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\nMusical Harlem: How Is Jazz Music Reflective of the Harlem Renaissance?\n

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\nBring jazz music and the Harlem Renaissance to light with a lesson that challenges scholars to research and create. Pupils delve deep into information materials to identify jazz terminology, compare types of jazz and jazz musicians,...\n
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\n\"Jazz\n\n
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\nJazz in America\n

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\nStudents participate in a class discussion about jazz music, compare improvisation with regular conversion, listen to various jazz musicians and compare and contrast their individual sounds.\n
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\n\"Jazz\n\n
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\nJazz Music and the Crisis Over School Desegregation\n

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\nHigh schoolers will learn to appreciate the civil rights movement with a focus on Little Rock, Arkansas. They will also acknowledge Louis Armstrong's unparalleled contributions to American music.\n
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\nLesson: Jazzy Stripes and Worlds\n

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\nEvery artist creates in his own unique way drawing from a variety of inspirational sources. Upper graders work to expand their understanding of the creative process by first analyzing a modern piece and then creating one. They listen to...\n
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\n\"Jazz\n\n
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\nJazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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\nRhythm and Improv, Jazz and Poetry\n

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\nConnect the ideas of jazz improvisation and art to writing poetry. Learners collaborate and write different lines of poetry, imitating the jazz styles of improvisation and freewriting. Take a close look at the poems \"Tenebrae\" by Yusef...\n
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\nJazz Dance and Music\n

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\nFourth graders write a poem. In this jazz music lesson, 4th graders learn about the basics of jazz dance and practice basic movements. Students learn common terminology and listen to several recordings of jazz music. Students create a...\n
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\nJazz Talk\n

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\nStudents analyze the origins of jazz music by examining work songs, spirituals, blues, and gospel songs as well as works of poetry from African American artists. They create their own poems from either the narrative, dramatic, or lyric...\n
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\nAfrican American Community and Culture\n

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\nFourth graders explore the rise of jazz music. In this Duke Ellington lesson, 4th graders watch video segments regarding Ellington's life and showcasing a performance of Ellington and his band. Students discuss the rhythm...\n
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\nAfrican Americans Seen Through the Eyes of the Newsreel Cameraman\n

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\nFifth graders learn about this history of jazz music. In this musical influences lesson, 5th graders read God Bless the Childand listen to a recording of it. Students create a KWL chart on jazz and early 1900s music and dance. Students...\n
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\nWynton's Tune\n

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\nStudents examine the serigraph, \"Wynton's Tune,\" by artist Faith Ringgold. They discuss the painting, listen to jazz music, create a drawing that tells a story inspired by their favorite music, and write sentences describing their artwork.\n
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\nJazz music, Dance and Poetry\n

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\nStudents view video and become familiar with the type of movement in jazz dance.  For this jazz dance lesson, students write a cinquain about jazz dance.  Students recognize the elements of jazz dance and the type of music...\n
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\nThe Influence of Jazz Music in Twentieth Century Art\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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\nDuke Ellington and the Rise of Jazz in New York\n

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\nStudents consider how Duke Ellington impacted the rise of jazz music. In this jazz music lesson, students listen to a lecture regarding the life and work of Ellington. Students also watch a video regarding Ellington and discuss music of...\n
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\nThe Prairie Dog That Met the President\n

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\nLearners study the history of jazz music. They listen to various examples of jazz music and complete a worksheet in which they must identify the individual instruments they hear and identify characteristics of the genre of jazz music.\n
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\nThe Princess and the Frog\n

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\nStudents study the sounds of New Orleans jazz, its origins, and its influences. In this jazz music lesson plan, students listen to various jazz songs and discuss the songs. Students use the worksheet 'Jazz: the Universal Language' to...\n
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\nCrawford Grill: Opening the Doors of Opportunity\n

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\nAnalyze the role the Crawford Grill played in the history of Jazz music. Budding historians research interviews and video clips to learn about the Crawford Grill in Pennsylvania and black music history. The lesson culminates when...\n
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\nNuts and Bolts of Jazz\n

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\nA collection of videos directs viewers through a series of seven videos detailing all things jazz. Video topics include how to play, its forms, rhythm, syncopation, swing, improvisation, and explores the rhythm, horn, and wind sections....\n
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\nEarly Jazz\n

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\nStudents gain an understanding of early jazz. They study Dixieland and the Roaring Twenties. They examine the American historical significance and cultural implications of early jazz.\n
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\nJazz's Beginnings\n

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\nHigh schoolers examine jazz's roots and their hybridization in New Orleans in the early 20th century. They listen to ragtime and jazz recordings, then complete worksheets imbedded in this plan.\n
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\nComparing Two Improvisations\n

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\nJazz improvisation can be difficult to listen to for some music enthusiasts, however there are patterns and characteristics that can be analyzed. They use this Venn diagram to aid them in comparing two improvisational pieces, where they...\n
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\nImprovising in the Birthplace of Jazz\n

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\nStudents recognize significant developments in New Orleans jazz music. They improvise blues licks using notes from a minor pentatonic scale.\n
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\n\"Jazz is About Collaboration\": Jim Crow Laws And Segregation\n

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\nStudents 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,...\n
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\nJazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations\n

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\nStudents compare and contrast the rhythms of marches and jazz. They watch an excerpt about Buddy Bolden from the PBS Ken Burns Jazz documentary, compare/contrast march and jazz rhythms, complete a worksheet, and notate and perform jazz...\n
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