Infonews n°183 du 06/04/2003
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This week, a lesson plan around revolt and rap, based
on an article and a lesson plan from the New York Times and the last LP from a rapper
called "Paris" ( but I couldn't find out why he chose this name...). You can use
the documents from lower secondary school upwards, to make the students reflect both on
the links between art and political concerns, on the war, and on how far is going too far
for different people.....
Also in this issue, an interesting site
for Earth Day (April 22nd) , "Busy Box", the best method at the moment for
English in primary school, and the last news from Jean Sahai about teaching exams in
France....
Next week, I'll be on holidays, so Infonews
n°184 will come out at the beginning of May. I wish you nice holidays too.....
Have a nice week!
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Music, Art and political concerns
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A lesson plan
An article
A picture
Crosscurricular activities
Cultural theme : "Revolt"
Lien avec les programmes officiels français
Song and Lyrics
Paris' Biography
About the videoclip showing the assassination of the President
Songs and videos online
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Earth Day
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Take Back Earth Day
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Resource for Primary school
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Busy Box (message de Jeanny Prat)
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Concours
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Réduction de postes (from Jean Sahai)
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Music, Art and political concerns
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A lesson plan
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The New York Times offers a lesson plan entitled:
"Creating Album Covers That Reflect Students' Political and Social Concerns"
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20030404friday.html
An article
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the lesson is based on the article:
"Furor Over Rapper's Cover-Art Statement", By NEIL STRAUSS,April 4, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20030404friday.html
including words like:
cameos, depicts, shun, contender, marginalized, diatribe, blunted, rails, payola,
provocateur, exploitation, objectifying....
A picture
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With intermediate students ( à partir de la 4ème ou même en IDD?) you can use only the
cover of the album "Sonic Jihad" by the US black rapper Paris, "depicting a
jet about to slam into the White House" :
http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/2003/04/03/arts/03POPL.184.jpg
and invite your students to find reasons to ( or not to) release/sell/buy this album, from
the point of view of : the record label executive, a record store owner, a consumer. This
can lead to an interesting debate in the class, and make the students use in an authentic
context the words, phrases and grammatical forms to defend their case, convince, disagree
and react on the spot to the others' statements.
Crosscurricular activities
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- Art : The students will work with the art teacher to design a CD cover trying to raise
public awareness for a problem they feel concerned with.
- Native/foreign language : the students will brainstorm to find the key ideas
concerning the problem they have chosen and its consequences and solutions.With the help
of this mind map, they will find a title for their album and the other songs, and even
write the lyrics for a song.
- Music : with the music teachers, the students will create a song or several, based on
the lyrics they invented.
This will show students how music can be used to convey a message and also give the
opportunity to the students who feel like expressing their feelings about the war to voice
them in a constructive context.
This activity can of course be adapted to higher classes.
Cultural theme : "Revolt"
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From a cultural point of view, note the panther in the name "Paris" in the
picture on the cover : this shows that Paris wants to stress his link with the Black
Panthers and the Nation of Islam ( Malcolm X's movement), as you can read it in his short
biography on his official website:
http://www.guerillafunk.com/paris/
Malcolm X
history of the NOI (Nation Of Islam) on the official site of this religious movement (no
mention of Malcolm X)
http://www.noi.org/history_of_noi.htm?history=&Nation+of+Islam=&noi=
history of the NOI on a Christian site (also biased)
http://www.breakaway.org/noi/history.htm
Biography of Malcolm X
http://www.cmgww.com/historic/malcolm/bio.html
the legacy of Malcolm (how he questioned the validity of the leader of the NOI, and
criticized their message of hatred, with a link to the black Panthers at the end
http://www.ghg.net/hollaway/civil/civil46.htm
Black Panthers:
http://www.marxists.org/history/usa/workers/black-panthers/
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/index-be.html
Lien avec les programmes officiels français
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Ceci correspond au thème culturel "les relations de pouvoir" ( p3 sur 8) du
nouveau programme de 1ère qui est en consultation sur:
http://www.eduscol.education.fr/D0014/lycee_anglais.pdf
et plus précisément dans les exemples du contenu culturel p7 sur 8, dans la rubrique
"révolte":
"mouvements de libération : "Black Panthers, Nation of
Islam"
et aussi "arts" : funk et rap.
Song and Lyrics
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From the bio page of Paris, you can also download his free internet-only
anti-establishment anthem - the single entitled, “What Would You Do?” in protest
of the US Government’s current policies and lies.
