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View Book Trailer Here: http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmnYM26ylI Analyzing Hip Hop culture to promote character development & pro-social values, we merge social-emotional skills with cognitive learning. Live Above The Hype includes lessons that initiate in depth self reflection in youth, while allowing youth workers and parents to have meaningful and enlightening dialogue with at-risk and beyond-risk male youth. The Live Above The Hype Hip Hop Life Skills Teacher/Parent Edition Includes: 20 insightful lessons that promote Violence Prevention, Responsible Decision Making, Community Responsibility & Self Awareness from a Hip Hop perspective Full session (60 - 90 min) lesson plans aligned with Common Core Standards Suggested answers & responses to given questions Insightful information on subject matter to further equip instructor and help instructor relate to students Bonus assignments/activities to assign students Foreword written by Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Illustrations by Ronald Riskie Brent (2Pac/Makaveli) The curriculum goes beyond analyzing song lyrics of today's most popular rappers and instead analyzes the value systems that draw many of our young people to these rappers.

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Author K-Rahn Vallatine was once a wayward youth himself. After a series of wake up calls, he made a decision to be committed to both the betterment of himself mentally and spiritually and to those in the community around him. He works on the frontlines mentoring and assisting both at-risk and what he calls beyond risk (those who are currently or formerly incarcerated) youth. Throughout the years, K-Rahn has made waves as an underground Hip Hop artist, has previously served as a school teacher, teaching in both the private and public school systems, has sat on the Board of Directors of a charter school, has years of experience working in Los Angeles' juvenile halls and juvenile detention camps, and has stood as a keynote speaker for conferences, youth empowerment events and webinars. He has recently written a Hip Hop Life Skills curriculum, entitled Live Above The Hype. This curriculum analyzes Hip Hop culture to promote character development & pro-social values, merging social-emotional skills with cognitive learning. K-Rahn merges his entertainment talents and resources with his background in education and juvenile justice.

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