TeachRock during National Inventors Month
This May, celebrate National Inventors Month by asking your students to consider how technology has shaped popular culture with eight lesson plans drawn from the TeachRock PBS Soundbreaking collection....
View ArticleTeachRock Partners with Rosie’s Theater Kids at P.S. 140
On Wednesday April 26, TeachRock team members Bill Carbone and Christine Nick visited the lower East Side of Manhattan for a guest appearance on behalf of the Rosie’s Theater Kids at New York Public...
View ArticleRRFF founder Stevie Van Zandt receives honorary doctorate from Rutgers
On Sunday May 14, 2017, Rock and Roll Forever Foundation founder Stevie Van Zandt received an honorary doctorate from Rutgers University. In his commencement address, Van Zandt stressed the importance...
View ArticleRock and Roll Forever Foundation and the New Jersey School Boards Association...
NEW YORK, May 19, 2017-Steven Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and the New Jersey School Boards Association today announced a collaboration to provide teachers and administrators in New...
View ArticleThe Case for Combining Content
Teaching interdisciplinary content is among the best ways we, as educators, can prepare our students to engage with the complexities of life, education, and the workplace in the current world. Yet to...
View ArticleTen TeachRock Lessons for June
This June, celebrate African-American Music Appreciation Month, the fiftieth anniversaries of the Summer of Love and the album many consider the theme of that cultural moment, The Beatles’ Sgt....
View ArticleRRFF at National Conference on Geography Education 2017
At the 2017 National Conference on Geography Education (NCGE), several hundred classroom teachers, university professors, education leaders, and other decision makers gathered in Albuquerque, New...
View Article2017 Summer Teacher Workshop Report
This July, The Rock and Roll Forever Foundation (RRFF) hosted nineteen K-12 teachers from throughout the United States for its Fourth Annual Summer Teacher Workshop. During the four day conference, the...
View ArticleRUMBLE, Smithsonian, and TeachRock at SXSWedu, March 2018
The award-winning documentary RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World tells the story of a profound, essential, and, until now, missing chapter in the history of American music: the Indigenous...
View ArticleRock and Roll Forever Foundation in the STEAM Tank
The STEAM Tank Challenge, created and sponsored by New Jersey School Board Association (NJSBA) and the U.S. Army, encourages students in the areas of STEAM–science, technology, engineering, the arts...
View ArticleProfessional Development Update: TeachRock Nationwide
Throughout the summer and fall of 2017, Rock and Roll Forever Foundation specialists have been crisscrossing the country, bringing the TeachRock curriculum to classrooms, and connecting face to face...
View ArticleLink Wray, Hidden No More
By Ben Dumbauld, Research Associate and Project Manager The history of popular music is rarely a smooth affair–it is punctuated by events that, seemingly out of the blue, forever demand recognition by...
View ArticleESSA and TeachRock
In December of 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, known more commonly as “ESSA.” It’s the latest iteration of the Primary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. ESSA,...
View ArticleTeachRock Staff Recommendations – November 2017
What we’re reading, watching, and listening to… Listening: Bob Dylan – Trouble No More, The Bootleg Series Vol. 13, 1979-81 Sun Ra – The Space Age is Here to Stay Fangirl Happy Hour (bi-weekly podcast)...
View ArticleGuest Column – The Arts Take Center Stage in California!
Randa Schmalfeld, Principal – Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts Fullerton, California As a nationally-recognized Exemplary School of the Arts, our staff views the arts as a springboard...
View ArticleChristmas in Hollis
By Bill Carbone, Director of Education and Partnerships RUN-DMC.’s Raising Hell was one of the first cassettes I ever chose to buy. I’ve now read many analyses of its importance within the Hip Hop...
View ArticleUsing TEACHROCK in the Classroom
Stephanie Arnell The Balanced Mind Conference, Molloy College November 7, 2017 On November 7, 2017, I had the opportunity to bring the TeachRock curriculum to life as I presented at The Balanced Mind...
View ArticleTurning Songs into ELA Games – The “Playlist” Activity
All of the lesson plans at TeachRock draw on the history of music to encourage engaging discussions and learning experiences. But music is also useful for quick “starter” activities or just to provide...
View ArticleA Message From Our Executive Director
On May 1st of this past year I walked through the door of the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation for the first time. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect . . . From the outside looking in I had come to...
View ArticleGuest Column – Making Connections with Music Students
Kristina Lindstrom Harrah Public Schools Harrah, OK I am super excited to share with you how I use the TeachRock Curriculum in my classroom. I first discovered TeachRock a couple of summers ago when I...
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