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Native Americans - Song
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Fallen Angel
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Native Americans - Song
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Hi everybody! Do you happen to know an interesting song somehow related to Native Americans/Indians for upper-intermediate students? Thanks in advance! Cristina |
9 May 2011
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teresapr
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Dear Cristina,
Though not a native, I tried to do my best. Have a look. I hope they may be helpful!
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9 May 2011
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roneydirt
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What type of song do you want and what do you want to do with it? Tere put some interesting sights up. There is such a wide variety you could go for years showing something new every week. This includes old stories, old songs, new stories, new songs, types of Drum Circle Dances, clothing, and plus. I think the student �s would really get a kick as seeing the Feather Dance, but the Drum Circle might sound weird since it is usually in the group playing traditional language, still had fun with that especially when the student�s pointed out I was singing to two of them. On Youtube you can find the Bear Creek Drum circle and see some of my distant kin. |
10 May 2011
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Fallen Angel
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Well, Roney, my students have to go through the topic "Indigenous cultures". I started it today with a quiz, a poem and a text about Native Americans, but I felt that my students were rather bored. So, I thought that a nice song could be an interesting way to go on talking about the topic because most teens love music. I �m just looking for a song that might be appealing for teens. |
10 May 2011
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franzjosefaut
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Hey.
Native Americans are not about songs!
The men sing at certain dances and it has hardly anythig to do with music that might entice your teenagers to be more interested.
Unless they find monotous sounds, like - bark loudly: high note, low, low, low, low, low .... (and the same note) high, low, low, low, low, low .... (and the same note), over and over again.
Perhaps you need to look at the Native American culture from a different angle.
I�m afraid that quizzes, poems and such, are perhaps what�s boring your teenagers.
How about: put your teenes in groups and let each group re-enact a scene out of the life of a Native American teen - now and the, perhaps?
Best wishes and good luck,
Franz
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10 May 2011
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Fallen Angel
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Well, Franz I was not looking for a Native American song, but for a song that could somehow portray their culture or what was done to them (and still is). But the suggestion of a sketch is quite interesting. |
10 May 2011
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anafonseca
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Well, I �m not going to use songs, but I �m going to use some poems which portray their lifestyle before and after the coming of the white man. I �m going to upload them in the site as soon as possible, but if you are interested send me a PM with your email address and I �ll send them to you. |
10 May 2011
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