Student folk traditions at Mami Agnes Jones Elementary School

Fieldwork

Sound recordings

Children

Demonstrations

Classrooms

Teaching of folklore

Hand-clapping games

Jump rope rhymes

Rap songs

Chants

Speech play

Jokes

Riddles

Students

One audio cassette. Recording of fourth grade students presenting their own folk traditions, consisting primarily of hand clapping games, rhymes, cheers, riddles, and several rap songs. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1576

1985-01-04

Florida Folklife Program

sound recordings

audiocassettes

Sound

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S1576

22

C86-189

Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Taylor, David, 1951-

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