Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...		Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...
African-American Gospel Music Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an...		The History & Poetry of "In Flanders Fields" Learn about the history behind "In Flanders Fields" while reviewing tetrameter and sonnet form....
Building Vocabulary Using Analogies In this lesson, students build their vocabulary by using analogies to help them learn the...		An Immigrant's Story Students will create a character who immigrates to the United States. They will base a large...
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...		Summarizing an O. Henry Short Story During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally and in writing,...
Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations Learn about the use of fractions in music.		Designing a Quilt Pattern Students will create and color a one-patch quilt design based upon the regular hexagon. This...
Write a Letter to the President Students will write a letter to the president with details of their ideas for goals to be met...		Citing Internet Sources Students learn how to cite sources from the Internet for their essays and papers.
Paper Making The ancient art of paper making is explained in this lesson plan, which provides many...		Native American Music: Call-and-Response Introduce students to a call-and-response form of Native American song and dance.
Building Vocabulary Using Word Roots and Prefix Meanings During the lesson, students build their vocabulary by using word webs to help them learn the...		Summarizing a John F. Kennedy Speech During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally and in writing,...
Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.		The Declaration of Sentiments & Your Rights Compare two declarations for personal rights and have students write their own. This is a...
Exploring the Nature of Conflict Explore the negative and positive sides of conflict, and discuss with your students how they...		I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Have your students study different concepts in the writing of Maya Angelou's, I Know Why the...