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- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 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 »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the culture of African American art. Using the internet, they research the events surrounding the Harlem Renaissance and discover how it produced a wide variety of art and literature. To end the lesson, by analyzing different pieces of artwork by various artists to identify the political statement in the art. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students examine the various educational theories from Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. In groups, they create a chart in which compares and contrasts each theory to one another. As a class, they watch a movie which represents the time period in which these men were a part of. To end the lesson, they research the differences between the main African-American colleges in the United States. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students define the community of Harlem. They explain the growth of music in this area and identify important people who spearheaded this movement. They identify places where music grew in Harlem and establish a visual as well as an aural account of the musical history of this era. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students explore their own responses to sound by hearing the music as a regular part of the class structure. They develop an awareness that certain art evokes certain sounds and moods and develop an intuitive responses to the music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students examine the effect of music on society. While listening to music, they identify the beat, rhythm and write down their reaction to it. Listening to longer selections, they assign a color to the music and share it with the class. They create a piece of art using that color reflecting on the music pieces to end the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students compare and contrast the Italian and Harlem Renaissance periods. Classmates examine the life of historical individuals and assess their contributions and impacts on the respective eras. Students role play individuals from each era, comparing their lives. Pupils discuss the artistic, social and political changes that developed in the two very different eras. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students read a fictional play that addresses a historical era or event. The students research the historical era and debate whether the dramatic representation of the era or event is valid. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th
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Students participate in a discovery lesson about America in the 20th century. The structure of the lesson is not clearly stated. They are left to be guided in a general direction only and new truth is discovered instead of directly taught. Full Review »
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