Elements of Hip Hop
Putting spoken-word poetry to a beat
What is MCing (rapping)?
A way of authentically and practically incorporating the creative elements of Hip-Hop into teaching
What is Hip-Hop pedagogy?
Hip-hop has an little to no presence in the sports world. True or false?
What is False?
The artistic handling of beats and music
What is DJing?
A Hip Hop pedagogical approach, most commonly used in secondary education, involving "two or more professionals delivery substantive instruction to a group of students with diverse learning needs" (Cook & Friend, 1995, p.25)
What is Co-Teaching?
Black players continue to contest authority (in sports leagues) usually through adherence to hip-hop and street culture. True or false?
What is True?
Writing or drawing on surfaces in public places (usually without permission)
What is graffiti?
a "spontaneous verbal and non-verbal interaction between speaker and listener in which all of the statements ('calls') are punctuated by expressions ('responses') from the listener" (Smitherman, 1977, p. 104)
What is Call-and-Response?
Hip-Hop based in-game celebrations by athletes are elements in the sports world that indicate that Hip-Hop is intertwined with sports. True or false?
What is True?
Group of b-boys/b-girls taking turns in the center of the dance floor
What is a cypher?
Notorious B.I.G.'s hit song title about his rags-to-riches life. (Lyric hint: "To all the teachers that told me I'd never amount to nothin")
What is Juicy?
Music group, starting in the late 1990s, known for their kung fu lore and neo-Islamic mysticism
Who is Wu-Tang Clan?
Form of hip-hop music that was dominant in the 1990s. A product of violent lifestyle of American inner cities plagued with drugs and poverty.
What is Gangsta Rap?
This person performs for an audience. Teachers play this role in classrooms for management and active participation. (Hint: MC stands for?)
What is Master of Ceremonies?
The decade when Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released "The Message". (Ex: 1960,1970,1980,1990)
What is 1980s?