Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ431922
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0027-4321
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Lyrical Commentaries: Learning from Popular Music.
Cooper, B. Lee
Music Educators Journal, v77 n8 p56-59 Apr 1991
Depicts ways popular song lyrics can stimulate discussion either in music, social studies, humanities, or language arts classes. Considers lyrics' ability to explain social, cultural, and political phenomena. Provides a chronological outline from 1962 correlating political events, personalities, songs, and the artists. songs. Identifies uses of nursery rhymes and fairy tales in popular songs. Also lists suggested readings. (CH)
Descriptors: Censorship, Childrens Literature, Course Content, Cultural Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Fairy Tales, Freedom of Speech, Humanities, Instructional Materials, Integrated Curriculum, Language Arts, Music Education, Music Teachers, Nursery Rhymes, Oral History, Political Issues, Popular Culture, Secondary Education, Social Change, Social History, Social Studies, Songs, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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