Mike Seeger will help teachers from around the country learn how to teach American history through song. Here's a press release (which I've drastically shortened for you) from Pitt.
Teachers From Around the Country to Convene at Pitt for "Voices Across Time"
Teachers from Hawaii, Texas, and a dozen other states will assemble at the University of Pittsburgh June 26-July 28 for Voices Across Time: Teaching American History Through Song, an institute that will help them learn how to teach social studies, language arts, and other subjects by using American music.
The 25 participants will learn techniques that will allow them to return to their home school districts and weave American music into the curricula.
“The sound of history is missing from our classrooms,” says institute codirector Deane Root, the curator of the Center for American Music and chair of Pitt's music department. “Music sends messages about the lives and values of the people who produced, performed, and consumed it. It provides a very real soundtrack to events throughout history.”
Musicians taking part in this year's institute include folksinger and instrumentalist Mike Seeger, who documented Southeast mountain folk music traditions through field recordings and his own playing. He and his group, The New Lost City Ramblers, exerted a strong influence on the string-band revival of the 1960s. Musicians Jay Unger and Molly Mason also will take part.
Voices Across Time is funded through a $165,581 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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