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American Folklore Society Award for Florida Music Train Curriculum
The American Folklore Society awarded its 2003 Dorothy Howard Prize to the Department of State, Florida Folklife Program and author Laurie K. Sommers for The Florida Music Train. The Florida Music Train provides educators with an entertaining and engaging program that brings Florida's musical heritage and traditions alive in the classroom. The Dorothy Howard Prize honors individuals and organizations whose work effectively encourages K-12 educators or students to use or study folklore and folkloristic approaches in all educational environments. Such works include curriculum materials, publications, audio and video recordings, multimedia publications, and exhibits.
Created by folklorist/ethnomusicologist Laurie K. Sommers and the Florida Folklife Program, with administrative assistance from the Florida Folklore Society, The Florida Music Train explores Florida's rich musical traditions from Pensacola to Key West. This educational module includes an audio CD of 23 archival, field, and studio recordings of Florida's traditional music; five lesson plans; a poster; and background information about the artists and musical traditions represented in the unit. Designed for use in elementary and secondary classrooms, the resource integrates music education with curricula in language arts, music, and social studies. Sunshine State Standards correlations are provided.
Florida Music Train CD: Musical Selections
Sample from "Notes to Musical Selections"
The Florida Music Train can be ordered for $50 plus Florida sales tax (no tax on out-of-state orders). Mail the check, payable to the Friends of Historic Properties and Museums, to the Florida Department of State, Florida Heritage Education Coordinator, The Old Capitol, Room B-11, Tallahassee, FL 32301, (850) 487-1902, kcsmith@dos.state.fl.us
Florida Music Train: Table of Contents
Folklife Contact: Tina Bucuvalas, tbucuvalas@dos.state.fl.us