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This lesson focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Students consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance of the poetry of the blues as part Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students examine the roles and contributions of African American women in the Arts as they research the biographies and artistic endeavors of Maya Angelou, Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill. They explore these arts through dance, paint and writing. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discover thematic connections between classical literary and popular song lyrics. Next, students identify poetic devices of sound and sense and relate them to the meaning of the lyrics. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students practice new geometry vocabulary by putting the words to the tune of "Hokey Pokey." students use the lyrics as a guided reading experience. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze the lyrics of protest songs as a catalyst for social change. They discuss the influence of music on behavior and explain the use of music as a means of self-expression. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students become acquainted with the coded lyrics of Follow the Drinking Gourd, Wade in the Water, The Ballad of the Underground Railroad, Get on Board and many other songs of the Slavery era. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the meaning of genre, and specifically investigate the musical genre of grunge. They view and discuss photos, watch the video, "VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam," answer discussion questions, and paraphrase the lyrics to a Pearl Jam song. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students discover how both the North and South used music extensively during the Civil War to rally troops, as recreation, to march by, and many other reasons. They realize that both sides would borrow each other's tunes or lyrics and it wan't uncommon for each side to serenade the other, or for battle to stop while an impromputu concert was held. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students explore the various events, people, and places that have influenced and changed the history of the United States as well as the world. They identify the lyrics of the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire". Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students apply historical/experiential, psychological, literary, and spiritual/religious screens when interpreting Samuel Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan". They analyze and interpret poetic and lyrical symbols and apply a specific screen to finishing a lyrical or poetic interpretation. Students connect personal and/or screened interpretations to canonical ones. Full Review »
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