Jazz Music of the Harlem Renaissance

Guide your students through the history of jazz during the Harlem Renaissance.

This vibrant, informative 20-slide Google slideshow teaches students to listen, discuss and learn about the great composers of jazz in the 1920s and 1930s.

This resource includes the following:

• links to videos of famous jazz compositions
• student reflection prompts
• history of jazz/background information slides
• links to videos that teach about the Harlem Jazz scene
• vibrant photos and images from the time period

As a bonus...at the end of the slideshow your students are introduced to an art activity where they can create a masterpiece inspired by the music they study in these slides.

Music and Musicians highlighted include:

Duke Ellington

Cab Calloway

Count Basie

Ella Fitzgerald

Billie Holiday...and more

If you like this product and want to learn more specific information about 6 famous musicians and singers from this time period, then you will love my biography resource from this series:

BIOGRAPHIES~ Harlem Renaissance Jazz Musicians and Singers ~ BULLETIN BOARD

Happy Listening...the music so good!!!

~Stephanie