Overview
This collection presents popular music as an entry point for developing student skills in textual analysis, reading comprehension, persuasive writing, and other ELA skills. Covering a wide range of genres, these lessons ask students to conduct poetic analysis of Bob Dylan lyrics, write press releases on controversial issues in Hip-Hop, and conduct in-class debates on musical censorship in Heavy Metal. The collection includes lessons built upon structured academic controversies surrounding female empowerment, cultural appropriation, and Bob Dylan receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Lessons
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Divergent Paths in the 1990s: Gangsta Rap and Conscious Hip Hop
Grades:
High
Subjects:
ELA, Social Studies/History
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Mainstream Metal, Parental Advisories, and Censorship
Grades:
High, Middle
Subjects:
ELA, General Music, Social Studies/History
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Debating Cultural Appropriation
Grades:
AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects:
ELA, Social Emotional Learning, Social Studies/History