HUM 100 Grantham University Complete Artifact Worksheet ARTIFACT: Thor’s HammerPlease complete the worksheet in full and make sure your answers are detaile

HUM 100 Grantham University Complete Artifact Worksheet ARTIFACT: Thor’s HammerPlease complete the worksheet in full and make sure your answers are detailed There can be no plagiarism at all HUM 100 Module Four Worksheet
This worksheet will serve as a practice activity for your Project 1 submission. Complete the worksheet by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant
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In the first column of the worksheet, you will find the questions from Project 1.
In the second column of the worksheet, you will find strategies and answers to those questions, based on an artifact from the humanities: the song “All
Shook Up,” written by Otis Blackwell and sung by Elvis Presley.
After reviewing the strategies and the examples of answers provided, practice answering these questions in the third column, based on the artifact you
chose for Project 1 in Module Two.
Note: You will be submitting your Project 1 artifact chart in Module Six, so take this opportunity to identify any questions you may struggle with and reach out to
your instructor with any questions or concerns you have.
Question (from Project 1)
I. Describe the artifact in detail. For instance,
how would you describe it to someone who
could not see it? [You practiced this in Module
Two.]
II. Choose elements of the artifact that you
believe are most important to how you
experience it and explain why. For instance,
what particularly catches your senses or makes
you want to keep experiencing it? Does the
choice of medium impact your experience? [You
studied elements of artifacts and how we
experience them in Module Two.]
Potential Strategies for Answering Questions
Your response might include basic and technical details about
the artifact, such as its medium, who made it, where it comes
from, and what area of the humanities it belongs to: “All Shook
Up” is an American rock-and-roll song, written by Otis Blackwell
and sung by Elvis Presley, recorded and released in 1957. The
song is approximately two minutes long.
You could also describe what the artifact depicts, what it is
about: In the song Elvis sings about the symptoms that he is
experiencing from being in love and how they affect him
physically and mentally when he is both around and away from
the woman he is in love with.
Think about the senses you use to experience the artifact and
the attributes that impact your senses: “All Shook Up” is
primarily experienced aurally, through sound, by listening to it,
as it is a piece of music. Most important are the lead vocals by
Elvis, but the guitar, drum set, and piano, along with other
instruments, are also important to the sound. The chorus, “I’m
in love/I’m all shook up/Mm mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay” is
particularly catchy because of the way it sounds.
Practice Answers
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III. State your opinion on what you believe is the
purpose of this artifact and the success of the
creator in achieving the purpose. For instance,
what message do you believe the creator is
trying to express, and is that message
successfully expressed? [You examined this in
Module Two.]
IV. Discuss how the artifact reflects the culture
(or context) in which it exists. Be sure to address
what aspects of culture have relevance for this
artifact: politics, history, religion, social
perceptions, technology, media, education, and
Potential Strategies for Answering Questions
Consider the medium of the artifact, the way the medium
affects your experience: When the song was released, it was
originally a vinyl record, though it could also be heard as sound
waves on the radio, and, today it can be experienced as an
audio file on a computer. One can also locate video of Elvis
performing it live. A person alive in the 1950s could have
experienced the song live in person. This would be a different
experience since he or she would have been surrounded by a
lot of screaming fans. Music can be experienced in a variety of
places, either socially (at a bar or diner) or alone, and what is
going on around the listener at the time can affect the
experience.
Lastly, one can experience the song to some degree as a kind of
poetry simply by reading the lyrics.
“All Shook Up” is intended to present the physical and mental
state of being in love, one of the big themes of human
existence. However, the main purpose of this song seems to
have been to entertain and to earn money for the artists
involved and the recording label, RCA. The lyrics of the song are
not highly profound, which suggests they are mainly there for
the sound. The song is also quite short, suggesting it is meant to
be a quick diversion. The song was successful in all of these
purposes because it was at the top of a number of popular
music charts for a month or more. This could be because it
accurately captured the feeling of being in love and was
therefore appealing to its audience, because the sound was
catchy and danceable, or a combination of these things. Its
success made money, and the song has remained well known
until today, so its purposes continue to be fulfilled.
“All Shook Up” is part of the rock-and-roll revolution that took
place in the 1950s and marked new developments in music.
