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Literacy and Creative Movement

Literacy and Creative Movement. Teaching from Multicultural perspectives. Literacy. Reading develops children’s confidence by helping them to safely deal with issues that threaten their positive growth.

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Literacy and Creative Movement

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  1. Literacy and Creative Movement Teaching from Multicultural perspectives

  2. Literacy • Reading develops children’s 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.

  3. West African Aesthetic • Polyrhythmic • Percussive • Oral literature-legends,fables, proverbs

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. Multicultural Dance Literature • Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott • Here’s Bojangles! by Leo and Diane Dillon • Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen

  7. 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/Anansi_Teachers_Guide_1-30-07.pdf-

  8. Lesson Plans • Here’s Bojangles-Think of That! • www.utc.edu:8000/scea/Dance-Rap_a_Tap_Tap.pdf"> lesson plan • Brothers of the Knight • http://www.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/storytimeonline/ brothers.html

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