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- 7th - 9th
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Students carefully listen to and analyze music based on instrumentation, rhythms, pitch, intensity, timbre and texture. After listening multiple times, students write down their impressions of the music based on questions imbedded in this plan. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine how art, poetry and music are different from one another. They state contrasts using the correct terminology. They also brainstorm synonyms for the word "different". Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students consider the fate of jazz music after Hurricane Katrina by reading and discussing the article, Jazz Musicians Ask if Their Scene Survive. They research and evaluate various music genres with roots in the United States. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students learn the historical development of jazz music. This multidisciplinary unit incorporates a variety of cultures that have impacted the arts. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students explore the CBC Archives site on Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Giant to investigate racism, discrimination, and segregation in Canada and the United States up to the 1960's. 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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- 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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- 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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- 5th
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Students research the life and contributions of a Jazz musician. They listen to samples of Jazz music, conduct research, and write three paragraphs about a selected Jazz musician. Students include information about the type of music played by their chosen musician and how that musician influenced jazz music. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students 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 style. Full Review »
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