Music and School.

[otherecholalia]

I'm trying to use music in my classroom to teach lessons about social justice, laws (fair and unfair), social awareness, real life, literary elements, etc, etc, etc.  So far it's not working as smoothly or as fun as I had hoped.  Not much works consistently, so I just keep trying.

Last week used I used the songs below to teach about MLK day.  It

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[rachelraven]

From George and me

[otherecholalia]

Damn! I just logged in for a minute, and I have to get ready for work, but I can't wait to really look at this later! You guys are awesome! You took it a totally different direction... I had mostly been looking "urban," etc... I appreciate this like you don't know!

[rachelraven]

Gang of Four offer plenty of possibilities.

Marvin Gaye's What's Going On album

The Temptations Psychedelic Soul

Curtis Mayfield

The Specials Ghost Town

Just some stuff that popped into mind.

Roger