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h2ed guidebookThe Hip-Hop Education Guidebook Volume 1: How can we utilize the energy and creativity of Hip-Hop music and culture to make schools and classrooms more engaging? The H2Ed Guidebook provides answers. The H2Ed Guidebook addresses the tenets of a critical Hip-Hop pedagogy, framing the issues of concern and strength within Hip-Hop culture by providing in-depth analysis from parents, teachers and scholars. And most importantly, the H2Ed Guidebook offers an array of innovative, interdisciplinary standards-referenced lessons written by teachers for teachers. [Try It! ]

H2Ed Wiki

The H2Ed Wiki is a tool created specifically for Hip-Hop educators and Hip-Hop education research. It includes resources like links to valuable online resources, downloadable and editable curriculum, online activities, and learning models that use Hip-Hop culture as a pedagogical tool. [Try It! ]

October 5, 2006 @ 12:46 pm

WE GOT ISSUES!

H2A’s own Dondrie Burnham, Poet, Actor, & Director of Film Acquisitions & Programming for the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival, is featured in WE GOT ISSUES!

We Got Issues!

“Back before I knew what it was that men wanted…
back when a smile was just a smile…
a nod was just a nod…
and god bless you was reserved for sneezing and Sundays…
back before I knew that I should be afraid…
that I should dance a jig and put on a show…
be seen not heard and never let my feelings go…
back before I knew what fuck was…
when innocence lingered like cheap cologne…
and naivete draped me like a shroud…
when I could graze the fields and soak in sunshine…
i welcomed the hunter…
the predator…
the wolf in sheep¹s clothing…
my man…
my idol…
cleverly disguised as a daddy/lover all in one…”

-Dondrie Burnham
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