"ME YOU AND EVERYBODY" - Making Curriculum Pop2024-03-29T12:36:43Zhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/forum/topics/me-you-and-everybody?commentId=2665237%3AComment%3A6168&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI don't usually think of song…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-04-24:2665237:Comment:61682009-04-24T15:36:05.379ZDiane Dhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/DianeD
I don't usually think of songs as being part of a teachable moment. But I suppose they are a form of literary expression. Coming from the 60s and 70s, there was always speculation around the song American Pie and what all the imagery was referring to. I guess you could even do a music/history segment on the Vietnam war and the songs written during that era. You don't really see that happening these days around Iraq -- probably because there is not a draft and people's next door neighbors are…
I don't usually think of songs as being part of a teachable moment. But I suppose they are a form of literary expression. Coming from the 60s and 70s, there was always speculation around the song American Pie and what all the imagery was referring to. I guess you could even do a music/history segment on the Vietnam war and the songs written during that era. You don't really see that happening these days around Iraq -- probably because there is not a draft and people's next door neighbors are not affected as randomly as they were during Vietnam. And Iraq is more hidden -- or ignored -- by the everyday person, it seems to me.<br />
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What other kinds of interdisciplinary connections can be made through music? Most songs I hear lately are love songs (or sex songs). Other musicians to be looked at from "my era" could be Cat Stevens or Harry Chapin or Elton John, whose songs have some sort of message -- ("Father and Son" and "oh Very Young" by Cat Stevens, "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin, "Good-bye Norma Jean" and the Diana version, by Elton John).<br />
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The Beatles alone could be a class.<br />
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Diane Thanks for the props, Ryan, a…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-02-11:2665237:Comment:17812009-02-11T02:23:11.043ZNick Sousanishttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/NickSousanis
Thanks for the props, Ryan, and all your efforts to build community online and off.<br />
And thanks for the feedback, Karen. Hi praise. Btw, if you missed the panel Karen organized at the NYCComic Con, despite having the time switched at the last minute and made the last event of the night - it was packed, and even after time was up, people stayed and could've stayed longer. That conversation and a few others i was fortunate to attend on Friday were very encouraging about comics and education.<br />
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Thanks for the props, Ryan, and all your efforts to build community online and off.<br />
And thanks for the feedback, Karen. Hi praise. Btw, if you missed the panel Karen organized at the NYCComic Con, despite having the time switched at the last minute and made the last event of the night - it was packed, and even after time was up, people stayed and could've stayed longer. That conversation and a few others i was fortunate to attend on Friday were very encouraging about comics and education.<br />
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Re: working with other folks on comics. I'm tackling as many different types of subjects and approaches to subjects as i can (which is always slower than i'd like.) I have a number in the works ranging from science to biographical, but i'm quite open to collaboration, or creating something just because it sounds interesting.<br />
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Ok, look forward to talking with you more folks,<br />
thanks Ryan,<br />
nick I'll absolutely second the "N…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-02-10:2665237:Comment:17372009-02-10T02:37:59.364ZKarenhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/Karen
I'll absolutely second the "Nick is a very cool guy" motion, and also throw my support behind his "Children's Artistic Development" comic. I think it works beautifully in both content and structure; I really learned a lot from it at the same time as I was admiring it artistically. And, really, how cool is that??
I'll absolutely second the "Nick is a very cool guy" motion, and also throw my support behind his "Children's Artistic Development" comic. I think it works beautifully in both content and structure; I really learned a lot from it at the same time as I was admiring it artistically. And, really, how cool is that?? Nick is fabulous! Please chec…tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2009-02-10:2665237:Comment:17322009-02-10T01:47:18.522ZNicolehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/Nicole
Nick is fabulous! Please check him out!<br />
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And (just to set the record straight) I chose "There Is A God" to walk down the aisle to..... :) Maybe your music love has worn off on me... ( Except for the part where you sneak orders from Amazon home from school... I am not a junkie. :)
Nick is fabulous! Please check him out!<br />
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And (just to set the record straight) I chose "There Is A God" to walk down the aisle to..... :) Maybe your music love has worn off on me... ( Except for the part where you sneak orders from Amazon home from school... I am not a junkie. :)