LESSON PLANS
Connect music and math through the study of jazz. In this music lesson, students learn about the use of fractions in…
In this project, students will research a notable African-American scientist and then create a social media account for…
Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or were written during the…
This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for the history of lynching in…
In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a jazz/blues piece of…
These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.
Students learn about the history of segregation in the United States by reading about the Little Rock Nine, a courageous…
Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to jazz. They will also…
MAPS
In conjunction with a historical study of slavery, students will learn about triangular trade and use maps and a website…
Students take a "cyber-journey" through the Underground Railroad: the path to freedom for slaves in the 1850s. This is…
REFERENCE
Students will study the lives of individuals, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, who have positively…
Assuming the role of a fellow athlete, Nazi supporter or African-American, students will write a letter to Jesse Owens…
Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an excellent music lesson to use…
Students think critically about the Civil Rights movement and its key players as they explore a biographical site about…
Take Black History Month projects to new heights with this coding project This Hour of Code lesson from Vidcode will…
WORKSHEETS
Use this mini-unit to expose students to an overview of the civil rights movement, and familiarize them with Martin…
Work with students to perform a Native American song and dance, Owl Dance. Allow them to describe and analyze the drum…
Deliver a lesson plan that reviews Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's life, and use a pictorial depiction of his life. This is…
This Readers Theater script for The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo, deals with Tommy discovering runaway slaves hidden…
Students will use the Internet to find out more about griots, or African storytellers. Their work will culminate in…
Define segregation and explain what "Jim Crow" laws did.
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine is set in Little Rock, Arkansas one year after the Little Rock Nine…
Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of jazz, as well as some of…
Black History Month is not just a great opportunity to teach students about the important figures from history who have…
