Flappers of the 1920s
Lesson #1
The Jazz Age
The class focuses on music that was prevalent during the Jazz Age
Objective
Students will gain an understanding of some of the similarities and differences between the Jazz Age and the culture in which we now live.
Activity
Students will move, sing and play instruments to songs from the Jazz Age.
Prep Period
- Visit www.wikipedia.org/wiki/jazzage for an overview of the Jazz Age.
- Click here for a music sample!
Teacher Follow-Up
- www.geocities.com/flapper_culture/
- www.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
- chicago.urban-history.org/
- asms.k12.ar.us/classes/
Student Activity
Try thinking ahead into the future. What part of Hip-Hop Culture will be presented fifty years from now? For example, what dance, song, fashion and attitudes? Write these ideas down and present and discuss them in a formal setting such as class or social gathering.
- Standard 1: Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
- Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing and describing music
- Standard 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
- Standard 9: Understanding music in relation to history and culture.
