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All TIP Curriculum UnitsView by: Year | Seminar

Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: Teaching the Holocaust: Bearing Witness


Bearing Witness through Narration

Karen J. Burrell 2014
Keywords: Holocaust, literacy, Literature, narration, stories, writing

We All Have A Story to Tell…

Nicole Flores 2014
Keywords: fiction, Holocaust, journals, nonfiction, religion, religious beliefs, writing

Getting Stuck in the Telling: The Dichotomous Nature of Urgent Tales Analyzing and Crafting Accounts that Bear Witness

Julie Mikolajewski 2014
Keywords: consumption approach, History, Holocaust, literacy, Literature, storytelling

Teaching the Holocaust in Kindergarten Classrooms

Krista Spera 2014
Keywords: 20th century, discrimination, Holocaust, Holocaust education, kindergarten

Heart to Heart: Adolescents Connect to Holocaust Survivors

Joan Taylor 2014
Keywords: History, Holocaust, survivors, video transcripts

Seminar: That's My Song! Musical Genre as Social Contract


A Round of Rhythms

Patricia Rich 2017
Keywords: African culture, African history, Afro-Cuban, Artístas y Músicos Latino Americanos, Charlie Parker, claves, community building, Cuban son, digital media, Dizzy Gillespie, djembe, drum circle, ensemble, hand drums, improv, improvisation, Jazz, karaoke, Mariel boatlift, Music, music literacy, rhythm, Son Cubano, Spanish, Tabadul, Taller Puertorriqueño

Music and Math: Combining Forms and Formulas

Vicki Baker 2017
Keywords: Math, Music, Music History

The Music of New Orleans and How It Shaped Its Culture

Chanelle Harley 2017
Keywords: History, Reading, social studies, writing

Math is Music to My Ears

Caron D. Forman 2017
Keywords: Math, Music

Music as Activism: Warrior’s Don’t Cry and Protest in the Civil Rights Movement

Renae Curless 2017
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Civil Rights Movement, integration, little rock, melba patillo beals, Music, poetry, racism, segregation

Jazz as Black History: Teaching African American History Through Musicology

Matthew Menschner 2017
Keywords: African American History, American History, Bebop, Grades 9-12, Jazz, Jazz History, Jazz Studies, Literature, Music History, Music Studies, Musicology, Swing Music, The Harlem Renaissance, The Jazz Age, World War II

From Civil Rights to #BlackLivesMatter: The Music Is the Movement

Amanda Schear 2017
Keywords: African American History, African American literature, Black Lives Matter, Civil Rights Movement, Compare and contrast, Informational text, literacy, Music, Protest movements, Protest music, Social change, social justice

Put Yourself Out There: Identity, Genre, and Concert Production in Music Ensemble Performance

Walter Bechtold 2017
Keywords: Arranging, Band, Culture, Genre, Grade 7-12, High School, Identity, Instrumental Music, Middle School, Music, Music Technology, Orchestra, Performance, Popular Music, social studies

Seminar: The Aesthetics of Hip Hop


Hip Hop Notions

Audrey J. Jackson 2008
Keywords: African American painters, break dancing, Bronx, expressive performance, fashion, hip hop life style, hip-hop, Jamaica, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kingston, listening, rap music, rhyming, speaking, Visual Art, visual graffiti, writing, youth culture

Bridging the Gap: Hip-Hop and the Second Generation English Romantic Poets

John J. Grob 2008
Keywords: contemporary era, English, Hip-Hop Rap poets, inquiry-based project, poetry, Second Generation English Romantic poets

The Sankofa – Hip Hop Connection

Karen L. Brinkley 2008
Keywords: analyze and critique, comparative analysis, Critical thinking, Ghana, hip-hop, importance of music, movies, past traditions, primary source documents, rap music, sankofa, Technology, Twi language

Harlem, Hughes, and Hip-Hop

Leslie Carlis 2008
Keywords: 12th grade, acting, analyze, drama class, educational websites, graphic organizers, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, hip-hop, Hughes, interpret, Langston Hughes, perform the production, power point presentations, public speaking, read, short stories, themes of poems, themes of short stories, videos

Dissecting Lyrics

Lisa Katzer 2008
Keywords: 4th Grade, 5th grade, display, dissecting lyrics, figurative language, hip-hop, listening skills, meaning and awareness, meaningful learning, perform, rap music, vocabulary, writing poetry

Using Rap Lyrics as a Resource in the Secondary English Classroom

Lisa Kelly 2008
Keywords: African American, African-based American art form, analyze, Bronx, city students, comments on current events, enjoy, literary devices, literary skills, literary styles, rap music, rap tells stories, relevant to student life, tells stories, trace themes

Scratching beyond the Surface: Hip Hop and Its Art of Persuasion

Samuel A. Reed, III 2008
Keywords: commercial and community, Critical thinking, hip-hop, hip-hop lyrics, media literacy, non-print media, persuasion, persuasive digital stories, persuasive techniques, persuasive writing, rap music, Reading, social studies, traditional literacy, writing