Resources for the Comprehensive Curriculum

Grade 4

Social Studies

Unit 4: The Movement of Ideas: Scientific Contributions and Culture

Activity 2: Music and the Arts as Culture (GLEs: 62, 63)

CC:  Have groups of students research different types of music (e.g., jazz, rock and roll, blues) or some form of visual art, focusing on their origins, diffusion, and impact on American culture.

Web Sites:

World Book Online

EBSCO (Kid Search)

Jazz

http://pbskids.org/jazz/time/index.html

Jazz for Young People

http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/educ/curriculum/contentsPage.html

Blues

http://datadragon.com/education/genres/blues.shtml

Rock

http://datadragon.com/education/genres/blues.shtml