Discovering Hip-Hop: A Case for Bringing "Hamilton" into Students' Lives

Autor/in	Collins, Kate O'Brien
Titel	Discovering Hip-Hop: A Case for Bringing "Hamilton" into Students' Lives
Quelle	In: English Journal, 110 (2021) 4, S.26-36 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Music; Popular Culture; Teaching Methods; High School Students; Literature; Poetry; Racial Bias; Social Justice; Creative Teaching; Learner Engagement; Diversity; United States History; Social History; Listening; Writing Assignments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musik; Popkultur; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Literatur; Lyrik; Poesie; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht; Sozialgeschichte; Hörvorgang; Zuhören
Abstract	In this article, Kate Collins begins by explaining how she discovered that "Hamilton: An American Musical," a Broadway show that incorporates a mix of musical genres: hip-hop, jazz, classic show tunes, and show-stopper numbers based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, could be brought into her teaching as a rich resource for her high school American literature classes. She provides an outline of what she named The "Hamilton" Listening Project in action, highlights key elements that make hip-hop music useful in teaching elements of poetry, and recommends using hip-hop to open the door to conversations about racial justice and antiracism in today's America. Overall, she makes the case that by including hip-hop music in English Language Arts (ELA) teaching, educators can make portions of American literature more engaging through the Listening Project unit she designed, and also energize both the teaching of poetry and conversations about topics such as diversity, history, race, and silences with their students. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01