Course Materials
The Beatles: Across the Curriculum


Hardware and Software
  • 1.  Personal Computer
     486x66 CPU (Pentium Recommended)
      32MB RAM Recommended
      4x CD ROM (8x or higher recommended)
      Windows '95 or '98
      28.8 Baud Modem (Higher recommended)
      800 x 600 Display Resolution Setting
      Printer
      Browser: Netscape 4.6 or higher

      MacIntosh Reqirements
     32 MB of RAM Recommended
      4x CD ROM (8X or higher recommended)
      28.8 Baud Modem
      800 x 600 Display Resolution Setting
      Printer
      Browser: Netscape 4.6 or higher
  • 2.  A modem, perferably a 28.8 or faster
  • 3.  An Internet Service Provider
  • 4.  Internet Browser either Netscape Communicator 4.7 or higher (recommended) or  Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
  •  Netscape can be downloaded from one of the following sites:   
    Tucows.com          Netscape.com
  • 5.  A personal E-mail account
  • All students are required to have an email account. If you do not have one, get a free account from http://www.yahoo.com
  • 6.  A Homestead free Web site account from http://www.homestead.com
  • 7.  Word processing software, either Microsoft Word (recommended) or Word Perfect
  • 8.  Graphics or Paint program (free demo downloads are available on the WWW)
  • 9.  Other software downloads as described in the course.
  • 10.  You will need some type of listening device to listen to The Beatle's music.  It is recommended that you have a record player, a cassette player, or CD player depending on the format of your Beatle music.

 
Recommended Texts
Although these text books are not required for the course, they may be helpful in researching some of the activities described in various units.  Please feel free to check out any of these books from your local library.
THE ULTIMATE BEATLES ENCLOPEDIA HARRY, BILL
A CELLARFUL OF NOISE EPSTEIN, B.
McCARTNEY, THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY SALEWICZ, M.
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS/THE MAKING OF SGT. PEPPER MARTIN, G
THE LOVE YOU MAKE/AN INSIDER'S STORY OF THE BEATLES BROWN, P.
IN HIS OWN WRITE LENNON, J.
A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS LENNON, J.
DARK HORSE/THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GEORGE HARRISON GIULIANO, G.
THE LOST BEATLE INTERVIEWS GIULIANO, G.
THE COMPLETE BEATLES QUIZ BOOK GOODGOLD, E.
THE BEATLES/PHOTOGRAPHS FREEMAN, R.
THE BEATLES A HARD DAY'S NIGHT LESTER, R.
THE BEATLES ULTIMATE
RECORDING GUIDE		 WIENER,A.
THE BEATLES FOREVER SCHAFFNER, N.
THE BEATLES YENNE, BILL
THE BEATLES ALBUM DELANO, J.
THE BEATLES STOKES, G.
THE COMPLETE BEATLES LEWISOHN, M.
IMAGINE SOLT, A.
THE BEATLES QUOTE UNQUOTE DAVIS, A.
THE ILLUSTRATED PAUL McCARTNEY GIULANO, J.

 
 
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