A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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Eight-Hand Sets and Holy Steps: Early Dance Tunes and Songs of Praise from North Carolina's Black Tradition, curriculum guide.
by Glenn Hinson and Patricia M. Gantt

Subjects: Music; African American Culture; Dance; Ritual and Ceremony;
Locations: North Carolina;

http://www.ncarts.org/

Field recordings with historical and biographical notes edited by Glenn Hinson; originally issued in 1979; reissued as a project of the Folklife Section of the North Carolina Arts Council and the North Carolina Museum of History. Curriculum guide by Patricia M. Gantt (24 pp. : ill.) inserted in container. Distributed to all public schools in the state, this guide was designed specifically for eighth grade students. Provides glossary, activities, bibliography, resources.

Published by:
Folklife Section of North Carolina Arts Council
Raleigh, NC 27601-2807
919/733-7897

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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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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