Folklife Resources for Educators
Materials Related to Dance musicThere are 4 titles in this list.
American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music
by Costa-Kim, Patricia
http://americansabor.org/classroom
Classroom curriculum and educator resources for middle and high school students focused on Latino music and culture found in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Antonio, Miami, and New York City. Topics include the social and cultural history of Latino music, Latino music's impact on American popular culture, the vocabulary and styles of Latino music, and Latino musicians. Although created to accompany an exhibition of the same name, the educational materials can stand alone. The site includes lessons, activities, and word games, video and audio recordings, biographical information on Latino musicians, interpretive maps, and bilingual accompanying resources. Most of the materials on the site can be found in both Spanish and English and in PDF-format.
| Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Music; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Geography; Art and Culture |
| Resource Type: Video recordings; Primary sources; Lesson plans; Activities; Audio recordings |
Language: English; Spanish |
Subjects: United States--Social life and customs; Maps in education; Puerto Ricans; Mexican Americans; Hispanic Americans; Music; Popular music; New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Miami (Fla.)--Social life and customs; San Antonio (Tex.)--Social life and customs; San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs; History; Hip hop; Salsa (Music); Rap (Music); Dance music; Dance; Immigrants; Cuban Americans; Merengue (Dance)
Geographic locations: United States; Texas; New York (N.Y.); Florida; California |
Sponsoring Organization:
Experience Music Project
325 5th Avenue N
Seattle WA 98109
(206) 770-2776
http://www.empmuseum.org/index.asp
Other Organizations:
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)
470 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Suite 7103
Washington DC 22024
(202) 633-3168
http://www.sites.si.edu/
Grenada and Carriacou Teaching Resources
by Association for Cultural Equity
http://www.culturalequity.org/rc/ce_rc_teaching_grenada.php
Educational materials for use in the K-12 classroom in the curriculum areas of music, dance, and language arts, based on archival collections from the Lesser Antilles in the Alan Lomax Archive. The site includes classroom activities focused on a variety of musical genres and characteristics, with video and audio examples recorded by Lomax in Grenada and Carriacou in 1962 and 1991.
| Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8 |
Curriculum: Art and Culture; History and Social Studies; Music; Performing Arts |
| Resource Type: Activities; Audio recordings; Primary sources |
Language: English |
Subjects: Quadrille (Dance); Carriacou Island (Grenada)--Social life and customs; Rhythm; Grenada--Social life and customs; Drumming; Dance; Dance music; Sea songs; Drum; Creole dialects
Geographic locations: Grenada; Carriacou Island (Grenada) |
Sponsoring Organization:
Association for Cultural Equity
450 West 41st Street, Suite 602-606
New York NY 10036
(212) 268-4623
http://www.culturalequity.org/
Haiti Teaching Resources
by Association for Cultural Equity
http://www.culturalequity.org/rc/ce_rc_teaching_haiti.php
Educational materials for use in the K-12 classroom in the curriculum areas of music, dance, and language arts, based on Haitian archival collections in the Alan Lomax Archive. The site includes classroom activities focused on a variety of musical genres and characteristics, with video and audio examples recorded by Lomax in Haiti in 1936.
| Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Sports and Recreation; Performing Arts; Music; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
| Resource Type: Primary sources; Audio recordings; Activities |
Language: English; French |
Subjects: Drum; Work songs; Rhythm; Occupations--Folklore; Music; Games; Children's songs; Lullabies; Dance music; Haiti--Social life and customs; Merengue (Dance); Drumming
Geographic locations: Haiti |
Sponsoring Organization:
Association for Cultural Equity
450 West 41st Street, Suite 602-606
New York NY 10036
(212) 268-4623
http://www.culturalequity.org/
W is for Woods: Traditional Adirondack Music & Music Making
by TAUNY-Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
http://woods.tauny.org/index.php
Educational resource for the study and history of traditional Adirondack music in New York State. Includes lesson plans for middle and high school music, history, and language arts curricula. The resource focuses on dance music, ballads, fiddle tunes, folk singers, collectors of folk music, and indigenous and ethnic traditional music found in the Adirondack region. The site has accompanying audio and video recordings, musical transcriptions, and background resources for the study of Adirondack traditional music. The educational content correlates to New York State Learning Standards.
| Grade Level: 6-8; 9-12 |
Curriculum: Music; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture |
| Resource Type: Primary sources; Lesson plans; Audio recordings; Activities |
Language: English |
Subjects: Irish Americans; Mohawk Indians; Musicians; Fiddle tunes; Ballads; New York (State)--Social life and customs; Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)--Social life and customs; Dance music; Folk music; Folk music--Collectors and collecting; Folk songs; French-Canadians
Geographic locations: New York (State); Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) |
Sponsoring Organization:
TAUNY- Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
53 Main Street
Canton NY 13617
(315) 386-4289
http://tauny.org/
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