Name three reasons you and your classmates will do well this year.
Your smart, hardworking, mentoring, learned so much this summer, you will study/do work, will listen to teach, determined.
400
Name two reasons music might have been helpful for people who were enslaved?
Kept them motivated, made them happy when they were sad, encouraged them before rebellions, spread messages
400
What are the three parts of dancehall?
Music, dance and culture
400
Name two reggae or dancehall artiste who are rastas. Sing one of their songs.
Bob Marley, Chronixx, Etana, Queen Ifrica
400
Name one similarity and one difference between the movements.
Similarities: all started in U.S., all fought for some kind of freedom, protests were involved in all of them.
Differences: time periods, names, leaders, approach
400
Name two music genres that came before dancehall.
Ska, rocksteady, reggae, mento
500
Name three things you and your teammates have in common with Sam Sharpe.
Smart, can read and write, brave, strong, courageous, born in Jamaica, black, fight for what you want.
500
Name three benefits of dancehall
Brings people to Jamaica, people involved get to travel abroad, expression, money for families, exercise.
500
Rastas believe Jamaica is a capture land. Explain why.
Jamaica was captured by Columbus and rastas believe their home is in Africa.
500
Name three reasons these movements are important.
Spread awareness about inequality, people gained some freedom and rights because of it, keeps government in check, gets people closer to freedom, law alone is not enough
500
You and at least two of your team members sing the "hello world" song.
Hello world my name is _____. I was born right here in ____. I want you to know that I can_____. Because I'm___ I can make the world better. But I can't do it unless I have you.