Popular Music: An Untapped Resource for Teaching Contemporary Black History

Hot for Teacher: Using Digital Music to Enhance Students’ Experience in Online Courses

“…Music is fundamentally human with biological roots (Weinberger, 1998(Weinberger, , 2004. In addition, music's potential to enhance students' learning and experience has been documented in a variety of P-12 classroom settings, including foreign language (e.g., Salcedo, 2002), humanities and social sciences (e.g., Stovall, 2006), English as a second language (ESL) (e.g., Griffee, 1990;Murphey, 1992), and history (e.g., Cooper, 1979). In addition, music's potential to enhance students' learning and experience has been documented in a variety of P-12 classroom settings, including foreign language (e.g., Salcedo, 2002), humanities and social sciences (e.g., Stovall, 2006), English as a second language (ESL) (e.g., Griffee, 1990;Murphey, 1992), and history (e.g., Cooper, 1979).…”

Ethnic Minorities’ Cultural and Artistic Practices as Forms of Political Expression: A Review of the Literature and a Theoretical Discussion on Music

“…For instance, one of the most famous Greek political songs is undoubtedly 'Cloudy Sunday' written by Vassilis Tzitzanis (Holst 2001), despite the fact that at first sight the song just describes a rainy day in Greece and makes no explicit reference to the German invasion of the country during World War II. Second, lyrics may seek to frame the mindset of the audience on a particular question (see for instance Ben Auslander (1981) on protest songs during the Vietnam War) or to educate citizens or ethnic groups on a particular question (Lee Cooper 1979). But the influence that artists wish to have on their audience through lyrics is sometimes much larger than this.…”