the popularity of The Blues Brothers, and again in and around 2003 celebrating “100 years of the blues” (with the release of the Martin Scorsese documentary). What are some salient issues that surround these revivals? In other words, what are the overlapping—and at times conflicting—motivations of blues musicians, fans, collectors, promoters, researchers, advertisers, record labels, and more? In your answer, touch on some of the main issues and discuss at least one example from this Unit in some depth. 
3. In what ways was Jimi Hendrix the most ‘authentic’ and ‘inauthentic’ blues musician of his generation? What aspects of his stage show and music played with these preconceptions? Are there lessons from Hendrix’s music/career that could be extended to the modern-day? Explain.
4. How did Janis Joplin’s experience as arguably the only female rock star at a time when rock was an all-boys club affect her life and music? What was the patriarchal discourse around rock music and female sexuality at that time? Are things different now? In what ways might patriarchal ideas continue to shape and inflect various contemporary music genres? Give at least one specific example. 
5. What is the state of the blues today? Why, according to some critics and scholars, was the late 1960s a “high-water mark” for interest in the blues? Has an interest in the blues waned since that time? Or how might we argue for the increased relevance of the blues and a ‘blues ethos’ in the contemporary moment? In your answer please identify and discuss at least one song (outside of the course) from the last decade or so that you believe comments powerfully on the social reality of our time. This does not have to be a “blues” song, only something you think makes an important commentary on the times. Explain your thoughts and provide reasons for your choice. In your discussion, you should also highlight at least one blues song we’ve looked at in the course that commented compellingly on its times. Do you think historians 50 or 100 years from now will be discussing the song you chose in similar ways?