Grade Range: K-4Resource Type(s): Lessons & ActivitiesDuration: 7 MinutesDate Posted: 3/22/2012
Use two online music tools to try your hand at picking instruments to change the mood of a song. Part of an OurStory module entitled Duke Ellington and Jazz, this activity includes instructions, discussion prompts, links, 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...
literacy, African American history, Black History, African American, children’s literature, family, African-American History Month, technology, Black, African American History Month, February, African-American, reading, black history month, music, family activity, OurStory, picture book, parent guide, Our Story
A brief picture book on the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchest...
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