Publisher:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Language:

English

Object type:

Lesson Plan

Description:

Students will learn to identify the characteristic instruments, rhythms, and sound of jíbaro music, as well as appreciate the improvisatory skills of the poet/singers known as trovatores. Students will listen, perform, analyze, and create original verses using a common jíbaro poetic structure (the seis). This unit will also highlight important theme of social justice, which is often the topic of jíbaro songs.

Use Rights Links:

http://www.si.edu/termsofuse/

Educational Use:

Musical

Learning Resource Type:

Online, Audio

Educational Role:

None

Interactivity Type:

None

Accessibility Feature:

None

Accessibility Hazard:

None

Accessibility Control:

None

Topic:

Music  Search this

Social Studies  Search this

World History  Search this

Protest songs  Search this

Typical age range 8-10  Search this

Typical age range 10-12  Search this

Data source:

SI Center for Learning and Digital Access

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:SCLDA_4217