Associate Professor at the University of Utah, Dr. Erin O'Connell, uses gangsa rap to help her students engage with Homer's The Iliad. Exploring similarities in content and beat, O'Connell engages students and makes an ancient text relevant to their contemporary lives.
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License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
I've always noticed this too
capgurken 3 weeks ago
YAY Aunt Erin!!!!
theworks267 1 year ago
Fantastic way to enrich the learning. Wonderful job Erin. Nadyne Levesque Karas Beloit '82
ntlk1959 2 years ago
Look at you, girl! You rock! Who knew you were such an amazing teacher. So glad to see you go so far from your start at Beloit! Keep up the good work, and keep enjoying it as much as you obviously do!!
Jenn Stake White '82
bigscrapkitty 2 years ago
Dr. Erin O"Connell is great in bringing the past & the present face to face on common ground. Had she been my professor in college, I would've had more to take with me following graduation. Hope there are more like her out there in colleges today.
CWShock 2 years ago