SmithsonianJazz.org

Grade Range: K-12
Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Date Posted: 5/31/2012

Explore jazz through listening activities, interviews with musicians, and background information on SmithsonianJazz.org. Prominently featured on this site are two suites of learning activities: one focusing on Duke Ellington for elementary students and one focusing on Louis Armstrong for middle and high school students. Students can also hone their skills at analyzing oral histories with a collection of over fifty recordings of jazz composers, arrangers, and performers.


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