Calypso, Calypso and Silver Moon Boat Students will sing folk songs from different ethnic origins, using stylistically appropriate...		A Jazz Talk Show Students will explore the lives of various jazz musicians, studying the social and historical...
Crime and Punishment Use a teaching guide that includes background information and discussion questions to be used...		Interactive Timeline Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to...
The Song of the Lark Use a teaching guide that includes historical information, a brief synopsis of the novel The...		Classical Music: Improving Children's Development Classical music has been touted as improving memory, emotion, mood, even test scores. Whether...
Pride and Prejudice Reading Guide Introduce students to Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen's most popular novel, through a...		Invent a Sport Students create a new game using knowledge they have about other sports.
Sense and Sensibility Use a teaching guide that includes a synopsis of Sense and Sensibility, great discussion...		Exhibit Scoring Guide Rubric for use with the Visualizing Jazz Scenes lesson.
Web Research: Lesson 2 Lesson 2 in a series for middle-school students learning to use the Internet for research...		Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.
Ideas for Black History Month Field Trips Discover a list of places you and your students could photograph for inclusion in the Black...		Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...
Can You Hear a Story? Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical...		Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations Learn about the use of fractions in music.
Learning through The Duke Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of...		54th Regiment Memorial This memorial sits across from the Massachusetts state house, and honors the first all black...
Assessment of Learning Through "The Duke" Lesson Assessment sheet for Learning Through The Duke lesson.		Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...