Hip Hop on Trial Day #2

Writing Prompt (2l)

Who holds more responsibility for music content if someone commits a crime while listening to it:
The Author: who makes the music
The Producer: who sells it
The Consumer: who buys it?

HandOut:
Research Four Rappers who have been put on trial and fill in the following: Who, The Charge, The Verdict. (i.e. O.D.B., T.I.)


Define (2R)= Your words, the Dictionary, An Example
Sexism:
Homophobia
White Supremacy
Conditioning

Click On Tupac Trial: and Answer (2R)
1.Who was the author?
What was the main point of the article?
When was it published and in what paper?

2. What surprised you most about the article?

3. What is your reaction to the wife’s statement: “"I'm sure Tupac has no feeling for me or what happened to my husband. He obviously has a great anger toward law enforcement. All he cares about is singing his songs and making his money, no matter who he hurts."

4. The article states: “(Tupac” is the target of a multimillion-dollar product liability suit filed by the widow accusing him and the companies that market his album with gross negligence in manufacturing and distributing music that incites "imminent lawless action."
What is your opinion? (one to two parargraph)

Click on Pharoah Monch's Gun Draw and Answer on (2r)
1. Summarize the story in the video. (Opening. Main Plot. Ending)

2. What or who does Pharoah Monch says the cause of violence is?

3. What role do guns and the access to them play in violence? Explain.

4. Who should be held more accountable, gun and bullet manufactures that sell them or the communities that buy them? Why?

Watch the following Links
Hip Hop Controversies

Then pick one statement and argue it’s truth or not using personal experience, web statistics, and information used today. (2-3 paragraphs on separate piece of paper)

Option #1
Hip Hop is a product of it’s environment. Most rappers grow up in surrounded by violence from gangs and the police. They speak of what they know and should not be blamed for speaking the truth about their community.

Option #2
Children learn from what they listen to. Hip Hop glamourizes violence and encourages putting women down. Hip Hop artists should accept accountability for the music they put and realize they are perpetuating the problem.

HIP HOP ON TRAIL #1

Journal (1L)
Pick a word that describes Hip Hop.
Write a sentence on why you picked your word.

Pick one word that describes family.
Write a sentence on why you picked that word.

Write one sentence on whether you feel hip hop is hurting or helping your community.

Read and Respond (1R)
Chamillionare's Hip Hop Police
Hip Hop Police is a dialogue between an artists and the police.
1. What are the two arguing about?
2. What lyrical evidence can you use to support your answer in number #1?
3. Who do you feel wins the arguement, the artist or the police?


Video of Hip Hop Police
1. What is your emotional, gut reaction when seeing this video? What do you think/ feel/ see/ hear?
2. What does the video tell you about Hip Hop and the Police?
3. Do you feel Chamillionare is exaggerating or this is true? Use examples from your life or your knowledge.


Read and Respond: (1R)
Hip Hop is NOT the Problem
1. Explicit Theory: What does the author say about hip hop and the problems in the community. (Use quotes)
2. Analysis: Would you agree or disagree with their argument that hip hop is not the problem with our community? Why? (Use Reasons)
3. What artists does the author say is hurting the image and reality in the community? Who would YOU add to this list?
4. What artists does the author say is helping the image and reality in the community? Who would YOU add to this list?

Video Search: (1R)
Youtube: Def Poetry Black Ice
In full sentences, answer the following.
1. What is the main point of Black Ice's poem?
2. What does Black Ice feel the problem with music is: the artists or label? Use quotes from the poem?
3. One Paragraph: Who do you feel is more responsible for the problems in hip hop: the artist, who creates the music, or the labels, that produce and distribute them? Why?

HOMEWORK: One poem/ One Rhyme and One Reading.
Write a piece based upon the given theme.

I am....

Assignment #1: Create an Imovie based upon a poem in the I am format.

Steps:
1) Description:
2) Write Poem
3) Storyboard
4) Imovie
5) Present

Options:

“I am Poem”:

** Your poem must compare yourself to hip hop, your culture, or your gender (you can talk about contrasts too)
** Your poem should be at least a page long
** You may write in any form you choose, but your poem must include personification (Please label this on your final copy.)
** The phrase “I am hip hop/ woman/ man/ black/ chicano/ etc” must be included at least once in your poem
** Your poem must be titled
** Poem must be neatly written or typed
** Poem must be free from spelling or grammar errors
** Poem must include strong verbs and adjectives

STEP 2!! STORYBOARDING
After every line in your "I am" poem.. put a ( )
Inside the () write an image that would go with your line that visually describes what you see when you hear your sentence.

At the bottom of your poem, make sure you write your name.

Step 3!! Save and Email.

1. Click on File. Save. As title, write: " I am *yourlastname *yourfirstname"
2. go to MAIL.A4RA.COM
3 log in- your user name is *lastname_firstname
your password is ara2008
4. Change your password by clicking on settings, going to accounts, and at the bottom, clicking change password.
5. Email your poem as an attachment to Gonzales@a4ra.com

Welcome!!

In this class we will examine the poetry in our tragedy, the language of possibility, and how to speak truth regardless of dialect.