Literacy and Creative

Movement

Literacy and Creative

Movement

Teaching from Multicultural perspectives

Teaching from Multicultural perspectives

Literacy 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.

• 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.

West African AestheticWest African Aesthetic

• Polyrhythmic• Percussive• Oral literature-legends,fables,

proverbs

• Polyrhythmic• Percussive• Oral literature-legends,fables,

proverbs

African Dance websitesAfrican 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

• 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

Theater websitesTheater 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.

• 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.

Multicultural Dance Literature

Multicultural Dance Literature

• Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

• Here’s Bojangles! by Leo and Diane Dillon

• Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen

• Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

• Here’s Bojangles! by Leo and Diane Dillon

• Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen

Articles/Lesson PlansArticles/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-

• 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-

Lesson PlansLesson 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

• 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