In 2010, Kentucky-based musicians Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore released the album Dear Companion on Sub Pop Records. Seeped in Folk and Bluegrass traditions, Dear Companion is a protest album at heart: Sollee and Moore pay tribute to the great Appalachian Mountains of their home while warning of their destruction through a process known as mountaintop removal. Watch them …
[x_video_embed type=”16:9″][/x_video_embed] Imagine a Social Emotional Learning Program so innovative and so engaging that it results in positive school change in just a few short weeks. While using popular music as a springboard, TeachRock’s transformative Daily SEL Lessons focus on five key competencies: Self Awareness Self Management Relationship Skills Responsible Decision-Making Social Awareness TeachRock’s Daily SEL Lessons ensure that all …
This Saturday is Earth Day! To celebrate, we’re showcasing new lessons throughout the rest of the month that acknowledge, honor, and advocate for our natural environment. Our little Earth Day mascot this year was drawn by Brazilian artist Henrique Gomes, and is part of the resources now available for the new and improved lesson Joropo: Music Inspired by Nature from the High …
Happy National Poetry Month! To celebrate, we are showcasing some of our favorite poets featured in TeachRock lessons: Amanda Goreman The daughter of a 6th grade English teacher in Los Angeles, Amanda Goreman always had a passion for reading and writing. By her early 20s, she had already authored two collections of poetry, The One for Whom Food Is Not …
New Lesson Alert! TeachRock is thrilled to publish our next lesson from an ongoing new collection focusing on the music of the Civil Rights Era. “Student Activism and Music During the Civil Rights Movement” examines the powerful role student activists played in fighting for equality in public schools and in other public spaces, including the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Brown …
Freeport music teacher Stephanie Arnell wanted her students to learn about farmworker rights activist Dolores Huerta, so she played two songs associated with her life to the sixth-graders. For a lesson on the Jim Crow South, she turned to The Beatles and their refusal to perform before a segregated audience in Florida. Her classroom at Caroline G. Atkinson school is …
TeachRock’s newest Partner School, Red Bank Middle School in Chattanooga, TN has shared an exciting update on the impact of TeachRock’s new Social Emotional Learning Mini Lessons. Red Bank Principal, Dr. Ginger Frady, reports that this TeachRock content has been transformative for her campus. Our TeachRock Lessons are delivered to Students at Red Bank during their 12 minute homeroom period. …
In 2017, the state of Wisconsin enacted a new Civics requirement: All students must pass the U.S. Citizenship Exam to receive their high school diploma. Passing the 100 question test has become an obstacle to graduation for many students. So teachers and key leaders at Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) hatched a plan–use TeachRock resources to make Civics engaging and help …
Connecticut is turning to music in an effort to get kids more interested in school and help combat the learning loss suffered during the pandemic. Governor Ned Lamont and state education officials announced Tuesday that Connecticut’s public schools will be integrating a curriculum called TeachRock, the brainchild of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steven Van Zandt and his nonprofit …
DECEMBER 9, 2020 11:25AM ET On December 21st, Van Zandt and TeachRock will present Stand With Teachers, an hour-long event featuring performances by Eddie Vedder and Margo Price. Others slated to appear include Steven’s wife Maureen Van Zandt plus their Sopranos colleagues Steve Buscemi and Vincent Pastore, along with Whoopi Goldberg, Melle Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Tom Morello, Edward Norton, …
