Keep On Movin’ On
Description:
Legendary folk singer Odetta plays guitar and sings a song she wrote about the importance of voting in this excerpt from Program 6 of the KET series Old Music for New Ears. Odetta also discusses music as a way to celebrate cultural diversity. The series brings top folk and traditional musicians into the studio to perform for a young student audience. Designed to introduce the pure and simple forms of traditional music to today’s generation, the series includes 22 15-minute programs featuring a wide variety of traditional instruments and musical styles.
Suggested uses:
- as an example of contemporary American folk music
- as part of a discussion of purpose in music (this is a song with a message)
- to use with a social studies/civics unit or lesson on the responsibilities of citizenship
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