OUTLAWS & ARMADILLOS: COUNTRY’S ROARING ’70S
Lesson Materials for Grades 3-6
This interdisciplinary lesson guide allows classrooms to explore the exhibition Outlaws and Armadillos: Country’s Roaring ‘70s on view at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum® from May 25, 2018 – February 14, 2021.
Biographies
Outlaw biographies are referenced and included in the teacher’s guides for classroom instruction.
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Billy Joe Shaver
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Guy Clark
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Jack Clement
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Tompall Glaser
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Tom Hall
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Jessi Colter
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Marcia Ball
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Marshall Chapman
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Susanna Clark
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Bobby Bare
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Waylon Jennings
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Willie Nelson
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Kris Kristofferson
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Shel Silverstein
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Doug Sahm
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Townes Van Zandt
Images
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Lesson 1: Outlaws & Armadillos artwork created by Jim Franklin. -
Lesson 2: Mike Tolleson, co-founded of Armadillo World Headquarters, kept this stuffed armadillo in his office. He named it Arturo. -
Lesson 2: Bandana worn by Willie Nelson in the 1970s. -
Lesson 2: Willie Nelson gave Bobby Bare this hat--embellished with a mink skull, gemstone, feathers, and snake skin--in the early 1970s. -
Lesson 2: This wagon wheel was propped at the front entrance of the Broken Spoke dance hall for many years. -
Lesson 2: Austin, Texas bootmaker Charlie Dunn made this pair of cowboy boots for Guy Clark. -
Lesson 2: This painting by Susanna Clark was used as cover art for Willie Nelson's album Stardust in 1978. -
Lesson 2: Jerry Jeff Walker performed in this sleeveless Lee denim jacket embellished with embroidery and patches. -
Lesson 2: Backing board from a Bally six-card bingo pinball machine. Tompall Glaser installed a similar model at this Nashville recording studio, Hillbilly Central. -
Lesson 2: Shel Silverstein used this hard-traveled and weather-worn classical guitar to write many of his songs. He later gave it to his best friend and frequent collaborator, Bobby Bare. -
Lesson 2: Sneakers worn by Willie Nelson in the 1970s. -
Lesson 2: Suede blouse and skirt worn by Jessi Colter on the cover of her album, That's the Way a Cowboy Rocks and Rolls (1978). -
Lesson 2: Austin, Texas radio station poster promoting KOKE-FM. -
Lesson 2: Souvenir t-shirt from Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic, 1975. -
Lesson 2: Townes Van Zandt owned this poncho with "…and Lefty" appliqued to the front. Van Zandt wrote and recorded the #1 country hit "Pancho and Lefty." -
Lesson 2: Army Captain and Airborne Ranger Kris Kristofferson's military jacket. Kristofferson resigned his commission in 1965 and moved to Nashville to become a professional songwriter. -
Lesson 2: Waylon Jennings's signature black cowboy hat. -
Lesson 2: Waylon Jennings's folio containing handwritten lyrics. -
Lesson 4: Willie Nelson performing live in Texas. -
Lesson 4: Willie Nelson recording in a Nashville studio.
Lyric Sheets
Lyric sheets are referenced and included in the teacher’s guides for classroom instruction.
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Act Naturally
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Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
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Daddy What If
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Me and Paul
Recordings
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Worksheets
Activity sheets are referenced and included in the teacher’s guide for classroom instruction.
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Anticipation Guide
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Lesson 1
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Lesson 3
Videos
Videos are referenced in the teacher’s guide for classroom instruction.