Cook Virtual Academy Middle School Music Credit

1. Cook Virtual AcademyMiddle School Music Credit

2. Music - JazzLesson One Jazz is a kind of music that began in African American communities in the southern United States around the beginning of the 20th century. It was a new style of music that brought together music traditions from West Africa and Europe. Some of the West African musical influences it uses give it its unique sound: improvising, “swinging,” using blue notes, and combining different rhythms. From its start at the turn of the century, jazz has taken many different forms. You have probably heard of New Orleans or Dixieland Jazz. There is also Afro-Cuban jazz, Brazilian Jazz, Free Jazz, and many other kinds of jazz. Ragtime was the first form of jazz. Right after the Civil War, when the slaves were emancipated, there were few jobs fro African-Americans. Many black musicians wrote and performed their own music to make money. That’s how Ragtime was born. One of the greatest Ragtime composers was Scott Joplin. New Orleans was an early center of jazz. African-American jazz musicians played music in clubs and for funeral parades. Jelly Roll Morton was one of the most famous composers and performers of New Orleans jazz. Has anybody heard of Sir Duke? Sir Duke is Duke Ellington, one of the greatest swing jazz composers. In the 1930s Swing Jazz became popular and many famous jazz musicians, like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sophie Tucker, and Lil Armstrong (Louis Armstrong’s wife), were the leaders of big Bands or orchestras who played in dance clubs. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm and the Hip Chicks were two of the most famous all women jazz bands in the 1940s. In the last half of the 20th century there were many kinds of jazz, cool jazz, hard jazz, and free jazz, and many great jazz composers and performers, for example, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Marianne McPartland, and Carla Bley. Can you name any others? • In this activity, you will each research one jazz musician and the contribution he or she has made to American culture, and then you will create a brochure to teach others what you have learned.

3. Brochure Assignment Jazz in American history and culture Student guide • In this activity, you will research the history of jazz and one jazz musician, then create a brochure introducing people to that musician’s life, music, and influence on culture. Step 1 Research the history of jazz and one jazz musician • On the Internet, visit the PBS Kids-Jazz Kids Web site (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/kids/). • Click Timeline and read about the history of jazz. • On a separate piece of paper write a paragraph about how music and culture interact.Address in another paragraph how racial segregation and economics affected the development of jazz. Name one way in which jazz affected American culture. • To find a list of jazz musicians you can use for your Microsoft® Publisher brochure you will create, click Jazz Greats. • Select one of the musicians listed for your brochure. Read about that musician, and answer the following questions in your brochure: • What is the name of the musician you selected? • When and where was he or she born? • What was his or her childhood like? • What instrument did he play? How did she choose it? • Where did she or he first perform for an audience? • What is his or her most famous composition or performance? • What are three additional facts you learned about your musician? • Use Encarta or another encyclopedia or trustworthy Web resource on jazz to look for additional information to include in your brochure . On the PBS Jazz biographies site (http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/) you can search for musicians alphabetically. Answer the following questions: • What contribution did your musician make to North American culture? • What kind of jazz did you musician play and/or compose? Bebop? Free jazz? • What kind of pay did your musician receive for performing? • What kind of venues did your musician play in? Street corners? Clubs? Concert halls? • What role did race and segregation play in the life of your musician? • Did your musician ever perform in another country than the United States?

4. Brochure Assignment Continued Step 2 Create a brochure about a jazz musician • Create a brochure (learn how at http://www.microsoft.com/Education/ThemeBrochure.aspx) about your musician using Microsoft Office Word 2007. Include: • All the information you gathered in Step 1. • A photo of your musician and any other pictures you want from different Web sources. Bing visual search (http://www.bing.com/images/) can help you find images fast. Note When including a photo in your brochure, make sure you cite the source. • Check the overall design to make sure your information is legible and appealing. • Proofread your brochure for grammatical and spelling errors.

5. Jazz Extensions • Watch on your own the Ken Burns documentary series Jazz. Check your local public television station for broadcasts or borrow the film from your school or local public library. • Take notes and write a report on Jazz. • Turn in notes and report. • Research the history of segregation in the United States in the twentieth century. (a minimum of 3 resources) • Write a short paper about how it affected where jazz musicians worked, how they worked, and the audiences who came to hear them play. • Include a bibliography. (A bibliography is a list of all the resources used when doing your research). • Investigate in depth why jazz is known the world over as an “American” music and the role jazz musicians have played around the world as informal American ambassadors. • Write a minimum two page essay.

6. Classical, Rock &Roll, Hip Hop, and your choice……… • Use the same brochure procedure for the other types of music; classical, rock and roll, hip hop, and a musical genre of your choice. (You will have to research your own websites). Exclude the extensions. • As you create additional brochures, you may compile all of the brochures for a complete book of musicians.

7. Conclusion • Conclude this unit by comparing jazz, classical music, rock and roll, hip hop, and your choice of music. • Write a three page essay discussing the comparisons. Turn in: • 5 Brochures: Jazz, Classical, Rock & Roll, Hip Hop, and choice music. • 2 paragraph timeline assignment • Jazz Extensions Ken Burns notes and report • Short paper and bibliography about segregation and jazz. • 2 page essay on American music and the role of jazz musicians. • 3 page conclusion exercise.