This resource is a great tool for anyone looking to create opportunities for the humans they collaborate with to self-identify. It gets at everything from name and pronoun identification to musical goals and favorite songs. This tool can help artists empower one another and create spaces that affirm trans and gender-expansive people.
"The goal of the resource is not to build a one-stop-shop guide for trans and gender-expansive equity. Being an ally to trans and gender-expansive people involves understanding as a community each one of us is unique and will require different things from the people around us to feel safe and affirmed. The goal of this resource is, instead, to provide a starting point for people who want to do the work to create gender-affirming spaces." - Michael McKenzie (they/them)
In these lessons, students will get the opportunity to learn about human experiences through storytelling and have the chance to take their learning and apply it to musical expression. Every lesson will make the students stronger musicians and give them the tools for building a world rooted in understanding one another.
For each lesson, there will be three components:
These lessons work well no matter what time of the year it is and can work with a variety of learning goals. It gives you the freedom to keep up with your curriculum, teach the way you like, and integrate social justice education in a fun and meaningful way.
Young people are some of the greatest agents for change in our society. They are intuitive, passionate, and hold deep hope for our world. Young people hold the keys to a world free from division. This unit will give them the space to lift up their voices in song and advocate for themselves and the causes they believe in. Use these lessons to help champion your student’s voices, and provide resources to help them use it in the communities they live in.
Before each part of the lesson, there are famous quotes from social justice advocates and activists who are famous for speaking up against hate. Each quote relates to the work the students are doing on their journey to becoming an advocate.
On the stage, musicals have tackled some of the most pivotal social justice issues from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, mental illness, race, and sexual assault. This unit explores the social justice issues that inspired Broadway musicals. Many music courses incorporate units that expose students to the musical theatre art form. This unit will allow you to do so and spark meaningful discussion surrounding social justice topics present in our world today. Each lesson plan is paired with a presentation to help guide these discussions.
On the stage, musicals have tackled some of the most pivotal social justice issues from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, mental illness, race, and sexual assault. This unit explores the social justice issues that inspired Broadway musicals. Many music courses incorporate units that expose students to the musical theatre art form. This unit will allow you to do so and spark meaningful discussion surrounding social justice topics present in our world today. Each lesson plan is paired with a presentation to help guide these discussions.
Young people are some of the greatest agents for change in our society. They are intuitive, passionate, and hold deep hope for our world. Young people hold the keys to a world free from division. This unit will give them the space to lift up their voices in song and advocate for themselves and the causes they believe in. Use these lessons to help champion your student’s voices, and provide resources to help them use it in the communities they live in.
Before each part of the lesson, there are famous quotes from social justice advocates and activists who are famous for speaking up against hate. Each quote relates to the work the students are doing on their journey to becoming an advocate.
