Genre: Hip hop
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The Water Walker: Indigenous Wisdom and Water Contamination
In what ways do Indigenous views of water align with scientific views, and how do Indigenous activists use artistic expression to advocate for water protection?
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The Water Walker: Indigenous Wisdom and Water Contamination
In what ways do indigenous views of water align with scientific views, and how do indigenous activists use artistic expression to advocate for water protection?
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Contemporary Latin Artists and Activism
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Latin Music and Culture in U.S. History
Through ten lessons, students will explore different people, music, events, and places that helped shape Latin music and culture in the United States. Students will discover how Latin Music like Salsa, Latin Rock, Tejano, Bossa Nova, Swing, and Chicana Punk reflect the experiences of Latin people living in the...
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Miguel
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Bad Bunny
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Cardi B
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Contemporary Latin Artists and Activism
How are contemporary Latin artists pursuing activism and promoting positive change in their communities?
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What Makes a Great Front Person in Music?
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Run-DMC
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Creating a Personal Logo
How can a logo help communicate a person or group’s unique personality?
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Gil Scott-Heron
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Missy Elliott
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Math and the Music Industry
Math is inherent in the music industry. Whether calculating touring costs, analyzing industry data, or determining fan engagement on social media, math interprets numerous aspects of the music industry. Through five lessons, students practice math skills within the context of the music industry. Utilizing important artists as case studies, students...
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Using Ratios to Identify Social Media Engagement
How can ratios be used to identify a music artist’s social media audience engagement?
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Signature Style in Art and Album Covers
How have visual artists worked with musicians without compromising their style?
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ChocQuibTown
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Rap Like ChocQuibTown with LADAMA
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Civic Environmentalism
Civic environmentalism is a collective action to address critical environmental issues and implement solutions through democratic processes that will result in an improved and sustainable community. Through six lessons, students identify, analyze, and explore specific details and events related to the origins of the environmental movement in the United States...
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Third-Wave Feminism: Women’s Rights and Music in the 1990s
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Janelle Monáe
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Swing Down: Afrofuturism & Flight in the Black Imagination
What is Afrofuturism and what are some of the cultural traditions and historical events that inspired and reinforced it?
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Drake
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Thundercat
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The Reclamation of the American Cowboy
How has the image and history of the American cowboy been reclaimed in the 21st Century?
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The Roots of Hip Hop
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Chance the Rapper
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H.E.R.
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Tyler, The Creator
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Nicki Minaj
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Beyoncé
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DAMN.: The Art and Importance of Storytelling
How do Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN. and the work of photojournalist Gordon Parks tell stories that bring attention to social issues?
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Gorillaz
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Mavis Staples
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Big Freedia
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Lizzo
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Jamila Woods
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The Science and Civics of the Flint Water Crisis (Elementary/Middle School School Version)
What is the Flint water crisis, and why did it occur?
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The Science and Civics of the Flint Water Crisis (High School Version)
What is the Flint water crisis, and why did it occur?
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Third Wave: Women’s Rights and Music in the 1990s
What was Third Wave Feminism, why did it occur, and how did musicians address some of the movement’s demands?
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#BlackLivesMatter: Music in a Movement
How have musicians responded to the Black Lives Matter movement?
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Kanye and Katrina: Environmental Racism in New Orleans
What was Hurricane Katrina, and how did Black Americans articulate the frustrations they felt in its aftermath?
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“Alright” and the History of Black Protest Songs
How have Black artists throughout the 20th century used music to speak about racial injustice in America?
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Cleaning up the Plastic Beach (Elementary School Version)
What is plastic, how is it harmful for the environment, and how can it be used more responsibly?
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Cleaning up the Plastic Beach (Middle School/High School Version)
How is plastic made, how does it affect our marine environments, and how can plastic waste be eliminated?
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Celebrating Community with Art and Poetry (High School Version)
What different types of communities exist, and how do the people in our communities impact us?
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Celebrating Community with Art and Poetry (Elementary School Version)
What different types of communities exist, and how do the people in our communities impact us?
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100 Years of Dance
Why might people dance, and how have dance trends changed in America since the 1920s?
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The Latin Rhythms of “Despacito”
What Latin American genres inspired Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s hit song “Despacito”?
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“See You Again”: How We Mourn with Music
How does music help us remember people we are close to, or those we have lost?
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The Ethics of Sampling
What makes a work of art “original,” and how does the use of “sampling” technology in Hip Hop challenge perceptions of “originality”?
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Rhythm as a Representation of People and Place
How does “the beat” of popular music reflect the histories of multiethnic populations and places?
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Sampling: The Foundation of Hip Hop
How is the re-use and re-purposing of existing music at the heart of the Hip Hop recording experience?
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Bo Diddley: The Grandfather of Hip Hop?
How were Bo Diddley’s recordings an anomaly in relation to 1950s Pop music, and how is his rhythm-driven sound and self-presentation a precursor to Hip Hop style?
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Artists Protest McCarthyism
How were musicians and artists affected by McCarthyism in 1950s America?
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Gospel Music and the Birth of Soul
How did Gospel influence American popular music?
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Seventies Soul: The Soundtrack of Turbulent Times
How did changes in the Soul music of the early 1970s reflect broader shifts in American society during that time?
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Divergent Paths in the 1990s: Gangsta Rap and Conscious Hip Hop
How did Gangsta Rap and Conscious Hip Hop respond to the social and political conditions of the 1990s?
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The Roots of Hip Hop
What are the roots of Hip Hop?