Curriculum Resources
The curriculum resources below are intended to supplement and expand understanding of the narratives and contextual information written by Our Stories in Our Voices (#OSOV) authors. The resources include:
#OSOV Author Videos
#OSOV Original Music
#OSOV Chapter Translations from English to Spanish
#OSOV Dramatized Readings of Chapters
Additional Videos
Our Stories in Our Voices Author Videos
In the videos below several #OSOV authors discuss their lived experiences, personal and scholarly reflections about the chapters they have written. Some videos are about the Ethnic Studies movement in general. Others explore one of the four ethnic groups with which Ethnic Studies is primarily concerned.
The #OSOV videos were produced by Dale Allender of Sacramento State University. Camera by Dax Brooks and Khamisi Norwood of YR Media. Editing by Chaz Hubbard of YR Media. Music: Hyphiachi by Michael Diaz of YR Media.
Depth and Breadth from Original American Indian Tribal Nations: Beyond a Mere 250 Years
(Native American Studies)
Third World Liberation Front II
Gregory Yee Mark remembers the Third World Liberation Front Strikes at UC Berkeley in 1969 II (Ethnic Studies Movement)
Third World Liberation Front I
Gregory Yee Mark remembers the Third World Liberation Front Strikes at UC Berkeley in 1969 I (Ethnic Studies Movement)
Our Stories in Our Voices (#OSOV) Music Mix
Our Stories in Our Voices (#OSOV) Music Mix is a collection of original music produced by educators and musicians to further support students’ understanding of the ideas in various chapters of the Our Stories in Our Voices (#OSOV) textbook.
#OSOV Music Mix was produced by Dale Allender, PhD of Sacramento State University. Song lyrics written and beats composed by Norman Merrifield of 808ed.com. Djembe, berimbau and vocal for traditional Cameroonian, Brazilian, and Haitian songs by Gabriel Bata of Lipan Urban. Beats composed by Amir Whitaker of Project KnucklwHead. Guitar by Kevin Goins. Vocals by Kendra Foster. Rhymes and vocals by Joey Butler. Dialogue by Joey Butler and Arya Allender West;
Recorded by Charles Vincent Burwell at The Clever Agency, Jersey City, New Jersey. Mixed by Norman Merrifield with Greg Fuqua at 808ed.com, Nashville Tennessee.
The songs can be listened to in any order and played often. The songs can also be listened to while reading the chapter it supports, as pre-, during or post reading experiences.
Warfare
Supports Unit IV
Wake Up
Ethnic Studies
Wrung Out
Supports Unit I Chapter 5 on implicit bias and the school to prison pipeline.
Orisha
Supports Unit IV Chapter Ifa in Osogbo
Freedom Fighters
Supports Unit IV Chapter 27 Capitol City Civics and the Black Panther Party
Diaspora
Supports Unit IV Chapter 26 Ifa in Oshogbo
When You Gonna Dance
Supports Unit I
Wake Up Remix
Ethnic Studies
Our Stories in Our Voices Chapter Translations
Spanish version of My Father’s Labor: An Unknown, but Values History by Julie Lopez Figueroa and Macedino Figueroa (Chapter 12 of Our Stories in Our Voices) Translation by Laguardia Translations.
Our Stories in Our Voices
Audio Versions
That Special Relationship
Audio version of That Special Relationship—Puerto Rico and the United States by Daisy Diaz-Granados (Chapter 11 of Our Stories in Our Voices)
Haitiano
Audio version of Haitiano by Molaundo Jones (Chapter 16 of Our Stories in Our Voices)
Spanish and Arabic Cognates
Spanish and Arabic Cognates by Izamar Ortíz-González M.A in Urban Education,
Ph.D Student, School Organization and Policy, UC Davis