Learning through The Duke Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of...		Exhibit Scoring Guide Rubric for use with the Visualizing Jazz Scenes lesson.
Can You Hear a Story? Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical...		Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...
Assessment of Learning Through "The Duke" Lesson Assessment sheet for Learning Through The Duke lesson.		Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.
Interactive Timeline Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to...		Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations Learn about the use of fractions in music.
A Jazz Talk Show Students will explore the lives of various jazz musicians, studying the social and historical...		Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...
Classical Music: Improving Children's Development Classical music has been touted as improving memory, emotion, mood, even test scores. Whether...		Student Guide to Web Research Learning to Read on the Web Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students learning to use...
Tap Your Feet Students will practice following a pattern and become familiar with the concept of beat in...		Student Guide to Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web Deliver a lesson plan that will help you teach students to read on the Web, a skill that is...
All About Wolves Rubric Use this scoring guide in conjunction with the "All About Wolves" lesson. This rubric outlines...		Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students learning to use...
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...		Virtual Field Trip: Underground Railroad Take your students on a Virtual Field Trip through Underground Railroad sites in New Bedford,...
Billy Strayhorn Interview Billy Strayhorn, jazz composer, in an interview with Stanley Dance.		Exploring Suffragists Students will do research to learn about suffragists, those who fought for the right of women...