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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the life of a jazz musician. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students identify key jazz features such as improvisation, syncopation, soloists and solos. After students listen and critique different music they write and perform their own origional blues lyrics. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the impact of WWII on the development of jazz music and consider how jazz music helped to boost morale of both soldiers and those left at home. They identify the function of jazz as a cultural export and discuss its worldwide effects. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students evaluate jazz music and a jazz music performance. They collaborate and create an improvised group short story. They improvise a musical piece on found objects. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students explore the various rhythmic combinations in jazz and blues music. They watch a video segment, apply a mathematical formula to calculate the number of possible rhythmic combinations, and perform a combination of notes and rhythm on a keyboard. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore development of jazz music in the 1930s by forming imaginary jazz bands which tour several cities in Depression-era America. Jazz band members create imaginary identities for themselves, develop publicity for their tour, and keep diaries of their journey. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze the impact of jazz on the novel, "Invisible Man," by Ralph Ellison. They read and discuss excerpts of the novel, write an essay on the influence of jazz on Ralph Ellison as a writer, and view video excerpts on jazz history. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students collect real data through listening, counting and timing jazz pieces.They use ratios, rates, and proportions to report collected data and demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of rhythm and tempo in music. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students gain awareness of the importance of jazz as a form of American cultural expression and influence in the world. They experience different forms of jazz. They review how the war experience forever changed the jazz community. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the Jazz Age era and the Harlem Renaissance. Using internet research, they gather information about the artists, cultural, and events of the time, and how they affected the art. Students complete a compare period in art to past and future artistic periods. Full Review »