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The guide supports classroom learning through section-based understanding questions and end exercises aligned with California Visual and Performing Arts content standards. It focuses on theater etiquette, preparation for attendance, and targeted learning about African American musical traditions, including the ensemble’s styles, related songs, and ways students can listen, observe, reflect, and participate.","Sweet Honey In The Rock  \nStudy Guide Table of Contents  \n1. Letter of Welcome....................................................................................3  \n2. Theater Etiquette ...................................................................................4  \n3. Unit-Long Understanding Goals ...........................................................5  \nEach section includes questions for understanding (at the beginning) and exercises (at the end) . These can be used to help students integrate the material presented into subjects they are already studying in the classroom, and are designed to meet some of the requirements of the Reading/Language Arts Framework and Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools.*  \n4. About the Artists ....................................................................................7  \n5. About the SchoolTime performance ....................................................15  \nThe Singing Style of Sweet Honey in the Rock  \nSelected Song Lyrics  \n6. Reading: The Beginnings of African-American Music in the United States ............................................23  \n7. Teacher Evaluation Form ....................................................................36  \n8. Student Evaluation Form ....................................................................37  \n* Material contained in this Study Guide can be used to implement lessons that meet the Visual and Performing Arts content standards for California public schools. A full list of VAPA standards and content standards for related disciplines such as history and social studies can be found on line at:  \n[http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp](http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp)  \nStill the Same Me  \nSweet Honey has a long tradition of excellent and unique children’s CDs, which this release continues. Highlights include the title track, six improvisations, fun “Nature Song,” and peppy“Still Gotta Get Up in the Morning.” Includes 20 pages of interviews about childhood (school, food, families,even hair!) -complete with kiddie pictures!  \nNo Mirrors in My Nana’s House  \nA children’s book by Ysaye Barnwell with glorious, bright pictures by Synthia Saint James show us how to see the beauty, and accomanying CD of Sweet Honey In The Rock singing the song, tells us how to hear it.  \nI Got Shoes  \nThis 1994 release for children became an immediate favorite—especially when folks heard the inspiring rap song,“Young and Positive.”  \nContinuum Songbook  \nEach of the songs in this songbook is accompanied by lyrics, composer’s notes and a bio of the Sweet Honey member who composed it. These invite you behind the scenes to  \nhear how the music moved its originator. In addition, Shirley Childress Saxton explains a “sign interpreter’s song,” Harry Belafonte offers an introduction, and you’ll find a history of the traditions  \nSweet Honey sings out of.  \n1. Welcome to SchoolTime!  \nDear Teachers and Students,  \nOn your visit to Cal Performances, you will attend a SchoolTime performance by the acclaimed a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock on Thursday, April 7 at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.  \nThis powerful a cappella ensemble performs traditional songs and original compositions that address many critical issues in today’s society, including homelessness, work, freedom, justice, and equality. 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