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WorksheetsHip Hop: Then to Now
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 17mins
Put these events from verses 3A and 3B in order from earliest to latest.
Rap music was created
Run-DMC and Aerosmith collaborate on "Walk this Way"
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince win "Best Rap Performance" at the Grammys
Lauryn Hill wins "Album of the Year" at the Grammys
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(Verse 1B)
Who first used the term "Hip Hop" in 1974?
DJ Starski
DJ Kool Herc
LL Cool J
Grandmaster Flash
(chorus)
Hip Hop comes from the
(a)
(verse 2B)
Describe what was happening in the Bronx in the 1970's.
Verse 1C
I started as a way for kids to pass the time.
They couldn’t get into discos, so they had to find
another way to express themselves.
Empty wallets meant closed doors. They found something else.
Ballet was breaking. DJs were musicians.
No funds for singing lessons, so they started MCing.
The message of the youth, Grandmaster Flash put it best.
“We matter. We stand for something,”
said the DJ that came up on my path.
What did kids turn to due to lack of access to discos?
Movies
Concerts
Alternative forms of expression
Art galleries
What are two popular outlets for self-expression mentioned in the text?
Painting and Sculpting
Ballet and DJing
Cooking and Gardening
Singing and Acting
What was the reason for the emergence of MCing?
Limited funds for singing lessons
Desire for a new form of entertainment
Lack of interest in traditional music
Influence of popular culture
(verse 2A)
There was a great divide between kid and adult culture.
That’s why I started on street corners and recreational centers.
Kids in worn-out sneakers could kick it there.
No need for fancy - Hip Hop culture didn’t care.
Kids had their own parties with bboy moves while
DJs on turntables played the beat smooth.
A positive form of competitive energy
compared to the gangs that ran the 1960s
Where did the origin of Hip Hop culture start?
Schools
Churches
Street corners and recreational centers
Museums
Kids had their own parties with bboy moves and DJs playing smooth beats. What are the kids doing at the parties?
(a)
(Verse 2B)
By the mid-1970s, the gangs were fading,
breaking apart while Hip Hop was brewing.
History remembers the Bronx as a catastrophe.
Hopeless landlords burned down their own buildings.
Unemployment was everywhere. People were waiting in line
just to get a job. Poverty was sky-high.
But the kids kickin’ it with me saw it way different.
They invented masterpieces with their situation.
What was a common sight due to rampant unemployment and poverty?
People waiting in line for jobs
People enjoying leisure time
People working multiple jobs
People traveling for vacations
What was the perception of the Bronx due to landlords burning down buildings?
A place of hope and prosperity
A city with well-maintained buildings
A catastrophe with hopeless landlords burning down buildings
A peaceful and serene neighborhood
Despite the challenges, kids in the Bronx saw their situation differently and created (a)
What was happening to gangs in the mid-1970s while Hip Hop was emerging?
Growing stronger
Fading
Staying the same
Disbanding
