Poetry as Sound and Object

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 24.03.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background Information
  4. Objectives
  5. Activities
  6. Strategies
  7. Annotated Bibliography
  8. Appendix: Implementing District Standards
  9. References
  10. Notes

Tupac the Poet and Lyricist: The State of Texas vs. Emergent Bilinguals

Debra Denise Jenkins

Published September 2024

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Christ, Tanya, and Hyonsuk Cho. “Sharing Power in Read‐alouds with Emergent Bilingual Students.” The Reading Teacher 75, no. 3 (May 19, 2021): 269–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2021.

Douglas, Emory, Bobby Seale, Sam Durant, Sonia Sanchez, and Colette Gaiter. Black Panther: The revolutionary art of emory douglas. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 2023.

Dziewanski, Dariusz. “From East Harlem to Cape Town: Tupac Shakur’s Legacy as a Globalised Oppositional Repertoire.” Ethnography 23, no. 2 (May 6, 2020): 204–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1466138120923372.

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