1. creating space to explore global issues in a culturally isolated, rural classroom Jennice McCafferty-Wright North Callaway R-1 Social Studies

2. Creating Space for Conversations about Justice-Oriented Citizenship An Emerging Unit

3. Goals Create a bridge/ for students to connect with a global issue Frame Arab Spring through the intersectionality of youth, global democratic movements, and popular art Flex and strengthen budding global competencies U.S. Students Shared Popular Culture Arab Spring Activists

4. Personally Responsible Citizen Acts Responsibly in his/her community Works and pays taxes/obeys laws Recycles, gives blood Volunteers in a crisis Participatory citizen Active member of community organizations Organizes community efforts for those in need Knows how government agencies work Justice-oriented citizen Critically assesses social, political, and economic structures Seeks out and addresses areas of injustice Knows about democratic social movements and how to effect systemic change (Westheimer and Kahne, 2004) What kind of citizenship does this lesson promote? Contributes to a food drive Personally Responsible Helps organize a food rive Participatory Explores why people are hungry and acts to solve root causes Justice Oriented If People Were Starving

5. 1. What are popular forms of communication, hip hop and street art, telling us about Arab Spring? 2. Whose voices do they represent? 3. So what? Hip Hop, Street Art, and Arab Spring the Media of the Masses Guiding Questions Members of the Free Syrian Army chant as one of them plays the guitar near Nairab military airport in Aleppo Feb. 26, 2013. (photo by REUTERS/Hamid Khatib)

6. Responding to video- reflective writing, discussion Text analysis of lyrics- Text analysis protocols, primary source analysis work sheets, word clouds, literary devices, AND MORE Visual thinking strategies and responses to street art Cross walk between the two Days 1-3. What are popular forms of communication, hip hop and street art, telling us about Arab Spring?

7. #Syria Omar Offendum Read article “Syria’s Music Wars” for background on Hamwee Ibrahim Qashoush’s story. http://www.al- monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/music-syria- war-pop-rap-dabke-regime- rebels.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm _campaign=7140#ixzz2ScNCKMto http://www.al- monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/05/music-syria- war-pop-rap-dabke-regime- rebels.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm _campaign=7140#ixzz2ScNCKMto Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXjEWrhkb6g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXjEWrhkb6g Responding to video- reflective writing, discussion It’s been a long time coming And there's no turning back now Voices are the weapons In these military crackdowns Millions on the streets In defiance of your gat sounds Look who's got you shook Doctor don't know how to act now... -Omar Offendum, “#Syria”, 2012

8. Fly Over Egypt The Narcycist, aka Narcy Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqBt2vkVO5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqBt2vkVO5I Article, “What Happened to the Arab Spring?” http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/01/what- happened-to-the-arab-spring/266778/ http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/01/what- happened-to-the-arab-spring/266778/ In the light of day you are more than just a knight seeking for a right of way asking is it just to fight... I feel the winds of change, but everything is still the same Even Though I fear the sun, I can only see the reign... -The Narcicyst, “Fly Over Egypt”, 2012 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/16/arab-spring-year-of-protest

9. The Smithsonian. “Egypt’s Murals Are More Than Just Art, They Are a Form of Revolution: Cairo’s artists have turned their city’s walls into a vast social network.” http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Egypts- Murals-Are-More-Than-Just-Art-They-Are-a-Form-of- Revolution-204114911.html#ixzz2ezp35NdS http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Egypts- Murals-Are-More-Than-Just-Art-They-Are-a-Form-of- Revolution-204114911.html#ixzz2ezp35NdS Street Art from The Smithsonian

12. http://animalnewyork.com/2013/egyptian-women-street-artists/ Other Sources of Street Art

13. http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/07/16/in-pictures-walls-of-freedom-documents-egyptian-street-art/

14. http://news.msn.com/world/egyptians-speak-out-through-street-art#image=7

15. Hip hop, the creators- biographical research: comparing and contrasting Narcy and Omar Offendum, comparing and contrasting US popular artists Street art, the creators- biographical research: same comparing and contrasting exercise The audience- demographic research: Egypt, Syria, Morocco, and other Arab Spring countries by age, education, and economic indicators Bringing it all together… reflection, discussion, analysis Days 4-6. Whose voices do they represent? Self-selected research teams

16. Days 7- __. Application and extension opportunities: Exploring other examples of youth and social change Outcomes of Arab Spring- Case studies, specific countries Cross-curricular collaboration with art and music Refugees and internally displaced peoples Other media and revolution- social media Infographics and mapping Arab Spring Soundtrack of a Revolution project Guest panel US popular art and social justice Other revolutions... So what? http://www.albanyassociates.com/notebook/2012/03/the-arab-spring-and-the-impact-of-social-media/egypt-facebook/

17. NBC. The Soundtrack of a Revolution. http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc- news/44508127http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc- news/44508127 Portland State University. Music and the Arab Spring. http://www.middleeastpdx.org/resources/original/music-and-the-arab- spring/ http://www.middleeastpdx.org/resources/original/music-and-the-arab- spring/ Primary Source. The Modern Middle East. http://www.resources.primarysource.org/content.php?pid=425088&sid=347 6396 http://www.resources.primarysource.org/content.php?pid=425088&sid=347 6396 Matthew Machowski. The Arab Spring on Maps http://www.matthewmachowski.com/2011/05/arab-spring-maps.html More Resources