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- 1st - 2nd
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Students freeze-dance to hip hop music. They, in groups, transfer the frozen pose from a vertical position to a horizontal one and then trace the pose onto brightly colored paper. They decorate the cut-outs with designs and symbols. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the origin and elements of Hip Hop music and the associated culture. They visit websites and listen to examples of the music. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students identify the genre of music called Hip Hop, analyze its elements, and formulate a definition of the Hip Hop culture. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students study the various geographic regions of the U.S. and discuss how popular music is influenced by cultural/regional factors. Groups choose East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, or South in rap/hip hop music and create a PowerPoint or website about it. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students identify and employ non violent methods/tactics to bring about social change as exemplified in hip hop culture. They examine hip hop as a form of political activism. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students identify, research, and discuss similarities between the Civil Rights Movement and the grassroots hip hop movement in America. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students create found poetry using lines from hip hop songs and Shakespeare's plays. They try to rewrite the words to music so that more people can explain Shakespeare's plays. They discuss the results of the activity. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students compare lyrics from hip hop songs with monologues from Shakespeare's plays, and perform both for the class. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students explore poetry through jazz, rap, and hip hop music. They discover the common threads that run through the poetry and music. Students design their own lyrics to a jazz, rap, or hip hop selection and share their songs with the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate why the hip hop is sometimes called the CNN of black youth. They explore the political themes in American hip hop. Students examine the connection between art, media and social justice in hip hop. Full Review »
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