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Category: Yo-Yo Ma

Build a House Book Review With Lesson Plans for Music

Build a House Book Review With Lesson Plans for Music

Integrate literature into the music class with these lesson plans for Build a House by Rhiannon Giddens and illustrated by Monica Mikai. This book is based on the song of the same name and is the story of what happened to enslaved Africans after the Emancipation Proclamation.

  1. The Review
  2. Official Video of the Book and Song
  3. NPR Book Interview with Rhiannon Giddens
  4. Rhiannon Giddens & Yo-Yo Ma Play “Build A House”
  5. Breakdown-The Song
  6. Lesson Plan
  7. Buy the Book
  8. I Will Not Be Moved
    1. Links for “I Will Not Be Moved”
  9. The Whitewashing of African American Roots Music
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Author lbbartolomeoPosted on October 26, 2022December 11, 2022Categories banjo, Black History Month, Build a House Book/Song Lesson Plan, Juneteenth, Rhiannon Giddens, Women's History Month, Yo-Yo Ma1 Comment on Build a House Book Review With Lesson Plans for Music

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