Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
The award-winning documentary RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World highlights the profound and often overlooked influence of Indigenous musicians on American music. To bring this history into the classroom, TeachRock offers standards-aligned lesson plans that utilize film clips and archival materials to engage students in discussions about identity, cultural appropriation, and Native perspectives.
The award-winning documentary RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World tells the story of a profound, essential, and, until now, missing chapter in the history of American music: the Indigenous influence. The standards-aligned TeachRock RUMBLE lesson plans can help you bring that story into the classroom.
Drawing on short clips from the film, troves of source documents, archival photos, and journalism, the TeachRock RUMBLE lessons introduce students to important Native American musicians including Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Salas, Redbone, Robbie Robertson, and the Black Eyed Pea’s Taboo. The materials require students to engage in thoughtful discussion of contemporary issues such as identity and cultural appropriation, and to imagine key moments in American history from a Native perspective.
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