Students will:
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Learn and become involved in a multidisciplinary unit involving the use
of the World Wide Web to encourage critical thinking and discovery on the
part of all participants.
Read and evaluate stories developing comprehension skills.
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Search the web site successfully through the use of links.
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Locate activities in site to individualize learning.
After culminating this unit, students will be able to:
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Use basic computer skills and Internet searching skills as a primary resource.
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Create a writing project that profiles selected jazz artist during the
1920's-1930's.
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Students will use vocabulary which relates to the study of jazz and demonstrate
their knowledge by constructing a report or project which they will present
to the class.
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Demonstrate knowledge by making a dramatic presentation or skit of key
artist during the Jazz Age of the 1920's-1930's.
The objectives of the module correlate with the following state goals and
Chicago
outcomes.
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State Goal : Understands the role American culture and how
it was created.
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State Goal l : Reads with understanding and fluency.
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State Goal 4 : Communicate effectively
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State Goal : Identify and describe how music tells a story
about the people and a specific time.
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State Goal : Students will identify examples from the Jazz
Age and relate them to musical examples which they will select from their
own experience.
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This unit is to be used with students from grades 6th-8th.
Special education students will be given the opportunity to participate
by peer tutoring with other students who could help them in their area
of need. Special needs students may need help with reading and writing
the materials or using the computer.
All That Jazz was designed for intermediate students and their teachers.
Both students and teachers should have basic computer skills and be familiar
with browsing a web site. Students should know how to click on images
and recognize that the images represent pages of the module. Students
should have a general knowledge about the Internet and the World Wide Web.
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The students will choose one artist to study in detail. The students
will share the information so that at the end of the unit all students
will know about various jazz artists of the 20's and 30's. The approximate
time of study of this unit is 8-10 weeks with 40 min. per week spent for
research, writing, and other activities.
1. Introduce the unit by asking the students what they know about
jazz artists and what they would like to know.
Make a lists of jazz artists that are familiar (KWL chart). Hang
charts up around classroom.
2. Divide the class into groups with each group assigned to select
a particular jazz artists which they are most interested in researching,
discussing, and writing about. Students may work in pairs if they
choose to.
3. Review using the Internet and the browser in class.
4. Have students go to the kids page to research topics listed
on the KWL charts.
5. Students should have a folder for keeping notes. The
journal will contain information gathered by searching the internet.
In addition to using the web to locate information, encyclopedias, books,
and magazines can be used as a resource.
6. Go to links to learn more about the names of various jazz artists
on the wall charts.
7. Students will compare the contributions of various artists
of the 20's and 30's, and record and enter information into their journals
each day.
8. Students will become familiar with jazz artists their music,
life, and time periods. They will be able to choose appropriate information
sources to answer given questions. Students will understand and explain
the historical events surrounding the music of the jazz artists and how
they put it together.
The following are needed to use this project:
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A computer connected to the Internet
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A web browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer
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URLs, World Wide Web addresses
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Paper and Pencils
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Access to the library
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Common art supplies (markers, paper, paint, etc.).
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Journals, notebooks, folders
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A disk
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Jazz music of the 20's and 30's
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Guest speaker (optional)
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Field trips: DuSable Museum, Chicago Historical Society and Broadcast
Museum
Portfolios
Students create portfolios of the Jazz Age. This might include essays
about the project and their role in it, reports or notes from research
they did on their artists, artwork , pictures, or stories about various
jazz artists of the 20's and 30's. They may be submitted by each
student, or by small groups working together.
Journals
Students record their progress through the project, including what they
have done on the computer and how they retrieved their information.
Presentations
Students present their work and share their experiences and information
to their classmates, to other classes, teachers, and family. Poster
presentation, web pages, projects and photos can be used as tools
to enhance their presentations.
Teacher Observation
Observe students and record observations and progress regularly.
Some criteria might include engaged learning, classroom participation and
discussion, creativity and problem solving as the students work with computers,
etc.
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