Class Notes & Research Project Examples
Slide Show Notes (PDF)
Click on the links below to view PDF versions of the slide-shows, where you can find the class notes for each Study Unit (or Canvas Module). Please note there will be no sound or video, only images and text. Click on "Mid-Term" or "Final" to view the exam Study Guides.
MODULE 2 - West Africa & Spain
MODULE 3 (Part 1) - Cuba Part I: Folklore
MODULE 3 (Part 2) - Cuba Part II: Popular Music to 1959
MODULE 3 (Part 3) - Cuba Part III: Post Revolutionary Music
MODULE 4 - Puerto Rico
MODULE 5 - Salsa & Latin Jazz
MODULE 6 - Dominican Republic & Haiti
MODULE 7 (Part 1) - Jamaica
MODULE 7 (Part 2) - Trinidad
MID-TERM - Mid-Term Exam Study Guide
MODULE 8 - Indigenous Cultures in the Americas
MODULE 9 - Colombia & Venezuela
MODULE 10 - Brazil
MODULE 11 - Argentina, The Andes & Perú Negro
MODULE 12 (Part 1) - Nueva Canción
MODULE 12 (Part 2) - Central America
MODULE 13 - México
MODULE 14 - Latin Rock & Rock En Español
Sample Student Research Projects
LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS OF THE MOMENT (CANVA)
ANDEAN PERUVIAN MUSIC (GOOGLE SLIDES)
THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOUS MUSIC ON LATIN FOLK MUSIC (CANVA)
FROM REGGAE TO DUBSTEP (WEBSITE)
CUBAN MUSIC IN AFRICA (GOOGLE SLIDES)
SON JAROCHO PRESENTATION (GOOGLE SLIDES)
LATINX ARTISTS CREATING AN ALTERNATIVE SPACE (CANVA)
INFLUENTIAL LATIN JAZZ ARTISTS (GOOGLE SLIDES)
REGIONAL MUSIC OF COLOMBIA (GOOGLE SLIDES)
THE HISTORY OF MARIACHI (GOOGLE SLIDES)
REGIONAL MUSIC GENRES OF PERÚ (GOOGLE SLIDES)
WEBSITE ON NEW GENERATION OF LATIN ARTISTS
JOURNEY INTO NIGERIAN MUSIC (CANVA)
WEBSITE ON INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN LATIN MUSIC
CALYPSO ROSE (PREZI)
WEBSITE ON MODERN INDIGENOUS MUSIC
(GOOGLE SLIDES)
PROJECT ON VENEZUELAN GAITA MUSIC
(GOOGLE SLIDES)
PROJECT ON MODERN DAY CUBAN MUSIC (GOOGLE SLIDES)
PROJECT ON THE MEXICAN CORRIDO (GOOGLE SLIDES)
PROJECT ON STEEL DRUMS (PPT)
PROJECT ON YORUBAN BATA DRUMMING (PPT)
PROJECT ON ORISHA CULTURE (PREZI)
PROJECT ON CUBA'S LOS VAN VAN (PREZI)
PROJECT ON CAPOEIRA (PREZI)
PROJECT ON ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ (PREZI)
PROJECT ON SANTERIA (GOOGLE SLIDES)
PROJECT ON CAPOEIRA (GOOGLE SLIDES)
PROJECT ON CUMBIA (GOOGLE SLIDES)
PROJECT: "From Trash to Music" (PREZI)