A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

Materials Related to Caribbean Culture

There are 4 titles in this list.

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Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas
by Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye, Dr. Thomas Polime, and Dr. Ken Bilby; Maroon Community Advisors: Mr. Adiante Franzoon, Suriname, Mr. William Warrior, Seminoles, and Colonel C.L.G. Harris, Jamaica; Dr. Shirley Mock, UT Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio;
available online, March 1999,
Subjects: Caribbean Culture; History; Geography; Latin American Culture; Slavery; Beliefs and Spirituality;
Locations: Caribbean; Latin America; Mexico; Jamaica; Suriname; French Guiana;

http://www.folklife.si.edu/resources/maroon/presentation.htm

Online exhibition treats the history and culture of Maroon communities in Suriname, French Guiana, and Jamaica, and also the Seminole Maroon communities along the U.S.-Mexico border. It includes a teacher's guide. The exhibition Creativity and Resistance was organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Published by:
Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Washington, DC

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Musics of Multicultural America: A Study of Twelve Musical Communities
by Kip Lornell, Anne Rasmussen
348 pp., audio CD, 1997, $49.95
Subjects: Music; African American Culture; Caribbean Culture; Mexican Culture;
Locations: United States; Mexico; Latin America; Caribbean; New York (City);


This is an interdisciplinary reader that introduces students to the diverse musical cultures which constitute America's musical landscape. Chapters cover the music of Brooklyn's West Indian steel drum bands, Memphis gospel quartets, Mexican mariachi music, and much more. Includes a compact disc of the same name.

Published by:
Schirmer Books
New York, NY

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Save Our History--Save Our Sounds
by The History Channel
Video, 2002, $24.95
Subjects: History; Caribbean Culture; Music; Documentation and Field Research;
Locations: United States;

http://www.saveourhistory.com

Save Our Sounds was a television show produced by The History Channel that protrays the efforts of The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution and The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to preserve thousands of at-risk recordings from the last century. These recordings are on media such as wax cylinders, reel-to-reel tape, and steel wire. The video details steps being taken by archivists and sound engineers to restore and reproduce priceless recordings.

Published by:
History Channel
235 E. 45th Street
New York, NY 10017-3305
212/210-1400

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What's Your Name? Rhymes and Rhythms from Pennsylvania's Neighborhoods: A Study Guide
by Amy Davis, Jill Rossiter, Kate Modic, Amy Skillman
125 pp. book and audio CD, 1999,
Subjects: Music; African American Culture; Asian American Culture; European Culture; Caribbean Culture;
Locations: Pennsylvania;

http://www.culturalpartnerships.org/ontour/variousartists.asp

Traditional music from Pennsylvania's ethnically diverse communities is used to help students understand and appreciate other cultures, and ultimately their own. Activities and lesson plans are offered which are based on folk songs. A CD entitled "What's Your Name?" is included in the spiral bound Guide, and contains twenty-two widely diverse folksongs which are intended for use with the lesson plans. The CD was produced by Amy Skillman. For use with grades 3-12.

Published by:
Institute for Cultural Partnerships
3211 North Front Street, Suite 104
Harrisburg, PA 17110
717/238-1770