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Foxfire
by Eliot Wigginton, Margie Bennett, eds.
Subjects: Folk Arts and Material Culture; Community Life; Storytelling; Documentation and Field Research; Foodways; Ritual and Ceremony;
Locations: Georgia;
http://www.foxfire.org/news.html
The Georgia-based institute Foxfire has been producing publications by students and teachers for over thirty-five years. Foxfire News contains teacher stories, informational pieces and news. The eleven volume Foxfire Book series on Appalachian folklife resulted from student documentation and field research projects. The Foxfire Web site lists educational tools, materials for teachers, and publications, including Foxfire Magazine. Foxfire utilizes a learner-centered, community-based educational approach, with an emphasis on teacher training which supports Appalachian culture.
Published by: Doubleday Garden City, NY
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Mountain Valley Music: Grassroots Music from Western North Carolina and North Georgia
by John C. Campbell Folk School
Subjects: Music;
Locations: North Carolina; Georgia;
http://www.folkschool.org/
Doug Day wrote the booklet for this cassette packet that features a rich sampler, shape note to string band, gospel to bluegrass. On 1991 Selected List of American Folk Music and Folklore Recordings, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
Published by: John C. Campbell Folk School One Folk School Road Brasstown, NC 28902
1.800.FOLK SCH
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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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Folkwriting: Lessons about Place,
Heritage and Tradition for the Georgia Classroom.
by Laurie Kay Sommers, and Diane Howard, eds. $25.00 Subjects: Documentation and Field Research;
Locations: Georgia;
http://www.valdosta.edu/folkwriting/ http://www.valdosta.edu/sgwp/
Curriculum workbook is packaged in print form together with a CD-ROM, and is geared toward Georgia standards
and its core curriculum for language arts and social studies. The workbook copy has lessons for all grade levels, each with an interview component. The publication is also available online. Softcover copy with three-hole punch and CD are available from Diane Howard, VSU Department of English, 1500 N. Patterson, Valdosta, GA 31698
Published by: Valdosta State University VSU Department of English, 1500 N. Patterson Valdosta, GA 31698
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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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