Lesson Plan

 

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This lesson plan is to show students how the style of America’s Music; Jazz was developed and how it evolved.  This lesson also goes into historical facts about America and its Music.

 

 

Goals and Objectives

With this lesson, the students will have an understanding of how Jazz was developed and how it was influenced by the times.

 

Connections

This lesson will comply with the Kentucky state learning standard SS-E-5.1.1.  This lesson will discuss accounts of historical events and how they were influenced by how people thought of them and by the passing of time.

 

Context

This lesson will be incorporated into the broader study of America.  It will relate to the American history and experience.

 

Resources

Jazz Kids

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/kids/time

The History of Jazz

            http://members.aol.com/jlachrits/jazz/#history

Great Jazz Links

            http://www.upbeat.com/liab/links.htm

Video Jazz:Timeline

            “So What” (Theme Music) Copyright: Sony Music Entertainment Inc. / Colombia

 

Procedures

The lesson will start out with lectures on Jazz and what Jazz is about.  The students will then research historical facts and figures that have been involved with Jazz since the beginning of the twentieth century.  The students will create a time line starting at the beginning of the twentieth century and will find a historical fact or figure to discuss for each decade up until the present time.  The children will be able to work in groups and they will be able to research at home.  When the time lines are finished from the groups, the students will present the timelines to the rest of the class.

 

 

 

Student Assessment

At the end of the lesson plan there will be a game that is based off the information that the children had found.  This will help the students retain the information.  There will also be questions of a final exam about what was learned in this lesson.