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What is Jazz

Overview

I.

Course Introduction

II.

What is Jazz?

III.

Jazz Recordings

Student Handout

Test Bank

Answer Key

footnotes

1. National Center for History in the Schools, UCLA

2. For information on ordering The Instrumental History of Jazz 2-CD set, click here.

3. Student handouts can be downloaded from the Jazz in America website and photocopied.

4. Any material on the Jazz in America website may be made into a transparency as the instructor sees fit.
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Gerry Mulligan

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Kenny Dorham

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Billie Holiday

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Anthony Braxton

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MJQ

TOPICS:

  1. Course Introduction
  2. What is Jazz
  3. Jazz Recordings
STANDARDS:
National Standards for United States History (Grades 7-8)1

Historical Thinking
Students should be able to:
  1. draw upon visual, literary, and musical sources, including...folk, popular, and classical music, to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative (Historical Comprehension Standard 2i).
  2. draw comparisons across eras and regions in order to define enduring issues (Historical Analysis and Interpretation 3d).
  3. hypothesize the influence of the past (Historical Analysis and Interpretation 3j).

Historical Content
Students should be able to:
  • analyze how Africans in North America drew upon their African past and upon selected European (and sometimes Indian) customs and values to develop a distinctive African American culture and the student is able to analyze overt and passive resistance to enslavement (Era 2: Colonization and Settlement Standard 3c).
SESSION OBJECTIVES:
The student will:
  1. gain a fundamental understanding of jazz
  2. gain a basic understanding of why jazz is included in the study of American history/social studies
  3. listen to portions of several recordings from The Instrumental History of Jazz and/or the web site
EQUIPMENT:
  1. CD player
  2. chalkboard (with chalk and eraser)
  3. overhead projector (optional)
  4. computer logged onto www.jazzinamerica.org (optional)
MATERIALS:
  1. The Instrumental History of Jazz2 (optional)
    1. two CDs
    2. accompanying booklet
  2. Student Handouts3 (one per student)
  3. Overhead projector transparencies4
INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES:
The instructor will:
  1. distribute student handouts
  2. introduce the course and its requirements
  3. discuss the basics of jazz
  4. play six diverse jazz recordings (30-90 seconds each), discussing with the students what they heard
STUDENT ACTIVITIES:
The students will:
  1. participate in a class discussion on "what is jazz"
  2. listen to jazz recordings
ASSESSMENT:
Test Bank
  1. Multiple Choice Test
  2. Essay/Discussion Questions at the Teacher’s Discretion

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