olga fernandez
Congratulations to all the musicians, educators and music lovers.
In 1999 the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) to organize on that day activities designed to raise public awareness of the problem.
Two years before, in 1997 "How come, how long" song was written, produced and performed by Babyface as a duet with American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, who also co-wrote the song. The lyrics deal with domestic violence and is inspired by Nicole Brown Simpson's case. The music video for this song, directed by F. Gary Gray, shows several people in the same building ignoring the shouts and screams and multiple fights between a married couple, ending with a twist, showing that the woman killed her abusive husband, ending with her being arrested. This video received a nomination for Best R&B Video at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.
Unfortunately, twenty years later, one in three women and girls experience violence in their lifetime. It happens in every country and every society. It happens at home, in schools, on the streets, at work and on the internet.
What can teachers do? My proposal to collaborate to stop the cycle of violence against girls and women is based on this beautiful song and the high-quality video story F. Gary Gray directed:
The first step to ending violence is to break the silence. I hope this meaningful song will help all of us to take this first step.
MUSIC TIMELINE IN THE CLASSROOM
To use Music Timeline you just have to access its website and browse freely.https://music-timeline.appspot.com/about.html
You can perform various activities:
1- Choose a genre or musical style and investigate its evolution during the period covered by Music Timeline. You will also have to indicate the subgenres that it comprises, artists of each of them and discs edited by dates.
2- On the contrary, you can select a decade and investigate which musical genres are highlighted in those years, noting their characteristics, artists and mainstream albums.
3- Each student can search for their favorite artist with the search engine and conduct a study about their popularity along the corresponding timeline. You can find out, for example, which albums have been most successful and how their music has evolved over the years.
To use Music Timeline you just have to access its website and browse freely.https://music-timeline.appspot.com/about.html
You can perform various activities:
1- Choose a genre or musical style and investigate its evolution during the period covered by Music Timeline. You will also have to indicate the subgenres that it comprises, artists of each of them and discs edited by dates.
2- On the contrary, you can select a decade and investigate which musical genres are highlighted in those years, noting their characteristics, artists and mainstream albums.
3- Each student can search for their favorite artist with the search engine and conduct a study about their popularity along the corresponding timeline. You can find out, for example, which albums have been most successful and how their music has evolved over the years.