Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Bell activity
a. As students enter they are given a description of 1 of 7 jazz sub-genres. They get
their instruments and music and sit in assigned areas for each sub-genre group
b. Instructions on the board are to read the description they were given at the door
and highlight/circle any information that is new to them. On the back, write down
what they expect that sub-genre to sound like or any experience they have already
with this type of music.
2. Class comes together
a. Address learning targets and brief students on the days agenda
3. Example (watch no more than a minute of each)
a. As we go through each example the associated group presents information from
their description about this sub-genre
Ragtime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdCBT_VHnUk&index=4&list=RDfPmruHc4S9Q
Swing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHANNkKBSNU
Bebop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09BB1pci8_o
Cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8kjOpfMBbM
Hard Bop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj-5Y4W_ass
Bossa Nova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQC4Ye7hr9Y
Free Jazz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bRTFr0ytA8
(This page will be displayed on the projector at the beginning of class as students walk in)
Learning Target:
Global Context:
1. Orientation in Time and
Space
2. Personal and Cultural
Expression