Jazz Unit Study. I absolutely love listening to the sounds of Jazz music.
My children have taken to it as well, so we will be studying Jazz over the next few weeks. There are tons of resources online so here are a few of the ones we will be using for this study: Netflix:Ken Burns: Jazz Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Music appreciation: All About Jazz Unit Study. One of our favourite CDs to listen to is Jazz for Kids which has an eclectic selection of quirky jazz songs sung by some legendary singers like Ella Fitzgerald (Old Macdonald, The Muffin Man), Slim Gaillard (Potato Chips), Louis Jordan (Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens) and of course, Louis Armstrong singing the beautiful "It's A Wonderful World".
When my daughter recently declared that jazz was her favourite style of music - I thought that I should give her a real taste of what jazz was all about. And being a homeschooler - how could I resist turning it into an educational opportunity? Below are the links for the unit study and lapbook pieces that I created for our studies. Origins of Jazz: We started off with an introduction to jazz and how it is sometimes termed America’s classical music, We looked up this useful timeline from PBS and discussed how the origins of jazz were rooted in the spirituals and work songs of the African slaves in the plantations.
Jazz. JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Home.