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- 5th - 8th
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Students receive an introduction to jazz or the blues by reading and writing about a jazz or blues musician. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students identify musical characteristics of baroque, jazz, and psychedelic music. They arrange traditional music into the style of baroque, jazz, and psychedelic music. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore and investigate the foundation and history of jazz music. They listen to various pieces of music while creating drawings, develop a timeline of jazz history, and read and discuss biographies of famous jazz musicians. Full Review »
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- 4th - 11th
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Students listen to and examine jazz recordings and listen for features (breaks and obbligato) that are typical of jazz music. In groups, they make up a short blues song of their own. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students investigate the history and development of jazz by studying the Louis Armstrong Hot Five. They listen to music and define how Armstrong strengthened the concept of the solo as a part of jazz. They complete guided listening lessons. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine the basic characteristics of jazz, and its relationship to African-American culture and history. They listen to examples of jazz, conduct research, and create a 20th century timeline of music and historical events. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students analyze and describe music while connecting it to history and culture. They gain experience in theatre arts skills and writing. They use the Internet to do research in order to find out the most about this subject. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students listen to a piece of Jazz music before writing a short story that tells what they feel the music is about. They listen to the song once and take notes. Next, they answer questions about the musical piece that become the basis for their three to six paragraph short story. As they write they listen to the music play softly in the background. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students, with the help of the NBA Utah Jazz website, formulate how to use a database. In addition, they access how to copy and paste, and prepare a spreadsheet for later use. Students apply productivity/multimedia tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, and group collaboration. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore, analyze, study and read a variety of poems and listen to jazz that have their roots in the Harlem Renaissance. They then discuss the similarities and differences of themes in the works of different poets and composers. Full Review »
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