A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Jubilation! : African American Celebrations in the Southeast
by William H. Wiggins, Jr., Douglas DeNatale
$10.00, also available on loan basis.
Subjects: History; Geography; African American Culture; Family Celebrations and Traditions; Holidays;
Locations: South Carolina; Southern States (U.S.);

http://www.digitaltraditions.net/html/J_Resources.cfm

This curriculum notebook explores the special nature of African-American celebrations within the family and community, and encourages students to discover their own cultural heritage. Includes lesson plans, teacher background, and a bibliography of adult and children's literature.

Published by:
McKissick Museum
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
803/777-7251

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Learning from Your Community: Folklore and Video in the Schools
by Gail Matthews, Don Patterson

Subjects: Documentation and Field Research; History; Geography;
Locations: South Carolina;

http://www.louisianavoices.org/edu_home.html

This classroom curriculum guide for grades 4 to 8 is based upon a folklorist's and a videographer's work with South Carolina students on the effects of Hurricane Hugo. Offers many tips about student documentation and video projects. Published by the South Carolina Arts Commission Folk Arts Program and made available as a PDF file through Louisiana Voices website, books.

Published by:
South Carolina Arts Commission, posted on Folklife in Louisiana website
,
1-800/375-4100

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Incorporating Local Culture Into the Classroom
by Patti McAlbee, Kate Townsend, eds.
$Available on loan
Subjects: Community Life; Folk Arts and Material Culture; History;
Locations: South Carolina;

http://the-mack.org/

Published in connection with the Savannah Valley Cultural Conservation Consortium. Kit of in-service training materials includes interviews with Foxfire's Eliot Wigginton, oral historian Mark Wetherington, folklorist/historian Charles Joyner, and folklorist Gail Matthews-DeNatale.

Published by:
McCormick Arts Council
P.O. 488
McCormick, SC 29835
864/465-3216

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Stout Hearts: Traditional Oak Basket Makers of the South Carolina Upcountry
by Barbara Tartaglia, Gary Stanton
$5.95
Subjects: Folk Arts and Material Culture;
Locations: South Carolina;

http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/1993older/9955.html

An educator's notebook for K-12 with slides, video, reference materials, curriculum, photos, basket examples available on loan to South Carolina schools.

Published by:
McKissick Museum
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
803/777-7251

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Indivisible
by Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
free
Subjects: Native American Culture; Maritime Culture; Documentation and Field Research; Mexican American Culture; Immigration and Migration;
Locations: Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Florida; Haiti; Montana; New Mexico; New York (State); North Carolina; South Carolina; South Carolina; Texas; Utah;

http://www.indivisible.org/resources.htm

This is a companion educator's guide to the Center's documentary project "Indivisible: Stories of American Community." Included is a written foreword by Ray Suarez entitled "Local Heroes Changing America." There are also brief descriptions of some "Indivisible" communities, including Alaskan fishing communities; an alternative federal credit union in Ithaca, New York; Haitian Citizens Police Academy in Delray Beach, Florida; CHALK (communities in Harmony Advocating for Learning and Kids) in San Francisco; Navajo Lifeways in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado; Eau Claire Community of Shalom in North and South Carolina; Handmade in America Revitalization Project in Western North Carolina; Midwifery practice and doula service, Stony Brook, New York; Proyecto Azteca in San Juan, Texas; Southwest Youth Collaborative in Chicago; the Village of Arts and Humanities in Philadelphia; and Yaak Valley Forest Community in Montana. Also included in the kit is Document Vol. 3:1 featuring articles on place and displacement.

Published by:
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
1317 West Pettigrew Street
Durham, NC 27705
919/660-3663

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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
by Southern Regional Council
$150.00 (CD); $135.00 (cass); $20.00 (teacher's guide)
Subjects: Social Justice; African American Culture; History;
Locations: United States; Georgia; Mississippi; South Carolina; Alabama; Arkansas;

Award-winning documentary series, originally aired on public radio, that provides a history of the civil rights movement, drawing upon interviews, music, and oral histories. Teacher's guide contains curriculum information and guided study questions.

Published by:
Southern Regional Council
133 Carnegie Way, NW., Suite 130
Atlanta, GA 30303
404/552-8764, x41

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