Literacy and Creative Movement

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Literacy and Creative Movement

• Teaching from Multicultural perspectives

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Literacy

• Reading develops childrens confidence by helping
  them to safely deal with issues that threaten
  their positive growth.
• Multicultural stories introduces students of
  color to images of their culture that they may
  not see in textbooks or in the media.

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West African Aesthetic

• Polyrhythmic
• Percussive
• Oral literature-legends,fables, proverbs

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African Dance websites

• Umfundalai Dance Company- Dr. Kariamu Welsh
  Asante, Artistic Director of Institute for
  African Dance, Research, and Performance
• http//www.umfundalai.com
• Centre Momboye
• http//www.centremomboye.com

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Theater websites

• Theatre du soleil
• http//www.theatre-du-soleil-.fr
• Theater of the Oppressed
• http//www.theatreoftheoppressed.org
• Both theater companies use theater to raise the
  literacy and consciousness of oppressed people.

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Multicultural Dance Literature

• Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
• Heres Bojangles! by Leo and Diane Dillon
• Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen

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Articles/Lesson Plans

• Teaching Creative Dance- An Afro-centric
  Perspective http//findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_
  hb3218/is_199405/ai_n7896031
• Anansi the Spider
• http//www.theatrebuildingchicago.org/documents/An
  ansi_Teachers_Guide_1-30-07.pdf-

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Lesson Plans

• Heres Bojangles-Think of That!
• www.utc.edu8000/scea/Dance-Rap_a_Tap_Tap.pdf"gt
  lesson plan
• Brothers of the Knight
• http//www.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/storytime
  online/
• brothers.html