A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Our Arts, Our Land: A Young Reader's Guide to Selected Folk Arts of Hawai'i
by Michael Schuster, Carl Hefner, J.W. Junker
free
Subjects: Dance; Music; History; Geography; Folk Arts and Material Culture;
Locations: Hawaii;

http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ehefner/pages/index.htm

Also included is audio material which contains the music and/or interviews of Hawaii'ian traditional master artists, originally aired on Hawai'i Public Radio as part of the "Pacific Visions" radio series. Students will learn about Hawai'ian chant, Okinawan dance, Lauhala weaving, Taiko drumming Hawai'ian steel guitar and slack key guitar as well as other Hawai'ian traditional arts.

Published by:
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
250 South Hotel Street, 2nd floor
Honolulu, HI 96813
808/586-0300

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Masters of Traditional Arts Education Guide
by Paddy Bowman, Betty Carter, Alan Govenar
$49.00
Subjects: Music; Folk Arts and Material Culture; Documentation and Field Research;
Locations: California; China; Denmark; Florida; Georgia; Ghana; Hawaii; Illinois; Iowa; Ireland; Louisiana; Maine; Mexico; New York (State); North Carolina; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Poland; Texas; Virginia; Wisconsin;

http://www.abc-clio.com/products/overview.aspx?productid=109297

Each National Heritage Fellow from 1982 to 2002 is profiled, and numerous suggestions are offered for teaching students in grades 4-12 about traditional arts and artists. The activities featured in the guide allow students to interact and engage in the kinds of information-seeking activities required of them outside the classroom, such as evaluating materials, organizing disparate types of material, and creating meaning for their own lives. The objectives outlined in the guide support the National Education Goals.

Published by:
ABC-CLIO, Inc.
130 Cremona Drive, PO Box 1911
Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911

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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