Rap Music The History in America and the World

Order Hip-Hop U.S. History

The best way to use Hip-Hop U.S. History in your classroom is to provide a book, and audio CD for every student and an instrumental beats CD for the teacher. This allows students to listen to the music, use the accompanying textbook, and write their own academic raps over the beats provided.

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30 Student Textbooks, 30 Audio CD's, 1 Instrumental Beats CD, AND 1 Teacher Resource Book*

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Teacher Preview Bundle

1 Teacher Resource Book, and 1 Student Book + CD. Note: This bundle is designed to let teachers try Hip-Hop U.S. History in the classroom, before deciding to order a Class Set

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Individual Components

Teacher Resource Book

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1 Student Textbook, and 1 Audio CD

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PRODUCT INFO

The Book features:

Lyrics for all the songs

Lyrical explanations for the context, background, and significance behind the lyrics

Chapter overviews to introduce each era

Special sections include perspectives, quotes, and interesting historical facts

Over 15 photographs / illustrations

The Audio CD features:

14 hip-hop music tracks

3 interludes that set famous speeches to rap beats

NYC's most talented underground rappers: Akir, Trajik, Grey, Lady Blade, and Emcee Escher

The voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. on "Let Freedom Ring"*

Book Specs

Length: 128 pages
Binding: High-Quality Paperback
ISBN: 1-933662-35-2
Product Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.12 ounces
Audio CD Included: Yes

Beats CD:

Included in the Class Set and Student Package

Features 20 instrumental beats

The ideal addition to Flocabulary materials

By writing their own Flocab-style raps, students are develop skills in critical thinking and creative writing, as well as gaining "ownership" of the academic content

Downloads

Download the E-Book (PDF)* for
$4.00

*PDF files are read on your computer by Adobe Reader, which you can get for free here.

*Featured Artists*
	Akir - featured on "I Want America"
	April Hill - featured on "I Want America" and "This Ain't Working"
	Trajik - featured on "O.D.W.M.," "Big Ballin' (in the Gilded Age)," and "Let Freedom Ring"
	Lady Blade - featured on "Ghosts of the Civil War"
	Grey - featured on "Ghosts of the Civil War," "Who Discovered It," and "Big Ballin' (in the Gilded Age)"

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1. Who Discovered It?

2. I Want America

3. This Ain't Working

4. Declaration of Independence (Interlude)

5. It's the U.S. (Bust the A)

6. Bill of Rights

7. O.D.W.M.

8. Frederick and Abraham

9. Ghosts of the Civil War

10. Big Ballin'
(in the Gilded Age)

11. Jazz Age

12. FDR (Interlude)

13. Would You Drop It?

14. Let Freedom Ring

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* The song "Let Freedom Ring" contains portions of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, license granted by Intellectual Properties Management, Atlanta, Georgia, as exclusive licensor of the King Estate.

*The song "Ghosts of the Civil War" contains a sample of Pink Martini's "Amado Mio," used courtesy of the band and Heinz Records. The song was inspired by Eminem's "My Name Is".

*The song "I Want America" contains a sample of Margie Joseph's "That Other Woman Got My Man and Gone," courtesy of Stax Records and Fantasy Jazz.