Writing for Liberation by https://padlet.com/mlawrence62/idiknwdxca9xqdvm What does it mean to be an American? Using Mentor Texts to Explore Identities en-us 2021-07-15 00:59:12 UTC 2024-12-15 14:20:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Traditional American Canon mlawrence62 https://padlet.com/mlawrence62/idiknwdxca9xqdvm/wish/1650142370
  • "America" Neil Diamond
  • “America the Beautiful”
  • “American Progress” image
  • Declaration of Independence
  • “God Bless America”
  • “God Bless the USA” Lee Greenwood
  • “I Hear America Singing” Walt Whitman
  • "Pledge of Allegiance" Francis Bellamy
  • “Star Spangled Banner”
  • Statue of Liberty
  • "The New Colossus" Emma Lazarus & Trump Era Revision
    • ]]>     2021-07-15 01:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mlawrence62/idiknwdxca9xqdvm/wish/1650142370     Counterstory Playlist mlawrence62 https://padlet.com/mlawrence62/idiknwdxca9xqdvm/wish/1650147663

  • "Alien" Gil Scott-Heron

  • **“Alright" Kendrick Lamar

  • "America” Simon & Garfunkel

  • "America" from West Side Story (1961)

  • "America" from West Side Story (2021)

  • “American Idiot” by Green Day

  • “American Land” Bruce Springsteen

  • ** “Americans” Janelle Monáe

  • "Another Wasted Life" Rhiannon Giddens

  • "Born in the USA" Bruce Springsteen

  • ** “Change” - RM and Wale

  • ** ”Don’t Shoot" Shea Diamond

  • ** "Fight the Power" Public Enemy

  • “For What It's Worth” Buffalo Springfield

  • “Fortunate Son” Creedence Clearwater Revival 

  • "Freedom" Beyoncé ft. Kendrick Lamar

  • “Get Up, Stand Up” Bob Marley and the Wailers

  • "Give Us Justice" Three Sacred Souls

  • “Glory” John Legend & Common

  • **"Hind's Hall" Macklemore

  • "I Can't Breathe" H.E.R.

  • "I Want Something" Evan Greer

  • “Keep on Rocking’ in the Free World” Neil Young

  • "Lost in the World + Who Will Survive in America" Kanye West

  • “Mississippi Goddamn” Nina Simone

  • "My People" Cha Wa

  • “Nina Cried Power” Hozier and Mavis Staples

  • "None of Us Are Free" Solomon Burke

  • "Perfect Way to Die" Alicia Keys

  • “Pink Houses” John Cougar Mellencamp

  • “Pumped Up Kicks” Foster the People

  • "The People" - Common

  • "The Revolution Will Be Televised" SMOOVE

  • “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” Gil Scott-Heron

  • "This is My Country" Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions

  • "Sacrifice" Robbie Robertson

  • “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud” James Brown

  • “Strange Fruit” Billie Holiday

  • "Talkin about a Revolution" Tracy Chapman

  • "The American Dream is Killing Me" Green Day

  • ** “The Message” Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

  • "The Wolf" The Brat

  • ** “This Is America” Childish Gambino

  • **"This Land" Gary Clark Jr.

  • “This Land, Our Land” (arr.) Christopher O’Riley 

  • “This Land Is Your Land” by Woodie Guthrie

  • "This Land Is Your Land" by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

  • ** “We The People" A Tribe Called Quest

  • "Welcome 2 America" Prince

  • “What’s Goin On” Marvin Gaye

  • “Whitey on the Moon” Gil Scott Heron

    • **Mature Language


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  • "A Litany for Survival" Audre Lorde

  • "America" Richard Blanco

  • "America" Claude McKay

  • "America Is a Gun" Brian Bilston

  • "America, Say My Name" Viet Thanh Nguyen

  • "American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin" Terrance Hayes

  • "Black Statue of Liberty" Jessica Care Moore

  • "Chameleon" Trevor Noah

  • "Heritage" Linda Hogan

  • "I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies" June Jordan

  • "I Walk in the History of My People" Chrystos

  • “I, Too Sing America” Langston Hughes

  • "Let America Be America Again" Langston Hughes

  • "Mother Tongue" Amy Tan

  • "Native Tongue" Micah Bournes

  • "Pity the Nation" Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  • "Still I Rise" Maya Angelou

  • "Stupid America" by Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado

  • "The Hill We Climb" Amanda Gorman

  • "The Other America" Dr. Martin Luther King

  • "The Song of the Feet" Nikki Giovanni

  • "The Trail of Tears: Our Removal" Linda Hogan

  • "Together We Will Rise" Yolanda King

  • "Walking Down Park" Nikki Giovanni


    • ]]>     2021-07-15 01:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mlawrence62/idiknwdxca9xqdvm/wish/1650158745     Counterstory Art, Links, & Podcasts mlawrence62 https://padlet.com/mlawrence62/idiknwdxca9xqdvm/wish/1650190644 Art

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