Behind the Beat
Recommended for Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
This workshop uses music to explore African American history, from the African beats brought to the colonies during slavery and spirituals used to communicate on the plantation, to the jazz of the Harlem Renaissance or the popular music of the Civil Rights movement. To see the full story, you just have to look “Behind the Beat”.
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Iowa Core Essential Concepts
- Reading: Read for a variety of purposes and across content areas.
- Reading: Use a variety of strategies and skills to comprehend and interpret fiction.
- Reading: Use a variety of strategies to develop and expand reading vocabulary.
- Listening: Listen for information and understanding
- Listening: Listen for interpretation, analysis, and evaluation
- Behavioral Sciences: Understand all people have individual traits.
- Behavioral Sciences: Understand the relationship of the individual to the components of society and culture
- Geography: Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions
- History: Understand individuals and groups within a society my promote change of the status quo
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