Ideas worth spreading

Word is Bond

DuEwa Frazier |

TEDxRitenourRoad

• January 2019

Award winning poet, author, and educator DuEwa Frazier discusses how teachers can use hip hop to teach social justice in K-12 schools. Frazier, an educator who has taught English for secondary and college level students, offers teaching strategies using hip hop. Strategies include the use of hip hop lyrics, classic literature text, and the work of hip hop scholars to enhance literacy curriculum and help students make sense of social justice issues impacting them and their communities.

Award winning poet, author, and educator DuEwa Frazier discusses how teachers can use hip hop to teach social justice in K-12 schools. Frazier, an educator who has taught English for secondary and college level students, offers teaching strategies using hip hop. Strategies include the use of hip hop lyrics, classic literature text, and the work of hip hop scholars to enhance literacy curriculum and help students make sense of social justice issues impacting them and their communities.

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