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\n\"Jazz\n\n
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\nJazz Musicians\n

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\nTen informative videos make up a series hosted by Wynton Marsalis designed to share the musical triumphs of jazz musicians Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and more! \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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\nJazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory\n

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\nLearners 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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\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 plan 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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\nJazz Exploration: A Collage Project\n

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\nMiddle schoolers explore and experience jazz through collage. They listen to improvisational jazz, discuss the origins of jazz, then design and create a collage that shows jazz being played. This project will result in amazing works of...\n
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\nJazz In Oklahoma\n

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\nWhen considering the possible hot spots of jazz in the United States, Oklahoma isn't the state that first comes to mind. However, it is the birthplace of several jazz musicians that influenced the evolution of the genre and Oklahoma City...\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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\nJazz\n

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\nOver the history of the world, music has been at the heart of some of the greatest social and political movements. Scholars discover their musical roots as they dive into the sounds and emotions of renowned jazz players. They see how...\n
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\nThe Birth of an Icon: Learning and Performing the Origins of the Drum Set and Early Jazz Drumming in New Orleans, Louisiana\n

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\nBass drum, snare drum, tom-toms, cymbals. Perched behind their drum sets, wielding their drum sticks and wire brushes, drummers lay the grove and are the heartbeat of a band's performance. A dynamic lesson introduces young musicians to...\n
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\nGreat Gatsby's Jazz\n

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\nAs Nick wanders the grounds of Gatsby's mansion, he observes the behaviors of the rowdy guests and listens to the music pouring over the lawn. Bring the music of the jazz age into the classroom with Louis Armstrong's \"West End Blues,\"...\n
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\n20th Century Music: Jazz\n

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\nA 67-page packet provides instructors with a complete course in the history of Jazz. Lessons look at the roots of jazz in early 20th century African American communities in the southern United States and continues to the New Orleans...\n
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\nBlack and Blue: Jazz in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man\n

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\nStudents analyze the impact of jazz on the novel, \"Invisible Man,\" by Ralph Ellison. They read and discuss excerpts of the novel, write an essay on the influence of jazz on Ralph Ellison as a writer, and view video excerpts on jazz...\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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\nSimiles Activity using Jazz (featuring Duke Ellington)\n

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\nLanguage learners get into the swing of things with a jazzy instructional activity about similes. They read an article about Duke Ellington, listen to samples of his music, and then try their hand at crafting similes to describe his...\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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\nCountry's Music\n

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\nJazz, Blue Grass, Hip Hop, Swing. Gospel, R&B, Ragtime, Disco. So many music genres born in the USA. After reading an article about the fate of New Orlean's Jazz after Hurricane Katrina, class members investigate the life cycles of...\n
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\n\"Jazzing\n\n
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\nJazzing Up the Classroom\n

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\nTune-up mundane subjects with some lively jazz for a cross-currricular kick!\n
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\nFats Waller, Handful of Keys\n

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\nPlaying piano is great fun and playing jazz is even better. Kids watch a video of Fats Waller playing the song, \"Handful of Keys,\" they then use either a piano key print out or Orff instruments to practice his signature stride piano...\n
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\nTeaching Jazz Structure with 2-track Stereo Digital Audio Software\n

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\nMelody, solo, melody. After a discussion of the structure of a jazz tune and of improvisation as it relates to jazz, young musicians listen to a jazz CD and then, using 2-track stereo digital audio software, place and label markers in an...\n
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\nChops and Axes - A Jazz Talk Show\n

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\nStudents listen to, analyze, and describe music. They gain an understanding of music in relation to history and culture.\n
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\nImprovise a Short Story through Jazz\n

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\nStudents evaluate jazz music and a jazz music performance. They collaborate and create an improvised group short story. They improvise a musical piece on found objects.\n
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\nInternational Jazz Day\n

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\nIn this International Jazz Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey,...\n
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\nJazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance\n

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\nHigh schoolers identify and connect themes of selected nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and art to Harlem Renaissance jazz. They compare and contrast historical and fictionalized versions of the jazz scenes of the Harlem Renaissance. They...\n
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\nMusician Extraordinaire Based on the DC Quarter Reverse\n

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\nStudents develop an understanding of the role of a musician, composer, and conductor. In this musician lesson, students examine the District of Columbia quarter and see that Duke Ellington is on the reverse side. They define performer,...\n
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