Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...		Learning through The Duke Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of...
African-American Gospel Music Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an...		Math and Music: Fibonacci Sequence Students discover that patterns in music that relate to the Fibonacci Sequence.
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...		Native American Music: Call-and-Response Introduce students to a call-and-response form of Native American song and dance.
Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations Learn about the use of fractions in music.		Chinese Percussion Music Teach students about Chinese percussion instruments and ensemble performances. Use this music...
Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.		Appalachian Riddle Song Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on "The Riddle Song" to show the...
Observing Sound Waves Students will conduct an experiment that will allow them to see sound waves in action.		Graphing Pitch Distribute a group activity that explains the musical relationship between length of...
Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...		A Jazz Talk Show Students will explore the lives of various jazz musicians, studying the social and historical...
Interactive Timeline Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to...		Numbers and Songs Students will create and perform songs based on math concepts and facts, with this lesson plan....
Traditional Circle Game from Puerto Rico Use a lesson that uses Spanish to introduce students to traditional Puerto Rican song and...		Describing Drum Beats in Native American Music Work with students to perform a Native American song and dance, Owl Dance. Allow them to...
Percussion Performance and Culture Students in grades 5-8 study African and Native American percussion, consider music's cultural...		Chinese Opera Introduce your class to the artistic characters, vocal music, and instruments of Chinese opera.