Roots


 * AIM: **

· Explain the genre’s musical structure. What makes it distinctive? How can we recognize it? · Provide at least one original and one contemporary example. · Describe any connections to other genres, especially with regard to call & response, syncopation and/or polyrhythm. · Explore the historical event or person for evidence of liberty and/or equality. · Summarize the event or person: Who, what where, when? WHY is this event or person important to AA history? · Each team will have up to 60 minutes to present a class activity or discussion. What will make the presentation special? · Document your creations on our shared ethnomusicology Wikispaces. · Each team will create a video that will help the audience understand liberty & equality, a musical genre and/or African American history. The video can be a short, 30 second “commercial” or a longer, instructional piece. The video can also be completed after the presentations, but before Jun 6, 2011.
 * The Music: **
 * The Events: **
 * The Magic: **
 * The Video: **


 * **Fig. 1: Genres/Events & Students Teams** ||  ||
 * ** Genres & Events ** || ** RED WIKI ** || **ORANGE WIKI** ||
 * **Gospel/Spirituals:** 1808 Ban on slave trade; 1840 Amistad ruling, Emancipation Proclamation (1800-1865) || Aaron, Juan, Sterling, Laura || Tyler, Robert, Raeven, Jalen ||
 * **Work Song, Field/Street calls/Protest songs:** Dred Scott Decision, Plessey vs. Ferguson, DuBois & Double Consciousness (The Souls of Black Folk) (1850-1900) || Jaccar, Aidan, Katherine, Franklin - Latin: Bachata & Reggaeton || Lexus, Dakota, Keith ||
 * **Blues:** Amendments 13, 14, 15 (1865-1900) || Michael, James, Gabe, Seamus || Anthony, Teige, Henry, Willie ||
 * **Jazz:** Integration of the military, Scottsboro Trials, Brown v. Board of Education (1900-1960) || Roberto, Jhonas, Devante, Jessica || Roger, Nicholas M, Ellen ||
 * **Rhythm & Blues:** Montgomery Bus Boycott, Civil Rights Act, Voting Right Act (1950-present) || Danielle, Zarea, Jordan || Dejah, Tamatha, Victoria, Taylor ||
 * **Funk:** Angela Davis & the Black Panthers, Shirley Chisolm, Barbara Jordan (1970-present) || Victoria, Zakee, Eric, Brandon || Nicholas D, Maria, Deshawn, Sarena ||
 * **Hip-Hop:** Clarence Thomas, Maya Angelou, Barack Obama (1980-present) || Kristi, Jasmin, Tyanna, Ayoola - Reggae/Gulla || Goldie, Bach, Drue ||
 * **Rock:** Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides, Stokely Carmichael & Black Power. || Isabela, Kyler, Morgan, Luke || Matthew, Shannon, Jonathan, Sean ||