Closing the Gap between Hip-Hop and Poetry

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This in-depth Lesson Plan gives step-by-step instructions showcasing how the tools that Shakespeare used to reshape the English language are still indispensable to rappers and poets today. It focuses on rhyme schemes, lyrical structure, rhythm, alliteration, form, and meter. It uses the following artists and songs.

Link to Lesson Plan: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-9-12/Poetics_of_Hip_Hop#Instruction

Blackalicious – Nia

Common – One Day

Paul Devlin – SlamNation

Jurassic 5 – Power in Numbers

Mos Def – Black on Both Sides

Talib Qweli – Quality