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ETHNIC NORTH AMERICA. We will read various sections from the textbook in class. You will summarize its key points. What is the author’s main point?. What examples or evidence is provided?. What questions would you ask of the author?.
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We will read various sections from the textbook in class. You will summarize its key points.
We will now break into groups, each of which will have five minutes to discuss their question and report back.
Group 2: How can ethnic music be used as a means of representing identity?
Group 3: How is ethnic music accepted by second and third generation immigrants in society?
Group 1: In what ways may an ethnic group’s musical boundaries be maintained?
Group 2: Why was the polka often blended with music from other cultures?
Group 3: Why does traditional music blend with American popular music?
Group 1: How may we observe that many North American musical instruments are no longer used as much?
Group 2: How is American musical culture changing in the technological age, and how much regard is there for the traditional forms as there once was?
Group 3: Has music always changed in American culture, and how so?
The music of ethnic North America is a mixture of many different cultures
North American ethnic music has been created by particular groups of people to express their identity and experiences as both immigrants and Can-Ams
Ethnic music is performed in many different venues, beginning in the home and then opening out into the community and finally interacting with other ethnic communities
Preservation—the maintenance of traditional musical styles—is an important emphasis of most ethnic music
Specific musical instruments are often associated with specific ethnic musical styles and help define them
Religious practices of ethnic groups help preserve many traditional musical styles
African Americans have contributed to the diversity of music in North America far more extensively and profoundly than any other group
