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Singin' About Robert Johnson- Katie, Heather, Danielle, Shaniqua, Kris

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Singin' About Robert Johnson- Katie, Heather, Danielle, Shaniqua, Kris

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After Activity

Once the students have returned to the school from The Tanger Outlet Mall, they would choose one marker and write a song about one person/place. We chose Robert Johnson.

Robert Johnson was portrayed in the movie, "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" Our historical artifact is pulled from a short clip in this movie, as shown below (skip forward to 1:15).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRQkC2FDXuw&sns=em

The students would then get on the computer in groups and record a song that is essentially a biography of Robert Johnson.

Extend by involving in community engagement-
Have the students perform their songs in front of a local nursing home.

Framework-
4th grade- 4.b. Understand the roles, rights, and responsibilities of MS citizens. Identify historical figures, circumstances, and conditions related to the struggle for civil/human rights in MS and their impact on MS's society

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-Place: The Blues Foundation
-After Activity: Students will make a Flipagram Timeline. They will research people from the Hall of Fame and create a biography on a person of their choosing.
-The artifact will be an original blues song. Students will compare and contrast how that song differs from today's music.
-When the students present their project, they will dress up as their blues musician.
-Framework: D2.His.1.3-5. Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare development that happen at the same time.
-D2.His.3.3-5. Generate questions about individuals who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
-For the community engagement , we would record the flipagram presentations and reach out to relatives of the blue musicians, veterans, and nursing homes in order to play them the video of the presentations.

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Beale Street Blues  - Amber, Kacie, Sarah, Kelsey, Jamie , Jessica

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Beale Street Blues  - Amber, Kacie, Sarah, Kelsey, Jamie , Jessica

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During/After Activity
Sixth Grade students will take a trip to Beale street and the kids can take photos of the different landmarks of classical Memphis Blues players and make a flip-a-gram of their experience in small groups. There are many stores and restaurants on the street that the kids can use for their presentation. The flip-a-gram must contain the blues music of their favorite researched artist. The class will eat at B.B.Kings where there is often a live band and they can experience Blues first hand. The restaurant also has information about many famous blues players that the students can view.
When returned to the school the students will prepare their presentation for the class.

MS framework:
RH. 6-8.7
integrate and evaluate presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words
integrate visual information with other information in print and digital text

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Clues Group: Jenna, Briana, Lindsey, Christen, Kayle, Morgan

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Clues Group: Jenna, Briana, Lindsey, Christen, Kayle, Morgan

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Otha Turner school wide blues festival
Grade level: 8th
After Activity

MS FRAMEWORK:

Culture:

6. Understand the purposes and principles embodied in the ideals and values of American society.
a. Evaluate the value and the challenge of diversity in American life. (DOK 3)
b. Assess the importance of certain character traits in a democracy, such as civility, nationalism, freedom, authority, justice, equality, responsibility, etc. (DOK 3)
c. Examine how American society has been influenced culturally by exploration, immigration, colonization, sectionalism, religious and social movements, etc. (DOK 3)

Hold a school wide Blues Festival modeled after the Otha Turner Blues Festival/Picnic.  There is no designated line up of artists, because musicians come and play as they please.  This festival will include the elementary, middle and high schools and will feature many volunteer musicians from each school. Also, blues musicians from the community are welcomed to come and perform at the festival. There will be plenty of food and refreshments. This event could easily be held at the High School Football Field.

Artifact:
home-made fife

Reflection:
Otha Turner was one of the last well-known drum and fife players of the American Drum and Fife Blues tradition. Otha represents blues culture very well, even making his own instruments from reeds and other materials.

Technology:
Create a powerpoint with basic information about Otha Turner. Students will add a one slide reflection about the festival as well as a response to one of the songs that was performed. Students will insert a link to the song in the powerpoint.

Social Studies Disciplines:

Anthropology (culture), History, Geography (location, resources), Sociology (socialization), Psychology (personality, attitude)

Otha Turner: Fife and Drum Player

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Community Encounter In class practice activity

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Beale Town Bound: Ashley, Robin, Christine, Kayla 

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Beale Town Bound: Ashley, Robin, Christine, Kayla 

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After Activity

The 4th grade students will visit Beale Town Bound in Hernando. We chose this location because it is close to home and shows that history could be right in your own backyard.