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/audio/paris/Sonic_Jihad/WhatWouldYouDoLong.mp3
Maybe you can use this song as a background music for the activity : As for the lyrics, I
found two versions
- one in which I couldn't make out the message through the flow of rude words....
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/cgi-bin/frames.cgi?http://www.lyricsdownload.com/data/p/paris/paris_record_label_murder.php4
and another one which seems more understandable
http://www.letssingit.com/paris-what-would-you-do-jbhxknn.html
Paris' Biography
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from Rolling Stones Magazine ( short, with the word : "moniker" for nickname)
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bio.asp?oid=5467
from his official website
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/bio/paris.html
About the videoclip showing the assassination of the President
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http://www.eugeneweekly.com/archive/08_02_01/news.html
(scroll down to : " Getting it Off : Torrey says Cascadia Alive! goes beyond free
speech." by Orna Izakson)
The article depicts how this 4 minute clip was shown on TV on the 4th of July 2001....and
that the President in the clip was G.W.Bush Father!
You can hear the song:
http://www.guerillafunk.com/audio/paris/Sleeping_With_Enemy/BushKillaOrig.mp3
Songs and videos online
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http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/devil_made_me_do_it/
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/sleeping_with_the_enemy/
http://www.guerrillafunk.com/paris/unleashed/
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Earth Day
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Take Back Earth Day
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http://www.takebackearthday.org/
16 environmental groups joined together to produce this activist site, aiming at making
all Americans aware of the current situation and decided to take action to stop it while
it is still time. There are several sections, each of them very efficient : you can invite
your upper secondary class to work in groups to explore the different chapters: clean air,
forests, wildlife, public land, clean energy,toxic waste, clean water,nuclear waste. For
each chapter you find the official US regulation, the fact sheet with the current figures,
the consequences and what can be done to improve the situation.
See the groups involved:
http://www.takebackearthday.org/about/default.asp
you can use their addresses to go directly to these associations sites:
- "Defenders of Wildlife" : read Defender magazine online, and discover the
endangered wolves and how to protect prairie life.
http://www.defenders.org/defendersmag/
- "Friends of the Earth" : after pollution of earth, air and water, read what
polluant we have inside us
http://www.ewg.org/reports/bodyburden/
- "Greenpeace USA" : offers the same type of chapters (click on the pictures) :
global warming, forests, genetic engineering, nuclear, oceans, toxics. See also the media
center with photos, videos ( one about wind energy and one about a nuclear plant in India
which can compare to Chernobyl) , factsheets and reports...
http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/media/
- "National Wildlife Federation" : see their magazines and videos
http://www.nwf.org/printandfilm/
pour d'autres adresses sur le sujet, voyez,faite votre choix parmi:
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Holidays_and_Special_Days/Earth_Day/
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Resource for Primary school
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Busy Box (message de Jeanny Prat)
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Le produit pédagogique Busy Box auquel ma collègue Christiane MALNOY et moi-même,
Jeanny PRAT avons accepté de contribuer vient de faire l'objet d'une reconnaissance
officielle après avoir avoir été examiné par un groupe d'experts.
En effet, la DESCO nous a récemment (février 2003) informées que ce produit fera
désormais partie des outils recommandés par l'Education Nationale pour l'apprentissage
de l'anglais à l'école primaire. On le trouvera donc très bientôt dans la liste
consultable sur le site du CNDP.
Busy Box - anglais - cycle 3
http://www.editionsmulticolores.com/
N'hésitez pas : allez y faire un tour / votre avis nous intéresse!
[ un excellent produit pour l'apprentissage en primaire, basé sur les projets. A voir
absolument!]
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Concours
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Réduction de postes (from Jean Sahai)
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"Grosse déception des candidats à l'agrégation interne d'anglais 2003, avec 106
admissibles de moins que l'an dernier, la barre des épreuves écrites étant passée sans
prévenir de 13 à 17 sur 40. Et les agrégations de chinois, italien et portugais ont
disparu cette année... Voir les infos détaillées et les réactions à cette réduction
budgétaire inattendue sur
http://agreg.fr.fm
[ Le site perso de Jean, notre collègue de Guadeloupe, rassemble depuis
plusieurs années les travaux de Jean et de ses collègues de la liste "concours
-anglais". Vous y trouverez des documents précieux et originaux, des propos parfois
décapants dans un style que vous ne retrouverez sur aucun autre site.... ]
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