Singing Contralto - Found Poem

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

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.