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Recommended for: Grades 6-12

Resource: Ancestors Talk Through Drums

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Length: 3m 51s
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This video segment from EGG:the arts show documents Camilo Molina Gaetan, a fourth grader from Spanish Harlem, as he works to become a master drummer. He is learning to play many styles of Afro-Caribbean music like the Rumba from Cuba and the Bomba from Puerto Rico. He has been playing drums since he was four years old. Camilo wants to play all kinds of drums. His teacher enjoys teaching Camilo because he says it is important to pass the tradition down to the next generation.

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Teachers' Domain, Ancestors Talk Through Drums, published August 26, 2008, retrieved on ,
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl07.la.rv.text.drums/

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The following Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions are best suited for middle school students using this video in an English language arts or social studies lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.

What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?

Frame (ELA) A story can be told from many different perspectives: a social perspective, a cultural perspective, a historic perspective, or an ethnic perspective. How do these perspectives differ from each other?

Focus (ELA) As you watch the segment, determine from which perspectives Camilo and his teacher are speaking.

Frame (SS) Camilo Molina Gaetan lives in Spanish Harlem in New York City. What do you know about Latino history and culture in New York City? When did some of the first immigrants arrive from the Caribbean? Is there a way to define the terms "Latino" or " Latina"?

Focus (SS) Camilo says the drums were used to communicate. What does he mean by that? Why were the drums used in this way?