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Discover the role of gospel music in shaping American culture.

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How has gospel music influenced modern music genres?

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Can you identify any modern artists who were influenced by gospel music?

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From the Church to the Charts: The Influence of Gospel Music

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Explore why blues is considered the foundation of modern music.

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What are the main characteristics of blues music?

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In what ways has blues music impacted other musical genres?

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Is Blues the Mother of All Modern Music?

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Learn about jazz's influence on the development of hip-hop music.

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What are some similarities between jazz and hip-hop?

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Robert Glasper: “Jazz is the mother of hip-hop” | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA

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Understand the cultural significance of Puerto Rican Bomba music.

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What historical influences shaped Bomba music?

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How is Bomba music used in Puerto Rican cultural celebrations today?

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Why Puerto Rican Bomba Music Is Resistance

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Explore the origins of Afro-Mexican dance and its cultural impact.

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How did Afro-Mexican dance develop over time?

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What role does Afro-Mexican dance play in modern Mexican culture?

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Afro-Mexicans: Dancing Their Way Back To Their Roots

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Learn about traditional West African dance styles and their importance.

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What are some key characteristics of West African dance?

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How are traditional West African dances preserved today?

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Learn some traditional West African dance steps with Ms. Yvonne.

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How the Bronx brought breaking to the world

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How the Bronx brought breaking to the world

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Discover how breaking became a global dance phenomenon from the Bronx.

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What factors contributed to the spread of breaking worldwide?

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Why is the Bronx significant in the history of breaking?

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How the Bronx brought breaking to the world

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PBS is celebrating Black History Month 2025! This collection is curated to showcase Black excellence through contributions, achievements, and ideas across core subjects and eras. These classroom resources aim to inspire educators to intentionally include Black history and stories in all curricula, using PBS LearningMedia as a tool in doing so, and celebrate Black history this month — and all year long.
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    We Came to America – Faith Ringgold 

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    We Came to America – Faith Ringgold 

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'Great Migration' Panel 49  – Jacob Lawrence 

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'Great Migration' Panel 49  – Jacob Lawrence 

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In your groups, look at the artwork/song/poem and discuss the following questions:

1. What story or message does the artwork/song/cultural practice convey?

2. What emotions or thoughts does the artwork evoke?

3. What symbols or elements of design (color, composition, words) stand out to you? How do they contribute to the message of resistance?

4. How does this form of resistance reflect the culture or history of the people who created it?

All group members should write the answer to at least one of the questions (discuss together and each answer one question)

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In your groups, look at the artwork/song/poem and discuss the following questions:

1. What story or message does the artwork/song/cultural practice convey?

2. What emotions or thoughts does the artwork evoke?

3. What symbols or elements of design (color, composition, words) stand out to you? How do they contribute to the message of resistance?

4. How does this form of resistance reflect the culture or history of the people who created it?

All group members should write the answer to at least one of the questions (discuss together and each answer one question)

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In your groups, look at the artwork/song/poem and discuss the following questions:

1. What story or message does the artwork/song/cultural practice convey?

2. What emotions or thoughts does the artwork evoke?

3. What symbols or elements of design (color, composition, words) stand out to you? How do they contribute to the message of resistance?

4. How does this form of resistance reflect the culture or history of the people who created it?

All group members should write the answer to at least one of the questions (discuss together and each answer one question)

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This is America - Childish Gambino (Donald Glover)

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This is America - Childish Gambino (Donald Glover)

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Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)

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In your groups, look at the artwork/song/poem and discuss the following questions:

1. What story or message does the artwork/song/cultural practice convey?

2. What emotions or thoughts does the artwork evoke?

3. What symbols or elements of design (color, composition, words) stand out to you? How do they contribute to the message of resistance?

4. How does this form of resistance reflect the culture or history of the people who created it?

All group members should write the answer to at least one of the questions (discuss together and each answer one question)

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televise - Gil Scott Heron

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televise - Gil Scott Heron

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Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

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You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,

Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don't you take it awful hard

’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines

Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I've got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.

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In your groups, look at the artwork/song/poem and discuss the following questions:

1. What story or message does the artwork/song/cultural practice convey?

2. What emotions or thoughts does the artwork evoke?

3. What symbols or elements of design (color, composition, words) stand out to you? How do they contribute to the message of resistance?

4. How does this form of resistance reflect the culture or history of the people who created it?

All group members should write the answer to at least one of the questions (discuss together and each answer one question)