A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Musics of Multicultural America: A Study of Twelve Musical Communities
by Kip Lornell, Anne Rasmussen
$49.95
Subjects: Music; African American Culture; Caribbean Culture; Mexican Culture;
Locations: United States; Mexico; Latin America; Caribbean; New York (City);


This is an interdisciplinary reader that introduces students to the diverse musical cultures which constitute America's musical landscape. Chapters cover the music of Brooklyn's West Indian steel drum bands, Memphis gospel quartets, Mexican mariachi music, and much more. Includes a compact disc of the same name.

Published by:
Schirmer Books
New York, NY

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Sonic Memorial Project
by Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Subjects: History; Geography; Ritual and Ceremony;
Locations: New York (City); United States;

http://www.sonicmemorial.org/public/index.html

Radio stations, through the program Lost and Found Sound, joined together to create this excellent program which commemorates and chronicles the events of 9/11/01. Lesson plans are provided for teachers on how to talk to students about the events and effects of that day, how our values influenced our own actions, how the media shaped our idea of happenings, and how to differentiate between fact and opinion.

Published by:
The Sonic Memorial Project
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American Holiday Celebrations, Teacher's Resource Guide
by Jocelyn Hazelwood Donlon

Subjects: History; Geography; Holidays; Family Celebrations and Traditions; Ritual and Ceremony;
Locations: New York (City); United States;

http://www.longislandtraditions.org/pages/contact.html

Ideas for teaching students the significance of numerous holidays and traditional customs of celebration, with suggestions for their documentation.

Published by:
Long Island Traditions
382 Main Street
Port Washington, NY 11050
516/767-8803

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Investigating Where We Live
by National Buidling Museum

Subjects: Vernacular Architecture; Community Life;
Locations: Washington (DC); New York (City); Maryland;

http://www.nbm.org/exhibitions-collections/exhibitions/iwwl-2008.html
http://www.peerlessrockville.org/programs/

Folder contains printouts from the documentation work done during summers in the cities listed below. This wonderful program takes teenagers into different areas of their cities to learn who lives there, what is happening there currently, as well as some history of the given neighborhood. Photography is used as a tool to understand and describe the community. The program is active in Washington, DC; Rockville, MD; and New York, NY. For current and past projects in Rockville, see http://www.peerlessrockville.org/programs/

Published by:
National Building Museum
401 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202/272-2448

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Nourishing the Heart: A Guide to Intergenerational Arts Projects in the Schools
by Shari Davis and Benny Ferdman
$10
Subjects: Documentation and Field Research; Folk Arts and Material Culture; Community Life;
Locations: New York (City);

http://www.carts.org/

Outlines programs which bring senior citizens into classrooms to engage young and old in joint ventures in recreating their own and their communities' cultural heritage in the visual arts, theater, and writing projects.

Published by:
C.A.R.T.S. Citylore
72 East First Street
New York, NY 10003
212/529-1955

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StoryCorps
by $unknown
Subjects: Documentation and Field Research; Community Life;
Locations: New York (City);

http://storycorps.net/participate/

Program which helps to instruct and inspire people to record each other's stories in sound. Program currently has booths available in New York City for $10/session, the interviews from which go to the American Folklife Center. Will have StoryKits available soon, consisting of recording equipment and a user's guide, which will allow individuals to record broadcast-quality interviews themselves. Website also has a question generator, which helps would-be interviewers develop a list of questions to ask during their interview.

Published by:
StoryCorps
176 Grand St, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013
212/941-8516

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Folk Masters
by Folk Masters Education Project
free
Subjects: Music; Cajun Culture; Jewish American Culture; History; Immigration and Migration;
Locations: New York (City); Hawaii; Louisiana;

http://www.wolftrap.org/

This series consists of three lessons: the first on Boozoo Chavis, zydeco music, and creole culture; the second on Ledward Kaapana and Hawaiian slack-key guitar; and the third on klezmer music by Klezmer Plus and Jewish culture and traditions. All three include online student and teacher guides with lesson plan suggestions for many subject areas and other resources for further discussion.

Published by:
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
1645 Trap Rd.
Vienna, VA 22182
703/938-2404