Hip-Hop As Our Own Personal Escape

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PROJECT

H.O.P.E.

Hip-Hop as Our own Personal Escape

A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BARNARD ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL AND THE AMY ROSSBOROUGH FELLOWSHIP AT YALE

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WHAT IS HIP-HOP?

Today’s Agenda:

3:30pm-4:30pm~ Snacks, Homework

4:30pm-4:45pm~ Daily Reflection-Highs and Lows

4:45pm-5:05pm~ Today’s Discussion: What do you like about hip-hop? What types of emotions do you feel when you listen to hip-hop? Who are your favorite hip-hop artists?

5:05pm-5:30pm~ Create a dance in groups of three to the song Diamonds by Rihanna

What do you like about hip-hop?

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What types of emotions do you feel when you listen to hip-hop?

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Who are your favorite hip-hop artists?

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Skills we used today: Creative Dance, Seminar Etiquette, Self-Expression

HIP-HOP AS AN ESCAPE

Today’s Agenda:

3:30pm-4:30pm~ Snacks, Homework

4:30pm-4:45pm~ Daily Reflection-Create a playlist of your life choosing 8 songs that describe you and explain why you picked those songs

4:45pm-5:05pm~ Today’s Discussion: What makes you angry? What makes you upset? How do you deal with these different situations?

5:05pm-5:30pm~ Write and record the chorus of your “Life Song”

Your Life Playlist (List 8 songs)

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What makes you angry? What makes you upset? How do you deal with these different situations?

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HIP-HOP AS AN ESCAPE

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Your Life Song Chorus

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Skills we used today: Creative Writing, Seminar Etiquette, Conflict-Resolution

ROLE MODELS

Today’s Agenda:

3:30pm-4:30pm~ Snacks, Homework

4:30pm-4:45pm~ Daily Reflection: Highs and Lows

4:45pm-5:05pm~ Today’s discussion: What are the characteristics of a role model? Who is your role model and why? How can you be a role model at school?

5:05pm-5:30pm~ Listening Activity and Literary Analysis of Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys

What are the characteristics of a role model?

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Who is your role model and why??

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How can you be a role model at school?

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Skills we used today: Literary Analysis, Annotation, Seminar Etiquette

GIRL ON FIRE by Alicia Keys

She's just a girl, and she's on fire

Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway

She's living in a world, and it's on fire

Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away

Oh, she got both feet on the ground

And she's burning it down

Oh, she got her head in the clouds

And she's not backing down

(Chorus)

This girl is on fire. This girl is on fire

She's walking on fire. This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl, but she's a flame

So bright, she can burn your eyes

Better look the other way

You can try but you'll never forget her name

She's on top of the world

Hottest of the hottest girls say

Oh, we got our feet on the ground

And we're burning it down

Oh, got our head in the clouds

And we're not coming down

Chorus.

Everybody stands, as she goes by

Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes

Watch her when she's lighting up the night

Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl

And it's a lonely world

But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby

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