Introduction to Jazz for Upper Elementary Students (Google Slides)
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*NOTE- This product was completely redone for GOOGLE SLIDES in August 2020, with updated graphics and pages & pages of new content!! If you already purchased the former version of this product, you can simply re-download!*
Your upper elementary students will love learning about the different eras and famous figures of jazz, and interactive activities will keep them engaged in an in person, hybrid or remote learning model!
This product includes:
*Google Slide Presentation (20 slides)
*7 pages of teacher notes/lesson plans, suggestions, and extensions including additional listening examples, books and activities
*3 pages of student handouts (listening activity/assessment and blues writing worksheet)
Topics:
*Overview of five eras of jazz, chronologically: Ragtime, New Orleans Jazz, Swing, Bebop, The Electric Blues with colorful visuals & embedded YouTube videos
*Brief biographies, pictures and videos of famous jazz musicians including Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
*Hands on activities: active listening visuals/listening maps, responding to prompts, improvising, dancing, scatting, singing/playing the 12 bar blues, and writing a blues song.
*Interactive slides for sorting instruments, dates, famous musicians, and musical characteristics into the correct category of jazz (can be done as a class on an interactive board or individually for distance learning)
*Listening game suggestions and song list
*Handout for written listening assessment or activity
*Step by step directions on how to have your students write their own blues song in 12 bar blues form including a notated melody, examples, student worksheet, and lesson plan suggestions for incorporating classroom instruments such as ukuleles, Boomwhackers, or Orff instruments.
Thank you so much, I hope this is a helpful resource for you and your students! Please contact me at christinemorgan1021@gmail.com if you have any questions.
