Fresh Beats A Standards-Based Hip-Hop Curriculum

Fresh Beatsby Robert VagiBook/CD130 pagesGr 6-12
This groundbreaking program is a new resource for secondary general music classes, designed to help teachers involve more students in their programs. The book is fully reproducible and includes information and resources to acquaint teachers with hip-hop music and culture, as well as easy-to-use lessons that teach the National Standards for Music Education. The curriculum will engage students while enhancing their musical and critical thinking skills as they learn about the history of hip-hop and its role in society, listen to and critique popular music, write their own rap songs, and learn to compose and perform drumbeats using the accompanying CD.
Contents:About Fresh Beats  Alignment with National Standards  How to Use Fresh Beats  History and Culture  Hip-Hop Beginnings  Hip-Hop -- Emergence and Evolution  Hip-Hop: 1980s  The 1990s and the Rise of Gang Rap  2000s and Beyond  For Further Reading  Lesson: Beginnings of Hip-Hop  Writing Prompt  Artist Profiles: Kool Herc; Grandmaster Flash; Afrika Bambaataa  Artist Summary  Hip-Hop Beginnings Worksheet  Evaluation  Worksheet Answer Key  Lesson: Hip-Hop -- Breakthrough and Evolution  Artist Profiles: Sugarhill Gang; Kurtis Blow; RUN-DMC  Artist Summary  Worksheet  Evaluation  Evaluation: Compare and Contrast  Worksheet Answer Key  Compare and Contrast Sample Answers  Lesson: Hip-Hop during the 1980s  The Rise of Pop Rap  Writing Prompt  Song Topics  Artist Profiles: The Fresh Prince; MC Hammer  Artist Summary  Worksheet  Evaluation  Compare and Contrast  Song Topics Answer Key  Worksheet Answer Key  Compare and Contrast Sample Answers  Lesson: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Hip-Hop Meets Television  Worksheet  Worksheet Sample Answers  Lesson: Hip-Hop During the 1990s: The Rise and Fall of Gang Rap  Writing Prompt  Artist Profiles: Tupac Shakur; The Notorious B.I.G.  Artist Summary  Worksheet  Letter Template  Worksheet Answer Key  Letter Model Response  Lesson: Women in Hip-Hop  Opening Activity  Artist Profiles: Queen Latifah; Lauryn Hill; Salt-N-Pepa  Artist Summary  Worksheet  Evaluation  Compare and Contrast  Answer Key  Women in Hip-Hop  Compare and Contrast Sample Answers  Final Exam  Final Exam Answer Key  Hip-Hop Interview Project  Songwriting  Lesson: Class Song  Worksheet  Model Response  Lesson: Introduction Song  Worksheet  Model Response  Lesson: Song for Change -- Preparation  Story Summary  Planning  Lesson: Song for Change  Worksheet  Model Response  Recording  Drum Set  Lesson: Basic Rock/Hip-Hop Beat  Worksheet  Playing Test  Lesson: Beat #2  Worksheet  Playing Test  Lesson: Drum Set Composition  Playing Test