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Hip-Hop: A Journalist's View

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a CNN television news special about hip-hop and write a review. Using the internet, they investigate the pros and cons of the music while interviewing students on their opinions. They examine the growth of this type of...
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Rap Music and Hip-Hop

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils explore rap and hip hop music. In this music and culture lesson, students experience the music of Will Smith in order to work on language and communication skills such as rhyming words, writing, and public speaking.
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Country's Music

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Jazz, Blue Grass, Hip Hop, Swing. Gospel, R&B, Ragtime, Disco. So many music genres born in the USA. After reading an article about the fate of New Orlean's Jazz after Hurricane Katrina, class members investigate the life cycles of...
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And You Don't Stop - 30 Years of Hip-Hop

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss the role of the rapper in Hip Hop music and how the rapper promoted their group's DJ. They compose a short rap about a fellow student highlighting that student's accomplishments and good traits.
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And You Don't Stop - 30 Years of Hip-Hop, Episode 2, Lesson 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss Public Enemy's lyrics and compare and contrast them with songs popular during the Civil Rights Movement. They write their own rap song that expresses feelings of oppression or freedom from oppression.
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Hip Hop Dance Cut Outs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students research visual art by examining art on-line. For this art expression lesson, students discuss the history of art after researching information on the Internet. Students view images on the web which feature physical movement and...
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Music And Violence: What Message is Music Promoting To Our Youth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars analyze several pieces of music and videos to examine how popular musicians and their music affect us as individuals and as a society. The perception of society's ideals, hypocrisy in government, and injustice are explored.
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Create a Popstar

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars develop an awareness of one's media and consumer habits. They recognize advertising techniques, such as the use of celebrity spokespersons and music.
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Transistor Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars locate transistor devices in school. They explain the importance of transistors.
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A Guide Through the Culture of the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the history of blues music and discover how it relates to the music of today. As a class, they listen to the drum songs of Africa and compare it to the use of drums in pop music today. Using the internet, they...
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Rap as a Modern Poetic Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write and listen to rap songs. They discover how common themes in rap are indicative of the problems, as well as the empowerments, that can be seen in our urban cultures today. They discover how rap is actually an evolution of...

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