Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 16: Barriers in Communications

From Robert Frost's 'Mending Wall' to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall,' humankind erects and maintains real and symbolic barriers to protect and defend opposing stances, beliefs and territories. Examples of real walls in history have been the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall. The resulting lack of communication reinforces those barriers, often to detrimental effects. For this unit teachers may select from a variety of interdisciplinary selections including their own materials to best meet the objectives of the specific class. Opportunities exist for a multi-cultural, interdisciplinary approach that incorporates higher order thinking skills, and multiple intelligences.