The Beatles: A Magical Mystery Tour

Interim 2025

Course Resources

General	Syllabus
Websites	The Beatles (Official Website): The official website of The Beatles The Beatles Anthology: The video series we are watching in class George Harrison Commemorative Memorial: If you find yourself driving by Benton, Illinois, you’ll see this as you drive by The Casbah Coffee Club: Where the Beatles truly first started The Cavern Club: Where the Beatles were first discovered The “A Hard Day’s Night” opening chord The Beatles George Harrison once made a huge mistake with some jelly babies Beatle Style: High quality made-to-measure clothing, as seen worn by The Beatles throughout the 60’s
Audio/Video	Somethin’ Else: A song from 1960 by Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (with Ringo on drums) Earliest Known Recording of The Quarrymen - Woolton Village Fete 1957: The tape was recorded on a portable Grundig TK8 by Bob Molyneux, a member of the church’s youth club at the time. Opening scene of the movie Austin Powers: Notice the connections to the film “A Hard Day’s Night” Recreating the opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night”: Recreated by guitarist Randy Bachman Interview with Sheila Bromberg: An interview with the woman who played the harp on the song “She’s Leaving Home” “A Day in the Life” Recreation: A single person recreates the entire song “A Day in the Life” using today’s technology
Groups	Group 1 Sarah MacLean - Laney Klika - Brianna Mahoney - Kirsten Flannigan Group 2 Thomas Stamper - Sam Hamilton - Luke Mabry - Fernanda Pacheco Monroy Group 3 Brooke Meltcher - Hannah Taylor - Ava Santanastasio - Norah Teff Group 4 Brady Snow - Grant Comstock - Will Daniel - Braden Hofmeyer Group 5 Christopher O’leary - David Johnson - Caroline Garris - Marshall Gibbons

Course Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Due
1	Jan 6th (Monday)	Course Introduction WATCH: Beatles Anthology 1 (July ’40 to March ’63)
1	Jan 7th (Tuesday)	WATCH: Beatles Anthology 2 (March ’63 to February ’64)	LISTEN: “Please Please Me” album
1	Jan 8th (Wednesday)	WATCH: Beatles Anthology 3 (February ’64 to July ’64)	LISTEN: “With The Beatles” album
1	Jan 9th (Thursday)	WATCH: A Hard Day’s Night	LISTEN: “A Hard Days Night” album PRESENTATION: Group 1 (The Casbah Coffee Club)
1	Jan 10th (Friday)	WATCH: Beatles Anthology 4 (August ’64 to August ’65)	LISTEN: “Beatles For Sale” album PRESENTATION: Group 2 (The Cavern Club)
2	Jan 13th (Monday)	WATCH: Help	LISTEN: “Help” album PRESENTATION: Group 3 (The Ed Sullivan Show)
2	Jan 14th (Tuesday)	WATCH: Beatles Anthology 5 (August ’65 to July ’66)	LISTEN: “Rubber Soul” album PRESENTATION: Group 4 (Audio Formats - 8-track / cassette / vinyl / CD / etc.)
2	Jan 15th (Wednesday)	WATCH: Beatles Anthology 6 (July ’66 to June ’67)	LISTEN: “Revolver” album PRESENTATION: Group 5 (Mal Evans)
2	Jan 16th (Thursday)	WATCH: Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution	LISTEN: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album PRESENTATION: Group 1 (Is Paul McCartney Dead?)
2	Jan 17th (Friday)	WATCH: Beatles Anthology 7 (June ’67 to July ’68)	PRESENTATION: Group 2 (Geoff Emerick)
3	Jan 20th (Monday)	No Class (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
3	Jan 21st (Tuesday)	WATCH: Magical Mystery Tour	LISTEN: “Magical Mystery Tour” album PRESENTATION: Group 3 (The Beatles’ Relationships: Girlfriends/Marriages) PRESENTATION: Group 4 (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi)
3	Jan 22nd (Wednesday)	WATCH: Yellow Submarine	LISTEN: “Yellow Submarine” album
3	Jan 23rd (Thursday)	WATCH: Beatles Anthology 8 (July ’68 to The End)	LISTEN: “White Album (Part I)” album
3	Jan 24th (Friday)		LISTEN: “White Album (Part II)” album
4	Jan 27th (Monday)	WATCH: Let It Be / Get Back	LISTEN: “Let It Be” album
4	Jan 28th (Tuesday)	WATCH: The Day John Lennon Died	LISTEN: “Abbey Road” album
4	Jan 29th (Wednesday)	WATCH: Across the Universe
4	Jan 30th (Thursday)	WATCH: Various Video Clips