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Jazz Music, Composers & Performances

Student Exercises

  1. Students use "A Jazz Starter Kit" as a starting point for research and exploration of a particular jazz period, style, composer, or performer. Students then create a presentation or multi-media report that summarizes this research, including musical clips representative of the period, style, composer, or performer studied.
  2. Teachers use "A Jazz Starter Kit" as a framework to create a unit on jazz and its various eras and traditions.

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  • Remember to have students cite sources for information or quotations they use in reports, multimedia documents, or other educational projects, including photos and audio clips. Students should include the following information in their citation: document title or description, date of publication or when they found it on the Web, an address (URL), and, if possible, the author, photographer, or artist.


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