Students explore literary elements through music. In this figurative language activity, students examine imagery and personification in "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix.

Kids compare and contrast music from the past to the present. They listen to and review the characteristics of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Pop music. Then, they discuss the differences in each and how musical icons from the past...

Test your learners' Internet research skills with this scavenger hunt. Of the twenty questions provided, scholars research ten and provide the answer, the URL, the search engine, and the keywords they used. While some of the questions...

Students analyze and perform an American social protest song. They describe its historical setting, consider the effectiveness of the music and recognize that popular music is a reflection of American culture.

Learners examine influence The Blues had on Rock and Roll and the concomitant social, political, and economic factors and movements during the post-World War II period. Students then research and create multimedia reports on...

Students listen to and analyze songs of folk rock musicians of 1970 and then compose and perform a song in a popular or folk style for acoustic guitar and voice or for two acoustic guitars.

Learners explore the Vietnam War in music. In this Vietnam lesson, students listen to and analyze popular music from the Vietnam era in order to understand the use of propaganda regarding the controversial war. Learners develop...

Students study the history of the electric guitar. In this electric guitar lesson plan, students use print and Internet sources to research the history of the electric guitar. Students use their research findings to create PowerPoint...

In this 1960's and 1970's America worksheet, learners read assigned textbook pages regarding the counterculture and respond to 41 short answer questions.

Pupils play "Fly Away" and "All Along the Watchtower" and then use different voicings of guitar chords and compare them.

Young scholars perform any part of a four-part keyboard ensemble with musical sensibility in a "hard rock" style. They improvise a melody over student accompaniment.

Provided is background information and a more detailed timeline on the history of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992.

This is the official Jimi Hendrix website. Here you will find much information on this rock legend including audio, articles and pictures.

In this encyclopedia entry, you'll read about Jimi Hendrix and his influence on rhythm and blues and psychedelic rock.

An interactive synopsis, by "New York Times" art desk staff writer Ben Sisario, of a 2006 biography about Jimi Hendrix called "Room Full of Mirrors." Narrated in a slideshow format, the site highlights episodes of Hendrix's career and...

An image of Jimi Hendrix.

An image of Jimi Hendrix.

Jimi Hendrix's 'The Wind Cries Mary' is an ideal song, not just to illustrate personification, but also to demonstrate how poetic devices enhance the meaning of the poem. As soon as the students recognize that the speaker is mourning the...

Guitar masters like Jimi Hendrix are capable of bending the physics of waves to their wills, plucking melody from inspiration and vibration. But how do wood, metal, and plastic translate into rhythm, melody, and music? Oscar Fernando...

See images of famous and unknown faces from the 1960s. All black and white images by various photographers.

Famous people who played the viola include Haydn, Jimi Hendrix, and Dudley Herschback, a Harvard professor.

Good resource link site for major classic rock figures. Photos, footage, and links to other connections.