There are students out there that can barely read, yet they have memorized all of the lyrics to their favorite rap songs. It's very disappointing to hear, but regardless of who is at fault for problems like these, the important idea to take away is the powerful influence that music can have on students. A company called Rhythm, Rhyme, Results LLC took this concept and created Educational Rap which is a cool, modern Schoolhouse Rock. Check out one of their songs below; it's about the States and their capitals.
They have a lot of songs for a variety of courses and I think it's a pretty awesome product.
Additionally, rap and hip-hop songs are poetry. Even popular rap songs can be studied for their inherent poetic nature. In February of next year I'm teaching a poetry class using excerpts from various songs to teach the basic literary elements. I'll make a post on how that goes and upload my lesson plans to the site after I give the lesson. Please share your thoughts on the role of rap in the classroom in the comments!
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