Week Two Hearing/African-American Music
Lesson One: Using the same poster from week one, students discuss and identify the part of the body that allows people to hear. The ears on the poster are then labeled and the poster is saved for future use.
Lesson Two: Using a variety of examples of spirituals, jazz, blues, and gospel music (most downloaded from the American Memory Collection), students listen to each type of music. The teacher gives a brief description of each type of music before listening to it, and leads a quick discussion about what the students thought after listening to the music.
Lesson Three: Students look at pictures of various musical instruments that jazz musicians might use, such as a trumpet, trombone, and piano. The teacher reads Ben’s Trumpet.
Lesson Four: Students draw pictures and write words to express how they feel as they listen to one song from each genre: spirituals, jazz, and gospel. Then, students draw and write about their favorite type of African-American music.
Assessment: Students are graded on their work in lesson four.
A sample wav file Hay Black Child.