Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to Social justice

There are 3 titles in this list.

The Maine Song and Story Sampler
by Maine Folklife Center
http://umaine.edu/folklife/msss-curriculum-connection-series/

Educational website with thirteen lesson plans plus activities for K-12 teachers that focuses on the folklore, social conditions, history, politics, economics, and cultural life of the state of Maine. Includes access to the Maine Song and Dance Sampler Map with links to audio recordings of stories and songs from the Maine Folklife Center's archival collections, searchable by people or place. The curriculum suggestions are correlated to Maine educational standards for Social Studies.

Sponsoring Organization:
Maine Folklife Center
5773 South Stevens, Room 112B
Orono ME 04469-5773
(207) 581-1891
http://umaine.edu/folklife/

Other Organizations:
University of Maine
Orono ME 04469
207-581-1865
http://www.umaine.edu/

Teacher Lesson Plans
by John Michael Kohler Arts Center
https://www.jmkac.org/TeacherLessonPlans

Lesson plans for the home and the K-12 classroom on such topics as Wisconsin folklore and regional history, the arts and social change, and visionary environmental art. The lesson plans are divided into "Constructed Realities Lesson Plans," and "Environmental Builders Lesson Plans," and are based on exhibits that the John Michael Kohler Arts Center has featured. Included are lessons with activities, in PDF format, focusing on traditional, ethnic, and visionary artists, and legendary figures from Wisconsin folklore.

Sponsoring Organization:
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
608 New York Avenue
Sheboygan WI 53081
(920) 458-6144
http://www.jmkac.org/

Youth Portraits
by Sound Portraits Productions
http://youthportraits.org/resources.php#study_guide

The Youth Portraits project was established to teach young people recently released from New York City's Rikers Island correctional facility how to use audio to tell stories about their lives. With the help of Sound Portraits producers, the young people crafted short audio documentaries by conducting interviews, cutting their own tape, adding music, and using computers to create finished pieces that were aired on public radio in January 2002. The Youth Portraits web site features their photos, streamed audio pieces with transcripts, and curriculum materials. The educational resources include a study guide (62 p. PDF) plus a recording and interviewing tutorial. These materials can be used in the classroom or as part of a life skills curriculum with youth.

Sponsoring Organization:
Sound Portraits Productions
80 Hanson Place, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn NY 11217
(646) 723-7020
http://soundportraits.org/