Grade Range: K-4Resource Type(s): Lessons & ActivitiesDuration: 30 MinutesDate Posted: 3/22/2012
Use this guide to actively read Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra, a picture book biography of the Washington, DC native and jazz pioneer. Part of an OurStory module entitled Duke Ellington and Jazz, this activity includes discussion prompts, a glossary, and background information. OurStory is designed to help children and adults explore history together through the use of children's literature, museum collections, and hands-on activities.
Multiple activities, Museum education
Although some know of the banjo's use by African Americans, the popular consciousness of the banj...
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A brief picture book on the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchest...
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