1. Reflect on the use of music as an instructional tool (8 mins)
2. Discuss why should students interact and closely read musical lyrics (8 mins)
3. Review the importance of using Primary Sources (8 mins)
4. Experience two different ways to listen and engage with a song and it’s lyrics (30 mins)
5. Review additional tips for more listens and close reads (8 mins)
6. Briefly chat and learn about another cultural responsive song and lyrics (10 mins)
7. Brainstorm and share additional activities (18 mins)
Participants will walk away with activities that tap students’ prior knowledge and experiences, which exude diversity and inclusion by having students listen to a song several times with varying purposes instead of front-loading students.
Participants will cultivate a space where each student's voice is shared by setting up spaces for students to reflect, answer, and comment on each other’s responses.
Participants will experience how to use a lens of diversity (Mirrors, Windows, Sliding Glass Doors, Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop) and equity to engage on significant issues surrounding culture, social justice, inclusion, and racial discourse through the use of music by actively discussing, brainstorming, and reflecting on a Nearpod Collaborative slide and Padlet.
Participants will know how to search, review, and select critical primary sources that students can immediately connect with, working collaboratively on an activity in Padlet and on a Nearpod Open-Ended Question.
Numerous activities are shared, demonstrated, and experienced by participants to gain an ease of replicability understanding. Teachers will leave with additional resources and lesson ideas that explain varying options, whether in-person, hybrid, or virtual.
* Strategies for Close Reading by Kylene Beers and Bob Probst - “The essential element in rigor is engagement. If students are to read rigorously they must be committed to understanding some intriguing character, to solving some problem, to figuring out what a writer believes and how those thoughts compare with their own.” Kylene Beers and Bob Probst
* Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop videos - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLxDwKxHx1yLH9i0wFT21xxYSSMjS4KGi
* Cultivating Genius - Dr. Gholdy Muhammad
* I have used this strategy in my classroom for more than 15 years. Students are connected, feel valued because their voices, opinions, and thoughts are shared and honored, and students can debate with evidence to get their point across to their peers.
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