Music and Social Change (6 - 8)
Overview
| Program Description: |
This powerful program introduces students to the music that shaped and connected three of America"s most important movements for change: Labor Rights, Civil Rights, and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement. ... Read more
This powerful program introduces students to the music that shaped and connected three of America"s most important movements for change: Labor Rights, Civil Rights, and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement. Through Alastair Moock"s narrative storytelling and musical talents, and an engaging visual presentation, students journey from the Great Depression through the Jim Crow South (and North), and learn how organized resistance led to change then that still informs movements for change today. Moock performs and teaches songs like "This Land is Your Land" (examining the song"s great virtues and also its problems), "The Union Maid," "If You Miss Me From the Back of the Bus" and "We Shall Overcome." Students will answer questions, sing, and walk away with a deeper understanding of our country and the ways in which our past affects our present.
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| Available to Grade(s): |
6, 7, 8 |
Logistics
| Program Format: |
In-School Performance |
| Cost Per Student: |
$10 |
| Number of Visits: |
1 |
| Length of Visit: |
60 min minutes |
| Availability: |
all year |
Requirements
| Program Can Serve: |
Music, Theater |
| Length Info: |
55 minutes |
| Program Requires Prior Meeting: |
no |
| Meeting Method: |
Phone |
| Materials Arts Provider Provides: |
projector, sound system |
| Materials School Provides: |
screen, table/media cart (for projector), bottled water, parking space |
| Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: |
Performance space large enough for an entire grade level to attend at the same time - auditorium is preferable, but can also accommodate gym, cafeteria or library. |
Learning Standards
| Curriculum Focus: |
Social Studies |
| Art Form: |
Music |
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