“Literacy, History, and Culture Through Music

Our program, “Voice Your Soul,” integrates music into curricular content to help students learn about history, culture, and the world around them. Students analyze song lyrics by exploring artists’ messages about significant events and issues locally and globally. This approach sparks discussions, deepens their understanding of historical context, and encourages them to think critically about how society operates. They develop reading and language skills meaningfully by analyzing context clues and unfamiliar words in lyrics.

At the end of the program, students create their own multimedia projects and creative writing—songs, poetry, spoken word, drama—and live performances to share their beliefs and hope for a better future in an engaging student showcase.