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High school Black History Month informational text songs for Microsoft PowerPoint
Follow the Drinking Gourd - History and Sing-Along
My students love a good mystery and really love secret codes. They get so excited to learn code songs and any song for that matter where the words have a double meaning.
I use "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and an introduction to African American music and then our unit progresses to spirituals and freedom songs. My students love the stories behind the songs and enjoy sharing what they have learned about slavery in their social studies lessons. I always like to add to their background knowledge
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Scott Joplin - The King of Ragtime PowerPoint Presentation | Black History Month
The King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin, is yours to teach your students about through this engaging and informative PowerPoint presentation. Included are biographical facts, compositions, key terms, and an audio component so students can hear the music themselves! To top it off, there's even a quiz at the end to test what they've learned. Bring the life and music of Scott Joplin into your classroom with this exciting PowerPoint presentation!What's included in the package:✅ Scott Joplin PPTX✅ Scott
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Also included in: Jazz Masters PowerPoint Presentations Bundle | Black History Month
Billie Holiday and "Strange Fruit"
A presentation and worksheet with some civil rights history. The presentation includes a brief video from the History channel on the civil rights movement, a discussion of lynching (what it is, why it happened, where it occurred), slides about the author of the poem "Strange Fruit" (Abel Meeropol), and a video clip, lyrics, and discussion questions of the song version of the poem, popularized by Billie Holiday.
Also included is a worksheet with the song lyrics and discussion questions.
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Civil Rights Song Analysis Introduction and Project Civil Rights History English
Teach the Civil Rights Movement through music in this engaging lesson that combines music, history, and English. Students will learn about the important events of the Civil Rights Movement and practice analyzing music for figurative language and literary devices.In this engaging Civil Rights lesson, students will first be introduced to seven key moments in the Civil Rights Movement including Brown vs. The Board and the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins. This lesson is scaffolded with historical c
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: Race and Music in America Bundle American Music History Lessons
The History of Black Protest Songs - from Billie Holiday to Kendrick Lamar
These activities are perfect for Black History Month or anytime of the year in either a history or English classroom. Provided is a PowerPoint that can be shared with students to have on their own screens if you are a 1:1 technology classroom, or the teacher can project it large for the entire class. Students are provided with a brief introduction to the Black Lives Matter movement and terminology such as: Hands Up, Don't Shoot...Ferguson...Michael Brown...Tamir Rice...I can't breathe...and We s
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Protest Song Project - Example, Research, Outline, and Rubric
Vietnam War: Musical Reactions of the 60s and 70s
In this Unit, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s “Ohio,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” and Edwin Starr’s “War” articulated the divisive feelings Americans had about the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To supplement these songs, students will also watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze polling data, news articles, and photographs from the era. By the end of the unit, students will know seminal events during the Vietnam War, including the Gulf of Tonkin Reso
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
HANUKAH STORY
Powerpoint tells the story of Hanukah. Includes:Religious Freedom, Feast of Lights, Special Foods, Hanukah Gelt and lyrics to "I Have a Little Dreidel" with link to you tube video piano music so students may sing along.
Slide 11 has six summary questions that check for understanding. Slide 12 has extra pics for students to discuss and/or write about.
Matching quiz available as freebie:
Hanukah Quiz Freebie
Additional Hanukkah resources:
Happy Hanukkah Coloring Banner
Hanukkah Coloring
Happy
Grades:
7th - 12th
Beatlemania, Mass Hysteria, and the Commercial Machine - Unit Bundle
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
AIDS Epidemic of the 80s and 90s - Art, Music, and the LGBTQ Community
The Essential Question for students during this unit is: How did the LGBTQ community creatively respond to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, and protest government inaction in addressing the epidemic? First, students will share what they already know about AIDS - do a KWL chart if you are familiar. Review the Overview slide with students to provide background information and front load before beginning videos and activities. Students will watch a video clip and look at documents that expla
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
80s Heavy Metal and the Censorship Debate
In this lesson, students will investigate the connection between the popularity of Heavy Metal and the emergence of the parental advisory system. They will consider who should have the power to declare a song “offensive” and whether or not access to such material should be regulated. They will debate the merits of the labeling system, which is still in place, and consider whether or not labeling certain recordings is censorship.The Essential Question for students is: How was Heavy Metal involved
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The History of Lynching/ Strange Fruit Song Analysis
This is a PowerPoint presentation I created on a unit we did for the "Fight for Freedom". We studied a range of topics from slavery, middle passage, civil war, lynchings etc... We then discussed how music can be impactful and have deeper meanings in lyrics examinnig metaphors and converying hidden messages. It is really good to in addition have students pick a song of their own to analyze, which I used as an extension activity.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Beatlemania - Hysteria and the Commercial Machine
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Heavy Metal, Parental Advisory Labels, and the Censorship Debate UNIT
In this Unit, students will investigate the connection between the popularity of Heavy Metal and the emergence of the parental advisory system. They will consider who should have the power to declare a song “offensive” and whether or not access to such material should be regulated. They will debate the merits of the labeling system, which is still in place, and consider whether or not labeling certain recordings is censorship.The Essential Question for students is: How was Heavy Metal involved i
Grades:
8th - 11th
The Game | Purge | Lyrics | Artist Bio | MLK/Malcom X Violence Discussion | Work
This is usually my most engaging lesson of the term. Kids eat it up!In a response to the Ferguson Police shooting of Michael Brown, rapper The Game wrote and recorded this song. It makes many references to police brutality (i.e. Rodney King) and other things the artist finds wrong with the world. He channels his anger into this song, wishing he could 'purge' the world of such evil.You get:1) a 10-slide presentation on The Game's upbringing, as well as the motivation behind the song2) The lyrics,
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child" Sing-Along
One of my simpler sing-alongs but still one that my students love. I decided to keep the images and animation simple because as I explained to my students: Images aren't needed, her words and voice are enough.
I have been slow to introduce jazz to my students mostly because they love to sing and some jazz songs are not always elementary school appropriate.
I found a book years ago and finally got around to sharing it with my students last year. I love that I can sing the book and sure enough
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
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