Hip Hop Pedagogy: Class 1

Professor KRS ONE (part 1 of 2 Temple University) Video

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NOLAN JONES, M.ED. 

SABRINA KWIST, M.ED. 

Hip Hop Pedagogy!

Introductions "! 

!  Who are you? 

!  What degree are you pursuing at Mills College? 

!  What do you want out of this course? 

!  Fun Fact 

!  Answer one of these questions: 

1.  What movie or TV character would you most like to be? 

2.  What two people dead or alive would you like to have lunch with? 

3.  If you could go back in time – what period of time would you go 

back to?  

The Cypher!

   WHAT SHOULD WE INCLUDE IN 

THE COMMUNITY RULES? 

 HOW DO WE CREATE A SAFE 

SPACE FOR EVERYONE? 

Community Rules!

   WHO ARE YOU?  

I am Poem!

 Discussion! 

!  Why is Hip Hop important to you? 

!  What is your understanding of Hip Hop 

pedagogy? 

!  Think of the best course you have ever taken.  

What made the course great? 

Problem 

Stereotype 

Threat 

Lack of 

Culturally 

Relevant 

Pedagogy 

Deficit Model 

Thinking 

Essentializing

A Solution 

Hip Hop 

Pedagogy 

Hip Hop 

Cultural 

Capital 

Culturally 

Relevant 

Pedagogy 

Universal 

Appeal

Syllabus Review! 

!  Attendance 

!  Participation 

!  Assignments/Late Assignments 

!  Academic Integrity 

!  Project Presentation 

Response Papers! 

!  One page only! 

!  1.5 spaced, 12 Font, Times New Roman 

!  Must submit on Blackboard 

!  Must use the following format: 

•  Descriptive (Who, What, When, Where, Why, how?) 

•  Personal Interpretive (Use personal life experiences) 

•  Critical Reflective (Does this apply to me, culture, etc.) 

•  Creative (What actions will I take to transform?) 

Break!

Notable Quotes! 

 People treat hip-hop like an isolated phenomenon. 

They don’t treat it as a continuum, a history or 

legacy. And it really is. And like all mediums or 

movements, it came out of a need. 

          

  - Mos Def 

What is Hip Hop? 

Hip Hop Images 

Hip Hop Images 

Afrika Bambaataa 

!  Hip Hop Pioneer 

!  Got the gangs to stop 

fighting and channel 

energy to Hip Hop 

!  First coined phrase Hip 

Hop 

!  First to describe “the 

Elements” 

Hip Hop’s Visual &  

Performing Arts 

Hip Hop 

Elements 

Rap 

DJing 

Graffiti Art Break 

Dancing 

Music 

Composition 

Visual Arts 

Poetry & 

Prose 

Performing 

Arts

DJ Kool Herc 

!  Hip Hop Pioneer 

!  Introduced the break 

beat in turn-tabling 

!  Earliest DJ  

Grandmaster Flash 

!  Hip Hop DJ Pioneer 

!  Created Mixing & Cutting 

!  Scratching 

The Hip Hop Elements 

!  Rapping (MCing)  

!  Graffiti Art (Aerosol Art) 

!  Break Dancing  

!  Deejaying (Djing)  

Added after the 1990s 

!  Spoken Word 

!  Beatboxing  

!  Street Fashion  

!  Street Language 

!  Street Knowledge 

One More Time 

!  Artistic Youth Culture 

!  Cultural Movement 

!  Three Pioneers 

!  Created in 1970’s African American & Latino youth 

!  Four Original Visual & Performing Arts branches 

are called the Elements 

END!