With Nelson Mandela's death this week, here's a great piece from NPR which may be useful to anyone looking to bring Mandela into the music classroom.
For the final week, a little plug for my 6th graders, who put together some really fun rap compositions last month (some better than others). I built a beat in garage band, (I'm hoping to have them do this next time, now that we have an ipad cart) and they did the rapping. This was an opportunity to reinforce 16th note rhythms, as each group transcribed their raps. I especially suggest "Little Wack Big Macs" and "Turkey Named Bert"!
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