What is American Jazz Music-Scavenger Hunt
Michael Wann
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Northfield Elementary School
TI:ME Technology Areas Addressed:
Multimedia
Information Processing
Level:
Elementary
Class:
General Music
Equipment:
Internet,computer lab,printer,headphones,web
browser,search engine
Duration:
60 Minutes
Prior Knowledge and Skills:
Students know how to search the internet and print.
MENC Standards Addressed:
MENC 6: Listening to, analyzing and describing music.
MENC 7: Evaluating music and music performances.
MENC 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
MENC 9: Understanding Music in Relation to History and Culture
Materials:
Questions:
1. Brief history of Jazz in America, and when
it developed.
2. Compare and contrast the music of Count Basie,
and Duke Ellington.
Objectives:
Students will be able to articulate a general
knowledge of American Jazz Music,and two composers
of the genre (Count Basie, Duke Ellington)
Sites: www.allaboutjazz.com
www.jazzdisco.com
Procedures:
Hand out The Jazz Music Scavenger Hunt worksheet
and tell students to use the internet to complete
the worksheet by the end of the period.
Students will search the internet for facts on American
Jazz Music and listen to excerpts from “Mood Indigo”
Evaluation:
Appropriate answers as it relates the worksheet
followed with class discussion.
Follow Up:
Continue with a American Jazz Music timeline
with developments/styles.
Include several other jazz composers and or
performers.
