Expand Your Student’s Musical Horizons by Teaching Them About The History of Jazz and Blues.
Plus … Spend Less Time Preparing with 14 Ready to Use Jazz and Blues Lesson Plans!
Lesson 1
Scott Joplin
In this lesson students will look at the very roots of jazz: ragtime music.
He didn’t know it at the time, but this son of a former slave set in motion a chain of events that would revolutionize music.
Lesson 2
Duke Ellington
The Big Band era of the 1920’s through to the 1940’s is one of the prime focuses of this module of lessons.
Students will learn about what Big Band music meant in those times and the development of it through to today.
Lesson 3
Louis Armstrong
Jazz Musicians often don’t have a short career. That is so evident in the career of someone like Armstrong, who was around during the Big Band era, and was still popular throughout the 1970’s and 80’s.
Lesson 4
Benny Goodman
More of the Big Band era is explored in this lesson on “The King of Swing”, Benny Goodman, who was the first of many artists to bring Jazz to Carnegie Hall, and a mainstream classical audience.
Students will enjoy the listening activities included with this lesson.
Lesson 5
Count Basie
Students will learn more about the distinctive sounds of Swing, Jazz and Blues in this lesson.
There are also opportunities to talk about how Jazz is structured and how musicians use lead sheets and improvisation.
Lesson 6
Glenn Miller
The Glenn Miller Orchestra was one of the most popular musical groups of the 1930’s and 40s, and this lesson exposes students to the standard big band repertoire they will surely experience sometime in their lifetime.
Lesson 7
Ella Fitzgerald
The “first lady of song” set the scene for female vocalists for many years to come, even today.
Learning about how she grew up, the important collaborations she had with other musicians and how a musician can become a singing superstar will really benefit your students.
Lesson 8
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday is credited with never singing the same song the same way twice. This will give opportunities for your class to discuss the importance of improvisation in all performance, no matter what style.
Lesson 9
Sarah Vaughan
Students can learn about this amazingly talented singer, and learn all sorts of background on singing and Jazz at the same time.
Sarah Vaughan’s carreer spanned many years, and many styles of jazz.
Lesson 10
Dizzy Gillespie
One of the founders of modern jazz, this trumpet great is important to include in any discussion on jazz.
Students can learn about small ensemble jazz, improvisation and how musical groups are put together.
Lesson 11
Charlie Parker
Where would a discussion on the history of Jazz be without looking at arguably the most famous Jazz Saxophonist who ever lived?
Parker’s influence and the development of the bebop style led Jazz in an entirely new direction in the 1950’s and 60’s.
Lesson 12
Miles Davis
Miles Davis is the quintessential “cool jazz” musician. This lesson gives students the opportunity to explore what it means to be “cool” on stage: The attitudes, the style and the behaviour that many rock musicians also copied.
Lesson 13
Herbie Hancock
This lesson explores the development of jazz, and the mixture of jazz with other styles to develop jazz-fusion.
Also a musician with an incredibly long career: learning about Herbie Hancock will help students understand more of what it takes to make a living a musician.
Choose between complete Fact Sheets and “Fill in the Blanks” versions
Every lesson contains two fact sheets, and it is your choice on which you use. You can have the full fact sheet, with the complete story written on it for the students to read together;
OR… You can have a “fill in the blanks” factsheet where students will have to fill in key points during the lesson. This is aligned perfectly with the included powerpoint presentations which are demonstrated below.
Bonus #1
Extra Lesson Content
This module contains everything needed for fourteen enjoyable lessons on the history of jazz and blues, through studying these amazing jazz musicians.
bonus Items include:
Module Glossary
This annotated glossary includes all the terms which may be unfamiliar to the students, which are found throughout the fact sheets.
Answered Versions of all Fun Sheets
You’ll know all the answers here with the answers to every single crossword and puzzle in the unit.
Students should be able to be self directed in their learning with the woksheets, and these answer pages will certainly help the teacher!
Compiled Student Workbook
Ready to print student workbook with all fact sheets, fun sheets, listening logs and the glossary, ready to print out and bind for the entire modules work for the students
Bonus #2
Powerpoint slides ready to use
We have prepared Powerpoint slides ready for you to load into your data projector or use with your digital whiteboard.
The presentations work hand-in-hand with the “fill in the blanks” factsheets so that students can run through the material with the teacher in the class, and fill in the important key information on their fact sheet at the same time.
Bonus #3
Online Resources Area
In the members area website we have a special resources area, with links to purchase recordings of the artist’s music, plus links to find the resources on freely available sites, such as YouTube.
Bonus #4
Completion Assessments
If you’re teaching about the history of Jazz and Blues you may need a completion assessment or final test or exam.
Because these units are used for many different year levels we have provided a choice of three different assessments:
- Level “E”(Easy)
Suitable for upper elementary/primary students who have been working through this unit
- Level “S”(Standard)
Suitable for junior high school students who have done the entire course as an overview
- Level “A”(Advanced)
Suitable for junior high or high school students who have studied the work in detail
Frequently Asked Questions
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14 Lessons covering the history of jazz by looking at individual artists who have influenced its development. Lesson One Scott Joplin |
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