Hip-Hop Language Arts: Thematic Textual Analysis

(Author) Alan Sitomer, (Author) Michael Cirelli

Unlock a world of learning and dynamic possibilities by illuminating the bridges that link the great writers and thinkers of the past to the great writers and thinkers of today. Using a research-based approach to deep textual analysis, Hip-Hop Language Arts provides a standards-based approach to instruction that authentically engages students while simultaneously empowering educators to meet rigorous, high-level academic objectives. From Twain to Afrika Bambaatta, Jane Austen to Jay-Z, Oliver Wendell Holmes to Rakim, and on and on, this text enables educators to achieve success by smartly harnessing the immense methodological power of hip-hop pedagogy.