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This lesson shows how the blues can be used to enable students to explore gender divisions in the United States, both in the past and the present. Most blues songs are about the relationships between men and women, as are many songs in American popular mu Full Review »
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This lesson examines both the content and form of lyrics in blues songs. In addition to highlighting the basic musical form of a blues song, it also addresses the use of floating verses in blues music, both within the context of the original era in which Full Review »
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This lesson enables teachers to use blues music to explore the history of African Americans in the 20th century. By studying the content of blues songs, students can learn about the experiences and struggles of the working-class Southerners who created th Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students discover how blues music has inspired many writers and artists such as the poet, Langston Hughes. They write an essay comparing a blues song and a poem, and exploring the literary elements in both. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students explore examples of this musical form, then write their own lyrics for a blues song. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students create lyrics for an environmental blues. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students define and compose a blues text and sing a blues song. They sing each phrase of "The St. Louis Blues" after it is modeled by the teacher. In the end, they sing the whole song with accompaniment. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students describe some of the distinguishing characteristics of blues music. They compare and analyze two versions of the same 12-bar blues song. They read and identify notation symbols for rhythm and tempo. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify the musical form of the 12-bar blues. They identify a problem from the "Farming in the 1940's" section and compose a 12-bar blues song. make comparisons between problems of the 1940's and today. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, after viewing the video "Tell About the South," analyze the section on Blue Poets. They brainstorm and discuss the roots of the Blues and their emergence from the south. In addition, they compare/contrast the Blues to its descendant Hip Hop. At the end of the lesson they create a Blues song, poem or rap. Full Review »
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