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High school Black History Month informational text song microsofts
Follow the Drinking Gourd - History and Sing-Along
My students love a good mystery and really love secret codes. They get so excited to learn code songs and any song for that matter where the words have a double meaning.
I use "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and an introduction to African American music and then our unit progresses to spirituals and freedom songs. My students love the stories behind the songs and enjoy sharing what they have learned about slavery in their social studies lessons. I always like to add to their background knowledge
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Scott Joplin - The King of Ragtime PowerPoint Presentation | Black History Month
The King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin, is yours to teach your students about through this engaging and informative PowerPoint presentation. Included are biographical facts, compositions, key terms, and an audio component so students can hear the music themselves! To top it off, there's even a quiz at the end to test what they've learned. Bring the life and music of Scott Joplin into your classroom with this exciting PowerPoint presentation!What's included in the package:✅ Scott Joplin PPTX✅ Scott
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Also included in: Jazz Masters PowerPoint Presentations Bundle | Black History Month
Chance the Rapper Reading passage and study questions.
A great informational worksheet on some of the up and coming African American singers, rappers, and etc. Great for reading comprehension, main idea, fluency reading and a motivational reinforcement to enforce literacy to the new generation with their current music genre.
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1st - 12th
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Billie Holiday and "Strange Fruit"
A presentation and worksheet with some civil rights history. The presentation includes a brief video from the History channel on the civil rights movement, a discussion of lynching (what it is, why it happened, where it occurred), slides about the author of the poem "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol), and a video clip, lyrics, and discussion questions of the song version of the poem, popularized by Billie Holiday.
Also included is a worksheet with the song lyrics and discussion questions.
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Civil Rights Song Analysis Introduction and Project Civil Rights History English
Teach the Civil Rights Movement through music in this engaging lesson that combines music, history, and English. Students will learn about the important events of the Civil Rights Movement and practice analyzing music for figurative language and literary devices.In this engaging Civil Rights lesson, students will first be introduced to seven key moments in the Civil Rights Movement including Brown vs. The Board and the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins. This lesson is scaffolded with historical c
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: Race and Music in America Bundle American Music History Lessons
The History of Black Protest Songs - from Billie Holiday to Kendrick Lamar
These activities are perfect for Black History Month or anytime of the year in either a history or English classroom. Provided is a PowerPoint that can be shared with students to have on their own screens if you are a 1:1 technology classroom, or the teacher can project it large for the entire class. Students are provided with a brief introduction to the Black Lives Matter movement and terminology such as: Hands Up, Don't Shoot...Ferguson...Michael Brown...Tamir Rice...I can't breathe...and We s
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Protest Song Project - Example, Research, Outline, and Rubric
Vietnam War: Musical Reactions of the 60s and 70s
In this Unit, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s “Ohio,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” and Edwin Starr’s “War” articulated the divisive feelings Americans had about the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To supplement these songs, students will also watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze polling data, news articles, and photographs from the era. By the end of the unit, students will know seminal events during the Vietnam War, including the Gulf of Tonkin Reso
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
HANUKAH STORY
Powerpoint tells the story of Hanukah. Includes:Religious Freedom, Feast of Lights, Special Foods, Hanukah Gelt and lyrics to "I Have a Little Dreidel" with link to you tube video piano music so students may sing along.
Slide 11 has six summary questions that check for understanding. Slide 12 has extra pics for students to discuss and/or write about.
Matching quiz available as freebie:
Hanukah Quiz Freebie
Additional Hanukkah resources:
Happy Hanukkah Coloring Banner
Hanukkah Coloring
Happy
Grades:
7th - 12th
Beatlemania, Mass Hysteria, and the Commercial Machine - Unit Bundle
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
African influence in Latin Music
Que influencia tiene en la música cubana?
This goes to the podcast Sound Opinions portraying the African influence in American and Cuban music. This can be used for Black History Month or Hispanic Heritage Month.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Text Structures Rap (Iggy Azalea Parody)
Many of my students were struggling with learning and recognizing the differences between the six nonfiction text structures. So, I rewrote Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" to include information about cause and effect, question and answer, description, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and chronological order/sequence. Enjoy!
Also, I changed "I.G.G.Y." to M.U.L.E because our school mascot is the mule. You could change that part to any four letter word or team you'd like.
