Using Hip-Hop Culture as a Bridge to Canonical Poetry Texts in an Urban Secondary English Class [electronic resource] / Jeff Duncan-Andrade and Ernest Morrell.

This paper argues that hip-hop music is an effective way to reach previously marginalized urban youth and to teach them critical and analytical skills necessary for succeeding in school. It suggests that students learn more effectively when motivated, and hip-hop music is a tremendous motivating for...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Duncan-Andrade, Jeff
Other Authors:	Morrell, Ernest
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
Subjects:	Adolescents. Culturally Relevant Education. Poetry. Popular Music. Secondary Education. Secondary School Students. Teaching Methods. Urban Schools.