Rock and roll is uniquely American as it combines AfricanAmerican musical influences and country-western and folk. This
combination reflected the breaking down of racial barriers in
Practice Answers
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so on. In other words, how do the artifact and its
culture interrelate? [You learned about this in
Modules One through Three.]
Potential Strategies for Answering Questions
America after World War II, as people migrated to cities from all
over the country, and, in fact, the creator of “All Shook Up,”
Otis Blackwell, was an African American songwriter, while the
song was sung by the white Elvis Presley.
Practice Answers
Songs of rock and roll exploded in popularity at this time
because young people in the 1950s wanted to rebel against the
strictures of the past. After the horrors of World War II,
Americans also were looking for a sense of release and fun that
was filled by songs like “All Shook Up.”
V. Use the artifact to discuss how acts of creative
expression impact and are impacted by the
people and situations that surround it. How
might the artifact and the person who created it
have impacted each other? For instance, how
might the geographic location where the artifact
was made, the materials used to create the
artifact, the medium of the creative process, or
the environment where the artifact is displayed
influenced the creator’s life or future creative
work? How might the artifact and the culture or
context in which it was created have impacted
each other? For instance, does the artifact add
to the understanding of the culture from which
it was created? What contributions does it make
to continuing on a dialogue about that culture
Technology played a part in the growth of rock and roll too. It
has been said that the grinding rhythms of rock reflect the
sounds of machinery and automobiles that were part of
industrialization in postwar America. The invention of
instruments such as the drum set and electric guitar was
essential for the sound of “All Shook Up,” and the growth of
radio as a medium ensured its promotion to the public.
Influence of geographic location on the creators: “All Shook Up”
was recorded in Hollywood, and the commercial atmosphere
there led to the promotion of Elvis as a star. He would appear
on TV and in movies and became a celebrity and an American
icon. Because of the success of the song, Otis Blackwell was
hired to work for Elvis Presley Music in New York City, which
contributed to his ability to continue writing influential hit
songs.
Impact on the culture in which it was created: “All Shook Up,” as
part of rock and roll, contributed to a wide range of cultural
changes in the United States and worldwide.
The song was a hit on both the R&B and country charts in
America, demonstrating an appeal that crossed racial lines. It
has been said that the trans-racial nature of rock and roll
helped usher in the Civil Rights Movement.
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and the importance of its artifacts? [You looked
at these ideas in Module Three.]
Potential Strategies for Answering Questions
The song is also overt in its sexuality (“Her lips are like a volcano
when it’s hot”), which anticipates the openness of the sexual
revolution that would begin in the 1960s.
Practice Answers
The words of the song, which emphasize casual speech and
slang (“A well’a bless my soul/What’sa wrong with me?/I’m
itchin’ like a man in a fuzzy tree”) also helped shape American
everyday language.
Its popularity contributed to the growth of popular culture itself
and the massive influence of rock and roll on numerous facets
of American life, from social behavior to fashion.
VI. Pose questions you have after thinking
deeply about this artifact. What more do you
want to know regarding:
a. The relationship between human culture and
expression
b. Your personal assumptions about artifacts of
this sort and why they exist
c. How your values have shaped and are shaped
by your expression and that of others
d. The relationship between the possible intent
of the creator and your own interpretation of its
meaning [You learned about this in Module
Three.]
VII. Speculate on how you would go about
answering these questions. For instance, what
sorts of things would you study about these
Clearly, the example of “All Shook Up” shows that artifacts in
the humanities can have a great influence on culture well
beyond their own creation as works of artistic value.
What was the culture like when the song was created?
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How could the culture have influenced Otis Blackwell?
Why did Otis Blackwell write this song? What might he have
been trying to express?
I know that Elvis was popular in the 1950s; why did he choose
to sing this song?
How might listening to this song shape the values of listeners in
the time that the song was released?
Would the lyrics have the same impact on the values of
listeners if the song were released today?
I would do research on the artifact itself and the history of the
time. I could find biographies of the creators involved. I might
look at newspaper articles from the time and books written on
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kinds of artifacts and their contexts that might
begin addressing these questions?
Potential Strategies for Answering Questions
the artifact and the culture that created it. I could also find
information on the influence of the artifact since it was created.
Practice Answers

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