Music
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💙Best Ready-To-Use Valentine's Day Week Lesson PDF attached!
Hi Everyone! Hopefully most of you are on the Mindblue Education email list and are receiving our weekly emails. There was a lot of discussion about what love song would be awesome to teach on valentines day. We…
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RESEARCH: Music, Aging & Memory
This would be an interesting writing prompt ...If you begin to experience the profound memory losses associated with aging, research has shown that music can ease the journey into oblivion. Put the songs of your life on shuffle and the days are a little less long, the hours a little more…
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COLLECTION: Comparing Eras of Protest Music + David Byrne
Cool (not comprehensive) critical piece about protest music ... very teachable.There’s a tricky art to protest music because it can come off as shrill, preachy, or simple-minded. Artists frequently perform to audiences that already share their belief, so what’s the point in “preaching to the…
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MUSIC: Kishi Bashi & Japanese-Americans lnternment during WWII
On his new album, Kishi Bashi looks at American history — specifically the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII — as a way of getting at present-day issues of white supremacy and the erosion of human rights. https://t.co/6ByHxO2tlE— NPR (@NPR)…
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PROFILE: Head of Hip-Hop @ Harvard
This Woman Founded a Hip-Hop Headquarters at Harvard https://t.co/N8ANyrykty— O The Oprah Magazine (@oprahmagazine) April 24, 2019
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NEW MOVIE: What if there were no Beatles?
I dunno, this concept is great and one hopes the movie is both fun and teachable ... Yesterday, everyone knew The Beatles. Today, only Jack remembers their songs. Watch the new trailer for #YesterdayMovie.…
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VISUAL: John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Obs. there is a write up when you go to the link as well ...John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music https://t.co/HpXSpIFGa5 pic.twitter.com/3KlYqzsLBA— Open Culture (@openculture)…
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GOOGLE DOODLE: Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach & AI
"I hope people play it, enjoy the experience, & feel like they can dream a little more when they think about what they can do in the future." —Leon Hong, #BachDoodle Doodler Explore the full story behind…
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AUDIO: What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like
Spoiler alert, NOT gonna be in the Billboard Hot 100!What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Hear a Reconstruction That is ‘100% Accurate’ https://t.co/AM83xmMPVj pic.twitter.com/Vr50sn22Cp— Open Culture (@openculture)…
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COLLECTION: American Anthem on NPR
This struck me as an awesome set of mentor texts / writing tools. Students could pick their American Anthem ...Beginning July 4, NPR will zero in on 50 different anthems across a range of themes: patriotic, civil rights, anti-war, female empowerment, sports, mental health and more, in a series…
From rock to hip-hop this is the place for teachers who use fresh soundz to make their curriculum pop!