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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, Moanin,' Payin' Your Dues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the musical styles of call and response and the blues while delving into the difficult lives of many jazz musicians. Travelling in the South was challenging for black musicians during this time and the difficulties...
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Handout
San Diego State University

Sd State: Elements of Music: Media, Genre, Form Texture

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the elements of music is "Texture." This site gives the definition, which basically is the relationship between melodic and harmonic.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Blues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site has ten lessons to teach about the blues in which students learn the geography, historical events and performers associated with the blues. The unit has been recognized by the American Music Education Initiative as one of the...