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Oh, Freedom! Celebrating Human Ingenuity & Resilience -50% 0ff Sale!
Class experience
US Grade 3 - 6
Beginner Level
This stand-alone course will immerse students in the history of American Slavery and the musical creativity used to survive and cope with the hardships of everyday life. The process will encompass music appreciative studies of rhythm, percussion and singing as well as discussion of code making and breaking, historical and current events. The course will culminate in students creating their own encoded song to convey a hidden message concerning freedom. Beginning with Lesson 1, entitled...
Using the overall theme: “Oh, Freedom!”, students will learn how one can be free within themselves while working within an immovable framework of circumstance, rules or injustices. Throughout the process, participants will learn valuable coping and self-soothing skills that are easily transferable to their everyday lives. They will cultivate empathy for others and explore emotion by using visual art.
As an African- American, I have always had a passion for Black History. As a trained singer and musician, I've also had a passion for several music genres, from Gospel to Opera. This course began as a 10-minute History of Spirituals in word and song, much like Jimmy Fallon's History of Rap series. From those humble beginnings, came an Arts Residency at a middle school in Southern NJ for which a 10-part curriculum was written in only 48 hours! Since then, some manner of this course has been taught to students of all ages, all over the world, in-person and here on Outschool.
Homework Offered
Students will have homework assigned in the following lessons: Lesson 1: brainSTORM (visual arts project) Lesson 3: Vocabulary wordfind and crossword puzzle Lesson 6: Code-A-Quilt Project (visual arts) Lesson 7: Sing a New Song - musical composition1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Pupils will be evaluated via various participatory activities - oral and kinetic; as well as written and creative homework exercises. No prerequisites required.Grades Offered
1 file available upon enrollmentVisual arts and song writing materials may incur additional costs. PDF materials (patterns, worksheets, templates) to be presented and provided by the teacher at no additional cost.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
This course has several inherent references of a Biblical nature. The references are not presented to convey religious doctrine but to help students understand how these words were used as lyrics to communicate covertly in code. Provided PDF materials will need to be printed and compiled before the first session of class. All independent assignments must be submitted by the due dates (and times). This may be done via screenshot, scanner or scanning app and submitted by Outschool message.
WELCOME LEARNERS AND PARENTS! If you or your student is struggling with below level skills, I can help! I am an accelerated reading. writing and mathematics specialist holding multiple teaching certificates in two states, who was a homeschooling...
Group Class
$58
for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
55 min
Completed by 26 learners
Live video meetings
Ages 10-15
12-18 learners per class
Financial Assistance
Outschool International
Tutoring
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