Collaboration Canvas

For this collaboration canvas, I picked one pertaining to World War II.  Music had a very strong influence on the people living through the hard times, especially jazz music.  The original canvas was based on whether or not atomic bombs were truly necessary for the U.S. to win the war.  I took a different spin and wanted to inform my students about something not as controversial, like the music that people were listening to that served as their escape from the hardships of war and living through the Great Depression.  Swing, jazz, and pop orchestras were growing in popularity at this time, since living through events, like the bombings in Japan, were full of anger, sadness, and terror.  All the people wanted to do was put on their dancing shoes and forget the troubles going on.  I figured I would bring this part of history onto the lighter side of what was going on beyond the atomic weapons and the war.

Remixed Canvas