Musicians often have messages in songs that relate to protest and/or activism. Here's Jay Z at London's Wireless Festival in 2013. Probably the best concert photo I've ever taken!
I was out of the building at a 9th Grade Success meeting, so students listened to music related to activism with my guest teacher, Ms. Mak! Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Behavior LT 3: I can communicate and work effectively within a team or group.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the role and impacts of social hierarchies.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Knowledge LT 16: I can explain the process of change and continuity in a society, place, or region.
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the role and impacts of social hierarchies.
Soundtrack: "Born this Way" by Lady Gaga. Selected for today because it is a song that advocates for a cause: namely, LGBTQ recognition and empowerment. Lyrics here.
AGENDA 12/11/19:
News Brief – Tyler H.
Songs for Activism
Share Out
Activism Project Work Time
News Brief: Tyler H. had the news brief today and selected an article about a story involving the United States to talk about. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Tyler A. was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Songs for Activism: This was the assignment that I passed out last class, after we looked at and listened to some examples of songs about a particular issue or event:
The idea here was to have some fun in listening to music (which almost everyone enjoys!) and see how music as an art form can be used to further a cause (like the one you are working on for your project)! Please make sure that this assignment is turned in - everyone had to do their own copy, even if students were working with a partner.
Listen to the Music: Next, students presented their songs to the class as we looked at the lyrics and listened to the songs (if a school appropriate version was able to be found). I enjoyed listening to the music with everyone and getting to know a bit more about what students enjoy in songs!
Work Time: The rest of class (if we had time) was dedicated to working on the Activism Project, which is where students choose to identify a cause that they care about and create a poster or brochure explaining why and how people could be involved. Here's the assignment sheet that I passed out:
This assignment will be due the last day we meet before break, December 19th. If you are leaving before that day for break, you will need to turn it in before.
Generally, students can choose almost anything that they want to, but I do want to hear about the issue before embarking on too much work. We will set aside a fair amount of class time before the break to do this, and I will provide large sheets of paper, but if a student wants to go above and beyond in working on the project at home or with a poster board, that is obviously great as well.
Some examples of student choices are:
Climate Change
Animal Rights
Gun Issues
Immigration/Border Issues
Human Trafficking
Some examples of student choices are:
Climate Change
Animal Rights
Gun Issues
Immigration/Border Issues
Human Trafficking
Thanks for your continued work and engagement with the Civil Rights unit! We will keep at it next class. Here's our tentative schedule for our next few classes until break:
December 11 (Wednesday - above): Share Music/Work time on Activism Project
December 13: MLK vs. Malcolm X – Whose Ideas Were Best?
December 17: Activism Project Work Time (final day)
December 19: Activism Project presentations/gallery walk/Unfinished Business with Civil Rights
December 11 (Wednesday - above): Share Music/Work time on Activism Project
December 13: MLK vs. Malcolm X – Whose Ideas Were Best?
December 17: Activism Project Work Time (final day)
December 19: Activism Project presentations/gallery walk/Unfinished Business with Civil Rights
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