With individual students and groups making diverse contributions, the class has the opportunity to experience and discuss multiple perspectives throughout their performances.
And to extend this exercise even farther and develop learners' capacity for empathy, ask students to write and perform their own songs after researching a relevant perspective. To further explore multiple perspectives and integrate student voice and choice, ask students to locate, analyze, and share songs that introduce related themes. Song analysis is often overlooked despite its relevance to 21st-century learning skills: providing learners with the opportunity to explore perspectives and take a peek into the mind of the artist.
Using music in the classroom does not require a room full of iPads or other technologies. Invariably the song arouses emotion in my high school and college students, because "'Ea" describes historical and contemporary Hawaiian issues, including the loss of culture and the 50 percent blood quantum required to gain the very few Hawaiian rights that are offered by the government. " 'Ea", the title of a passionate indigenous rap by Sudden Rush, translates to "Sovereignty." I have shared this song with students in Hawaii, Micronesia, and the Continental United States during lessons on imperialism, sovereignty, perspective, and indigenousness.
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