Heike rap

[Kathrin Simmons]

I have enjoyed Professor Miakey's lecture and esspecially the poem readings. She offered great suggestions towards using the presented material in the classroom. Thinking of my Physical Education curriculum, Japanese literature, theater, and music can be used to teach Physical Education Standards of dance and rhythm throughout the grades. I would like to use Profressor Miyake's suggestion of writing a ballad or rap from a segment of a Heike, since they were originally sung by monks. Using a segment of a Heike to develop, practice and perform as a rap dance could be part of a dance unit with my secondary students in Adapted Physical Education class.