Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The blues highway: An integration of music with geography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze the movement of the blues from rural Mississippi to urban Chicago and how place and the environment affected the development of the blues. They define the blues, where it originated and how and why it moved to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

VH1's When Disco Ruled the World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students choose a minority culture or an event and research the musical influences of that culture or event on American popular music. They discuss how minority cultures and events in American society influenced the Disco era.