Civic Lesson-Music Civil Rights Era
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Civic Lesson-Music Civil Rights Era
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Teaching the Sound of Freedom
🧭 Learning Objectives
- Students will analyze how specific Civil Rights-era songs functioned as emotional and political tools of resistance.
- Students will connect the lyrical content and historical context of these songs to ongoing struggles for justice in 2025.
🛠️ Activities
- Lyric & Context Analysis: Students work in pairs to dissect one assigned song from the playlist, identifying contradictions, emotional tone, and historical relevance.
- Ensemble Response: Students create a short spoken-word or dramatic piece that layers the song’s message with a modern contradiction (e.g., immigration hypocrisy, racial double standards).
🎯 Learning Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate understanding of the historical and emotional power embedded in Civil Rights-era music.
- Students will produce original ensemble work that honors the legacy of the music while confronting present-day injustice.
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