Genre: Disco/EDM

Student Edition:
The Origins of Disco

Grades: High
Subjects: ELA, Social Studies/History

lesson:
The Origins of Disco

Grades: High
Subjects: ELA, Ethnic Studies, General Music, Social Studies/History

What are the cultural, economic, and geographic origins of Disco and how has the genre been presented, remembered, and represented in popular culture?

lesson:
Steve Aoki and Growth Mindset

Grades: Elementary 4-6, High, Middle
Subjects: Social Emotional Learning

How can our brains be shaped by our mindset, and how has a growth mindset helped Steve Aoki become one of the most successful DJs and record producers in the world?

Trace It Back:
Steve Aoki

Trace It Back:
Thundercat

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High, Middle

Trace It Back:
Betty Davis

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High, Middle

lesson:
“Y’all Better Quiet Down”: Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ Pioneers

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Social Studies/History

How did Black and Latinx people in the LGBTQ+ community take initiative in the Stonewall Inn rebellions, Gay Liberation Movement, and in the preservation of LGBTQ+ history?

lesson:
Art, Music, and the AIDS Epidemic

Grades: AP/Honors/101, High
Subjects: Art/Design, Social Emotional Learning, Social Studies/History

How did the LGTBQ+ community creatively respond to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, and protest government inaction in addressing the epidemic?

lesson:
100 Years of Dance

Grades: Elementary 4-6, Middle
Subjects: General Music

Why might people dance, and how have dance trends changed in America since the 1920s?

lesson:
The Rise of Disco

Grades: High
Subjects: Art/Design, General Music, Social Studies/History

How did Disco relate to the sentiments and social movements of the 1970s?