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What’s more, we see how influential the music of the time is to current events, from Eddy Grant’s Brixton set Electric Avenue to Stormzy‘s Vossi Bop. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. In ‘Musical Truth’ the subject is Black British history, but for a pupil, their chosen thesis to explore using that same format might be gender, place, religion, deprivation, isolation, alienation, or sexuality.
This book encourages children to review and reconsider the historical events, societal change and politics that underpins these songs, to help them form their own opinions. Teachers could look at the poem Toads by Philip Larkin and how it subtly alters in meaning when read with a thick East Yorkshire brogue.I’ve not encountered many non-fiction books that I would describe as ‘page-turners’ but this really is one of them. Acknowledging how architecture, painting, sculpture and the decorative arts reflect the culture and society of their time, this latest addition to the Art Essentials series invites the reader to experience and appreciate the entirety of Western art from prehistory to today. As people say its not quite what we think and often downright slimy but nevertheless a fascinating read in many ways.
She ultimately accepted it to recognise how hard her Windrush grandparents had fought for the rights of Black people in Britain, renaming it: My Beloved Elders. Then we move to Bristol and the bus boycott of 1955, that forced the local bus company to hire non-white people in its service. Jeffrey Boakye has created a truly unique and delightful book which he has paired with a matching playlist on Spotify meaning you can listen to the songs he details whilst reading about the context at the same time. It uses music judiciously to evoke emotion, a sense of place and explain context and nuances to different generations while avoiding hindsight or applying today’s values or sensibilities. Teachers might develop a unit on this theme, with other songs that rely on accents, or particular narrators, such as Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers, Southern Accents by Tom Petty, The Keeper by Show of Hands or Dry Your Eyes by The Streets.
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An outstanding combination of musical and Black British history which shows the strength and cultural significance of Black music and reveals the people behind the music, what they’re really saying and why. Despite the great cruelty of slavery, and then, through the twentieth century, service through two world wars, Britain was thought to be a protection, an advocate. Targeted at upper middle grade to YA, this is a book that will also attract a much wider adult audience. There is a lot of potential to provoke talk, both in the classroom and at home, by using the format developed in this book.In the same vein as Ghost Town, UB40’s One in Ten looks at similar urban problems in Birmingham, which would neatly segue into Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth – an interesting song to explore in the way that it made its child bandmates TV, radio and magazine stars overnight with a sudden and ubiquitous exposure that is very comparable to viral YouTube sensations today. Now, with a similar virtuosity, Jeffrey Boakye has given us another dimension to that same story, his own Musical Truth and, speaking as a musician myself, it is without a doubt the best non-fiction book about music I’ve ever read. For example, pupils might discuss the music that reflects their social history and circumstances with classmates, older siblings, or vertical tutor groups. Its short chapters and engaging playlist would actually make excellent CPD for staff in any school: read one of the chapters and play the song at the beginning of every week’s staff meeting – five minutes a week – and it could seriously support how teachers dedicated to diverse education see their role. Jeffery’s words in this chapter really hit home about where we are today: “The biggest star in black music is white, and English, which says a lot about how far we have to go.
And the last two chapters should absolutely be read if you want to know how you can affect a change for the better for our world.With classics such as Ted Hughes's The Iron Man and award-winners including Emma Carroll's Letters from the Lighthouse, Faber Children's Books brings you the best in picture books, young reads and classics. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. And it’s not just music that could be included – with the wealth of media, clips, videos, TikTok’s, podcasts, samples, imagery and archival material on the internet; today’s teens could define their lives in immersive, permanent and multimedia ways. I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic!
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