Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...		Assessment of Learning Through "The Duke" Lesson Assessment sheet for Learning Through The Duke lesson.
Tap Your Feet Students will practice following a pattern and become familiar with the concept of beat in...		Learning through The Duke Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of...
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...
Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.		Exhibit Scoring Guide Rubric for use with the Visualizing Jazz Scenes lesson.
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...		Billy Strayhorn Interview Billy Strayhorn, jazz composer, in an interview with Stanley Dance.
African-American Gospel Music Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an...		Percussion Performance and Culture Students in grades 5-8 study African and Native American percussion, consider music's cultural...
Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...		Follow the Drinking Gourd Song Teach students a song that was sung by slaves making their escape to Canada in the 1800's.
Interactive Timeline Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to...