TeachRock

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The Roaring 1920s featuring Josephine Baker, George Gershwin, and Harry Pace

How did the economic and political policies of the 1920s affect American businesspeople, cultural figures, politicians, and activists?

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Indigenous Voices in Global Environmental Protection

How do Indigenous perspectives contribute to international environmental protection policies?

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Native Americans and Westward Expansion featuring Redbone

What were the experiences of Native Americans during Westward Expansion and how did the U.S. government use music and other aspects of culture to force assimilation on Native Americans?

Student Edition:
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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Palm Oil – The Environmental Impact

How have palm oil plantations impacted indigenous communities in Indonesia and the global climate as a whole, and how have activists and musicians spread awareness about the issue?

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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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Colombian Cumbia: African, Indigenous, and Spanish Roots of Rhythm

What is Cumbia, and how do you play its traditional rhythms?

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The Myth of the American Cowboy

How did Westward Expansion and the idea of Manifest Destiny inform the image of the cowboy in American culture?

Student Edition:
What is Cultural Appropriation?

Student Edition:
What is Cultural Identity?

Student Edition:
The Music Behind the Red Power Movement

Student Edition:
Indigenous Music: From Wounded Knee to The Billboard Charts

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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?

Student Edition:
The Indigenous Roots of Rock and Roll

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The Music and Poetry Behind the Red Power Movement

What was the Red Power movement, and what role did Folk and Country music play within it?

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Negotiating Native Identity through Art, Poetry and Music

How have Native American musicians, poets, and visual artists negotiated their identity, and what role does physical space play in these negotiations?

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Debating Cultural Appropriation

What is cultural appropriation, how does it affect Native American communities, and should it be regulated by law?

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The Indigenous Roots of Rock and Roll

What does Link Wray’s biography say about how Native Americans lived in the first half of the 20th century, and what role did Wray’s upbringing have on his music?

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Indigenous Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts

In what ways did the music of Native Americans mark them as outsiders from the developing narratives of “American-ness” in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and how did the federal government attempt to use music as a tool to force assimilation?

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Sun City: A Musical Force Against Apartheid – Part 2

What was South African apartheid, and how did musicians unite to challenge it?

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Sun City: A Musical Force Against Apartheid – Part 1

What was South African apartheid, and how did musicians unite to challenge it?