What"s Cool About Jazz?
Go to the bookmark (red
hot jazz) and read about jazz. Find out what jazz is and learn
about famous jazz artists. And, be ready to share this information
during our Internet Workshop time.
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News About Some Famous Jazz Artist
Click on (Louis Armstrong
)
and explore information about Louis Armstrong. Be certain
to read answers to some of the guestions at the bottom of this article.
Write down what you have learned about Louis Armstrong and his music.
Be prepared to share this information during our Internet Workshop time.
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Your Choice
Visit at least two of the many other locations at (redhot
jazz) and (African
American History).
You
decide where to go! Write down notes of what you discovered and
share your special discoveries with all of during our Internet Workshop.
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Evaluation Rubric
4_ points You recorded important for each item.
6_ points You effectively shared important with us during
workshop sessions, helping each of us
to learn about jazz in music history.
Activity #2
History Fair
Encourage students to complete the
Internet Inquiry . Have them conduct research on various early
jazz artists from 1920's -l930's. Have students ask questions of
one another, trying to discover the name of their famous jazz artist, using
the format from the game "Twenty Questions."
Have students display the results
of their research on poster board or on a classroom home page.
After the history fair set up the
poster board presentations in the school library for the entire school
to see or invite other classrooms to view the work of various students
at a classroom home page.
Click on (biographies),
(music),
(satchmo),
(all
that jazz),
(special) and (ask
jeeves for kids),
to learn about some famous jazz
artists.