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Students explore the aims of artists working in various contemporary art movements, then create works in a similar art style to convey Full Review »
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Students listen and explore how African-American culture relates to learning Spanish as a foreign language. Poetry, music, and history are utilized while learning about Langston Hughes and Nicolas Guillen. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore how Irish folk songwriters express their feelings about Ireland through song. They write songs expressing their own feelings about their homeland. Full Review »
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Students discuss significant figures in music history and read an article about the Smithsonian's Hip-Hop exhibit. In groups, they develop and curate an exhibition of hip-hop music and history using artifacts that represent relevant people and events. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students research the history of the blues and relate the development of this genre of music to the African-American experience in America. They explore the relationship between the quest for civil rights and the music that relates to it. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research protest songs of the Vietnam War era. They search for information on the artists and motivation for the lyrics. They interview people who remember the music from that era and bring back information they found. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students the influence of women's music in history and the suffrage movement. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the patriotic songs of the 1940's and compare them to those of today. They identify elements that classify a song as patriotic, listen to several examples and complete Venn diagrams contrasting different examples. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students take a virtual field trip to Memphis, Tennessee in their study of the blues, its characterisitics, founding fathers, and histororical influence on modern music. They compose blues lyrics that reflect present-day attitudes and concerns. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students read Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In groups, they divide Act 2 and add a new character or direction to the plot. They reinterpret the scene as a musical, using contemporary songs. Full Review »
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