When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson, The Voice of a Century - Pam Munoz Ryan
Last year I found this biographical picture book. I fell in love with it. There are so many ways to use it in the library and the classroom. First it is a biography. Second it has to do with the Civil Rights Movement. Then I think of Core Standards and I think of what primary sources are available. I also think of research. My question - Did the DAR prevent Marian Anderson from singing at the DAR Constitution Hall or was it the decision of the manager, Fred E. Hand?
I recently learned of “Found Poetry”. The poem -“Contralto Singing” is the found poem I wrote based on the text at the site http://www.mariananderson.org/legacy/index.html It is my first found poem.
I am also experimenting with audio and qr codes for the classroom. My idea is to open a “Poetry Cafe”. Students will read aloud their own work and share it with their families online.
Tools I’m experimenting with:
Recording
Audioboo http://audioboo.fm/
SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/
Voice Thread http://voicethread.com/
Garage Band http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
QR codes
SanpVu http://snap.vu/
QR stuff http://www.qrstuff.com/
Poetry Cafe
Singing Contralto - Found Poetry
You can also listen to the recording by going to http://snap.vu/uajv
Last year I found this biographical picture book. I fell in love with it. There are so many ways to use it in the library and the classroom. First it is a biography. Second it has to do with the Civil Rights Movement. Then I think of Core Standards and I think of what primary sources are available. I also think of research. My question - Did the DAR prevent Marian Anderson from singing at the DAR Constitution Hall or was it the decision of the manager, Fred E. Hand?
I recently learned of “Found Poetry”. The poem -“Contralto Singing” is the found poem I wrote based on the text at the site http://www.mariananderson.org/legacy/index.html It is my first found poem.
I am also experimenting with audio and qr codes for the classroom. My idea is to open a “Poetry Cafe”. Students will read aloud their own work and share it with their families online.
Tools I’m experimenting with:
Recording
Audioboo http://audioboo.fm/
SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/
Voice Thread http://voicethread.com/
Garage Band http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
QR codes
SanpVu http://snap.vu/
QR stuff http://www.qrstuff.com/
Poetry Cafe
Singing Contralto - Found Poetry
You can also listen to the recording by going to http://snap.vu/uajv
Singing Contralto (Found Poem by Ruth Ferris)
from the text http://www.mariananderson.org/legacy/index.html
From
Family on Webster Street
Simple dignity, charming
A voice
Heard
Singing
Lincoln Memorial Concert -1939.
Singing
A voice heard
Once in a hundred years
Emotional impact
Broke color barrier - 1955
Emotional impact
A singing legacy
Marian Anderson
1897-1993.
