Technology based and cross curricular
For students to gain a more distinct knowledge of the Jazz Movement of the 1920s, and the people behind it
- Will attend a class field trip to the Jazz and negro baseball museum
- The students will work a few days in the School's technology lab, where they will also burn a CD with music from 2 of the people they studied
- District Goal: The district will work to integrates students into learning modern technologies
Missouri Standards
2. Continuity and change in the history of Missouri, the United States and the world
6. Relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
7. The use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys, statistics, maps, documents)
Kansas Standards
Benchmark 1: The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of individuals, groups, ideas, developments, and turning points in the era of the emergence of the modern United States (1890-1930).
12. (A) interprets how the arts, music, and literature reflected social change during the Jazz Age (e.g., Harlem Renaissance, F. Scott Fitzgerald, development of blues and jazz culture).
Benchmark 5: The student engages in historical thinking skills.
1. (A) analyzes a theme in United States history to explain patterns of continuity and change over time.
3. (A) uses primary and secondary sources about an event in U.S. history to develop a credible interpretation of the event, evaluating on its meaning (e.g., uses provided primary and secondary sources to interpret a historical-based conclusion).
- Watch film All that Jazz in KC 2006. 54 min film gained through Missouri Valley KC Public library
- Watch film Black Shadows on Silver Screen Black film industry 1915-1950
- Chuck Haddix book: From Ragtime to Bebop
- Article on Charlie Parker from MVSC biography
- Article on Louis Armstrong from Wonderful Nonsense
Computers with Software to burn CDs
I want each student to put together a 3 minute presentation in front of their class, which will include a music selection of 2 artists. The student will pick 2 artists whose music they want to burn to a CD. Hopefully, after the field trip to the museum, a new appreciation of these artists and their music will be gained
- The presentation will be worth 100pts. I will grade it based on the following specifics:
- A. How much research the kids put in on the project. Obviously attendance to the field trip, and willingness to read documents saved.
- Work each student puts in at their class periods in the Technology lab. ( I will provide CD’s to the students, so no expense for them)
- Lastly, the organization they put in, along with their effort on the class presentation