https://teachrock.org/lesson/colombian-cumbia-african-indigenous-and-spanish-roots-of-rhythm/?mc_cid=b8e24d12c1&mc_eid=2c6477ca17
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Students will learn how to play Cumbia by using their own voices and bodies as instruments. Familiarizing themselves with how its traditional drums are played, how a percussion ensemble works, will sing in Spanish and dance traditional Cumbia steps. Through these activities Ss will learn how to use their body as an instrument and explore Cumbia as a cultural practice that continues to change with the creativity and innovation of its members.
Colombian Cumbia: African, Indigenous, and Spanish Roots of Rhythm

What is Cumbia, and how do you play its traditional rhythms?

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Congrats goes to #LittleStevie Van Zandt for his fabulous #TeachRock program! It has been awarded the Library of Congress Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative grant:)

Thanks Little Stevie for a rich #history program in which students are engaged and thinking critically while developing historical thinking skills.
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https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-awards-new-lewis-houghton-civics-and-democracy-initiative-grants-to-organizations-developing/s/1d19dcd0-3307-4b05-b049-a795f62f0ca8?mc_cid=bb2e093d4c&mc_eid=2c6477ca17

Library Awards New Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative Grants to Organizations Developing Resources for History, Civics and Democracy Students

The Library of Congress has awarded Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative grants to six organizations that are working to develop digital educational projects that teach history, civics, and

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From Little Stevie's Teach Rock Foundation - free, engaging lesson plan: The Roots of Hip Hop for the genre's 50th anniversary!! https://teachrock.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/SE-Roots-of-Hip-Hop-2023.pdf?mc_cid=f8ccb5e69a&mc_eid=2c6477ca17
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