Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...		A Jazz Talk Show Students will explore the lives of various jazz musicians, studying the social and historical...
Tap Your Feet Students will practice following a pattern and become familiar with the concept of beat in...		Exhibit Scoring Guide Rubric for use with the Visualizing Jazz Scenes lesson.
Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations Learn about the use of fractions in music.		Billy Strayhorn Interview Billy Strayhorn, jazz composer, in an interview with Stanley Dance.
Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.		Percussion Performance and Culture Students in grades 5-8 study African and Native American percussion, consider music's cultural...
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...		Follow the Drinking Gourd Song Teach students a song that was sung by slaves making their escape to Canada in the 1800's.
African-American Gospel Music Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an...		The Great Contralto: Marian Anderson Share the story of Marian Anderson's achievements with your students, and assign the related...
Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...		Revelations: Alvin Ailey, Jr. Share the story of Alvin Ailey, Jr. with your students, and assign the related activities as a...
Interactive Timeline Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to...		African-American Theater During the 20th century, African-American playwrights began gaining recognition and acclaim.
Assessment of Learning Through "The Duke" Lesson Assessment sheet for Learning Through The Duke lesson.		African-American Film Pioneers African-American filmmakers pushed the envelope by using their movies as a social and political...
Learning through The Duke Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of...		African-American Influence on Music and Dance Do you know which forms of dance the African-American communities influenced? Complete this...