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AIM: Call & response was a form of communication that involved foot stomps, clapping, sticks & vocalization; reggae music can be political and uses some elements of call & response.

AGENDA:
 * 1) Kristi Introducing the presentation-2 min
 * 2) Jasmin starts off with another introduction on the three African Americans we did researched on. – 1 min
 * 3) Jasmin present Obama,- 3 min
 * 4) Ayoola starts presenting Maya Angelou,- 3 min
 * 5) Tyanna starts presenting Clearance Thomas.– 3 min
 * 6) Jasmin gives a brief story on what the plot is on – 1 min (Video will be 5min)
 * 7) Jasmin explains Gullah with Ayoola- 4 min
 * 8) Kristi introduces video and explains the role- 2 min
 * 9) Kristi introduces the game- 1 min
 * 10) Tyanna and Kristi demonstrates the game while
 * 11) Ayoola is explaining- 2-3 min
 * 12) Ayoola Make Room for game- 1 min
 * 13) Game- 8 min
 * 14) <span class="s1" style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tyanna and Ayoola introduces and explains our resource- 6 min
 * 15) <span class="s1" style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">All group members contribute to speech bob Marley- 5min.
 * 16) <span class="s1" style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Everybody- reggae

<span style="color: #661e1e; display: block; font-family: Webdings,sans-serif; text-align: center;">--- <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__ Clarence Thomas __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Clarence Thomas was born June 23, 1948 in Pin Point, Georgia. Thomas was the second African American to serve on the court in 1991. At age 2 Thomas’s father abandoned his family. When his home burned down Thomas’s mother who was a maid, remarried, and Thomas and his brother had to live with his grandmother in Savannah Georgia. In the beginning of his carrier when he first started his work at the supreme justices, Thomas was very shy and quiet, he barely asked questions because he was raised speaking Gullah and he couldn't speak Standard English well at the time.



<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: left;">__ Maya Angelou __ <span class="s2" style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned and influential voices of our time. Hailed as a global renaissance woman, Dr. Angelou is a celebrated poet, memoirist, novelist, educator, dramatist, producer, actress, historian, filmmaker, and civil rights activist.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">__ Barack Obama __ <span class="s2" style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Barack Obama is the first African American to become president of the United Sates of America. How he became president is of course a interesting topic. He has become very inspirational over time during his presidency. He was born on August 4, 1961 and was raised by his mother and grandparents after his dad left when he was a baby. As Barack Obama grew up his mother struggled to give him the best education possible. Barack Obama grew up as a hard worker and attended college at Columbia University. After college he wanted to help people who were struggling and to do that he had to study law and went to law school at Harvard Law School. As he worked more harder in life he became the State Senate of Illinois.



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 290%; text-align: center;">REGGAE!

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;"> __ How was Reggae developed.? __


 * <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Reggae is a form of ska, mento, and R&B music in the 1960s. Reggae is a mixture of ska and rocksteady. Reggae was made by the “Organ Shuffle” by Bunny Lee, “Say what you’re saying” by Clancy Eccles, and “People Funny Boy” Lee “scratch” Perry.
 * <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Reggae was developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. A popular artist who took interest in reggae was Bob Marley who is also from Jamaica. Marley’s music had a lot of lyrics based on right and equality that attracted many people to listen to his music.
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Reggae is African music and rhythm and blues, or early rock and roll.
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Reggae songs are usually about social issues, politics, and the Rastafarian religion which, is an African religion that many Jamaicans follow.

<span style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">__ Bob Marley (February 6, 1945-May 11, 1981) __ <span class="s2" style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">He was born with the name Nesta Robert Marley in the village of Nine Mile located in Saint Ann, Jamaica on February 6, 1945 and he died in Miami Florida on May 11, 1981. Bob Marley was also known as Tuff Gong. Bob Marley was a singer-songwriter and a musician. He started his career in 1962 and it ended in 1981. At the start of his European tour, Marley injured his foot playing football. In July 1977, he found out that he had acral Lintiginous Melanoma. Despite his illness, he still wanted to continue to do his tour. After his tour, his health deteriorated, he became very ill and the cancer has spread throughout his body.



Top Three Songs Chosen By the Reggae Group (Ayoola Hooks-Gibbs, Jasmin Hussain, Kristi Bezhani, and Tyanna Pleasant): Get Up Stand Up: media type="file" key="Get Up Stand Up.mp3" width="240" height="20"

Three Little Birds: media type="file" key="Three Little Birds.mp3" width="240" height="20"

One Love: media type="file" key="One Love.mp3"

--- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 230%; text-align: center;">Gullah Time!


 * <span class="s1" style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Gullah is a form of call and response music from the time of slavery.
 * <span class="s1" style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Africans were brought over from Madagascar and Angola to around south-east USA to grow rice. Angola was shortened to Gola(Gullah). That is where the term comes from.
 * <span class="s1" style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Gullah music is mostly vocals along with hand clapping, foot stomping, walking sticks, and shakers.

<span style="color: #661e1e; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 23px;">The following website gives really good examples of Gullah music. Click on the link and check it out!

[|http://www.knowitall.org/gullahmusic/]

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<span style="color: #661e1e; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: left;">Gullah Video Presentation information: <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">**Presentation Roles and Timelines** <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Video Story: <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Characters: <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Ayoola-Slave 1 <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Jasmin-Slave 2 <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Tyanna-Slave Master <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Script <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Kristi-Slave <span class="s1" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Setting: Ayoola (slave 1) is in the field picking cotton with Jasmin (slave 2) <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Jasmin: claps hands five times in a very fast motion.(this means she is planning to run tonight) <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Ayoola: claps once in an agreement. <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Ayoola hears Jasmin and stomps her foot once. <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">(1 stomp means AMEN!!) <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Jasmin stomps her foot ten times and gets back to work. <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">(ten stomps means 10 o clock at night is the time to runaway) <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">both Jasmin and Ayoola are back to work. <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Tyanna (slave owner) sees their strange behavior at night when the slaves are supposed to be sleeping, becomes suspicious, and vigorously takes Ayoola by the hand and is threatening her. <span class="s2" style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">While Tyanna is doing this to Ayoola, Ayoola panics starts making fart like noises with her mouth to give the signal that she is panicking and she has been caught. --- Links and Websites used: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/images/thomas.jpg http://seattlest.com/attachments/suzi123/maya_angelou.jpg http://www.dmiblog.com/archives/2007/08/where_do_the_candidates_stand_3.html http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QLhr8jQKnUk/TcsGPThR30I/AAAAAAAABsU/GaQiKHQlvFA/s1600/bob-marley-happy.jpg