Grades:
5th - 12th
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AIDS Epidemic of the 80s and 90s - Art, Music, and the LGBTQ Community
The Essential Question for students during this unit is: How did the LGBTQ community creatively respond to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, and protest government inaction in addressing the epidemic? First, students will share what they already know about AIDS - do a KWL chart if you are familiar. Review the Overview slide with students to provide background information and front load before beginning videos and activities. Students will watch a video clip and look at documents that expla
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Canciones para practicar análisis del lenguaje y/o gramática en español
This resource includes 6 songs in Spanish with the teacher version (answer key) and student version. This resource can be used for advanced Spanish classes, including AP Spanish Language. For each song, it includes a brief note about the singers, context of the song, vocabulary words, fill in the blanks for the lyrics, and analysis questions. It also includes suggested activities that you can have your students do as task to follow up with the songs. The 6 songs are:1. “Fíjate bien” – por el
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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French Song - Je suis Chez Moi - Black M
Je suis Francais by Black M song and questions. Students have to conjugate the passe compose and imparfait and then answer questions. Song addresses the topic of racism in France.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hip Hop/Rap music with song & lyrics
This is a Hip Hop cultural worksheet and listening activity. IT INCLUDES:-Page 1: an introduction to Will Smith and hip hop followed by some mini exercises. The mini exercises include: brainstorming words associated with hip hop, modal verb sentence writing, vocabulary and definition matching of the characteristics that define hip hop and finally, easy-to-follow instructions for preparing lyrics with fill in the blanks.-Page 2: Answer Key to the vocab and definition matching.This is perfect for
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Grades:
8th - 12th
80s Heavy Metal and the Censorship Debate
In this lesson, students will investigate the connection between the popularity of Heavy Metal and the emergence of the parental advisory system. They will consider who should have the power to declare a song “offensive” and whether or not access to such material should be regulated. They will debate the merits of the labeling system, which is still in place, and consider whether or not labeling certain recordings is censorship.The Essential Question for students is: How was Heavy Metal involved
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The History of Lynching/ Strange Fruit Song Analysis
This is a PowerPoint presentation I created on a unit we did for the "Fight for Freedom". We studied a range of topics from slavery, middle passage, civil war, lynchings etc... We then discussed how music can be impactful and have deeper meanings in lyrics examinnig metaphors and converying hidden messages. It is really good to in addition have students pick a song of their own to analyze, which I used as an extension activity.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Beatlemania - Hysteria and the Commercial Machine
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Honey Bees Everywhere I Look !!!
Packet includes: Craft Projects; Patterns; Reading Comprehension; Song; Books to Read; Word Search; and Recipes.This packet can be adapted to many ages and learning levels.-Bees-Honey-Nature
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1st - 9th
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African American History Activity
This is a song/rap you can use during Black history month in urban areas to teach young scholars about contributions by African Americans in history.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Slavery Overview - 7 STATIONS with videos, song, poem, law, pictures, and texts
These stations are perfect for pre-reading for a text like Frederick Douglass or Harriet Jacobs. They could also be used as an activity to go in a unit on slavery. There is a 3-page worksheet that students record their answers for the stations on. It's a Word document, so if you need to change anything to meet your goals, you can. All you need to do for this is print or post online!There is a 1 page direction sheet for each station. You could pass folders around or post them around the room. Thr
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6th - 12th
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“Panther Power” Analyzing lyrics by Tupac Shakur
Students will listen analyze lyrics from “Panther Power” by Tupac Shakur and write about how the lyrics relate to the Black Panther's 10 Point Program.
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Heavy Metal, Parental Advisory Labels, and the Censorship Debate UNIT
In this Unit, students will investigate the connection between the popularity of Heavy Metal and the emergence of the parental advisory system. They will consider who should have the power to declare a song “offensive” and whether or not access to such material should be regulated. They will debate the merits of the labeling system, which is still in place, and consider whether or not labeling certain recordings is censorship.The Essential Question for students is: How was Heavy Metal involved i
Grades:
8th - 11th
Vietnam War: Mini-Unit w/ Close Reads, Speeches, Music, Research Project, + HW
To be used for a close study of the Vietnam War - provided in this unit are:1. Close Read - John Kerry's address to the Senate 1971 (speech transcript also provided)2. Close Read - Nixon's Silent Majority 1969 (speech transcript also provided)3. Homework - Interview questions4. Song Analysis - Fortunate Son5. Research Project - protest songs
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
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