A historical artifact would be songs that each artist performed in their lifetime. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBO2Sb_91k

After they visit the marker, the students will be split into 4 groups and each group will be given an artist name - Jim Jackson, Gus Cannon, Robert "Tim" Wilkins, and Dan Sane. Students will then use technology to research on the iPad and create their own Blues Trail marker on their particular artist (similar to the one they saw at Beale Town Bound in Hernando). Each group will present their marker, introducing their artist along with their chosen song (which represents their historical artifact) -- Example: Jim Jackson's "Kansas City Blues," Gus Cannon's "Walk Right In," Robert "Tim" Wilkins "That's No Way To Get Along," and Dan Sane's "It's a Good Thing."

Disciplines: Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology

C3 Frameworks:

D2.His.9.3-5 Summarize how different kinds of historical sources are used to explain events in the past.

D2.His.2.3-5 Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

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Fried Foods and the Blues - Hollywood Cafe : Katelyn, Christy, Hillary

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Fried Foods and the Blues - Hollywood Cafe : Katelyn, Christy, Hillary

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After and Extension

Once students have returned from the Hollywood Cafe, the teacher will have the classroom set up similar to the cafe itself. Tables will be set and students will be dressed up, corresponding with the time period of the restaurant's beginning. The teacher(s) will be the waitresses, delivering food to the students as they order from their menus (fried pickles, just like those found in the Hollywood Cafe), and music clips, previously performed in the cafe, will be playing in the background. Each student will be given a sum of play money as they enter the class, in order to pay and tip their serve, and also to fill the tip jar of the blues artist that they enjoyed the most.

Whichever musical artist receives the most tips will receive a record contract from Cadillac Records.

Students will learn the value of a dollar, in the mid 1900's vs today. Students will also learn proper tipping math and etiquette. Students will also see how positive performance (in working and performing) leads to positive feedback (tips, income, etc.)

Their extension activity would include volunteering at the Hollywood Cafe--cleaning the restaurant, outside on the property, helping to serve, greeting, etc. Students will also learn a short history of the restaurant and share it with the different tables and customers.

Students will use this website to compare life in 1969 to today:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1969.html

C3 Frameworks :

D2.Eco.2.3-5. Identify positive and negative incentives that influence the decisions people make.

D2.His.2.3-5. Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

D2.Geo.5.3-5. Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.

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Hernando Beale Town Bound: Haley Webb, Brianna Williams

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Hernando Beale Town Bound: Haley Webb, Brianna Williams

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Before Activity

As 4th grade students enter the classroom, records of Jim Jackson, Robert Wilkins, Dan Sane, Frank Stokes, and Gus Cannon will be playing. Students will sit in their desk to perform bell work. The bell work topic will be: What do you know about or think Blues is? Do you or a family member listen to Blues Music?

The teacher will give a brief description of the artists playing. She will show the students the different records and discuss the history of these items. The teacher will then talk with the students about Hernando Beale Town Bound.

Once discussion is over the students will be divided into 6 groups. Each group will be assigned a different musician and have to research the life of their musician and music. Research will be done through classroom Ipads. Each group will present their findings on a padlet. The students will also create a concert flyer to encourage why the musician they have is the best and why people should come to their concert. At the end of the day, students will vote on which concert they would attend.

During:

Teachers and Students will go to the Beale town Bound in Hernando Mississippi. Students will be divided into the same groups from the previous day. The teacher will present the students with the question of " How did your musicians music help influence music overall?" As the students go through the field trip, they will think on this question and find the answer throughout the day. Students will also be asked to take pictures during the field trip. These pictures will be used to later create a story. Students are to pretend in their minds, to be their musicians and create a story of how they would act.

(Geography) D2.Geo.5.3-5- Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.

(Common Clusion) D4.Geo.3.3-5 Present a summary of arguments and explanations to others outside the classroom using print and oral technologies.

(History) D2. His. 6.3-5 Describe how people's perspectives shaped the historical sources they created.

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Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (Live 1958)

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Please make sure that you share your historical artifacts that you would use as well as the technology tool in your presentations on Thursday. Please add them to your lesson idea. Thanks. For example, if you are using a guitar, include the picture of the guitar.

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The Blues: Food, People, and music-De'Ashley, Julie, and James

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The Blues: Food, People, and music-De'Ashley, Julie, and James

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During Activity

The students will be visiting The Hollywood Cafe in Tunica, MS. They will look at the food, people, and music. The students will also compare the menu prices from 1969 to present time. The students will look at how the Blues has influenced music and culture today. The students will download and use the MS Blues Trail App.

C3 Frameworks:

D2.Geo.7.3-5 Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.

D2.His.9.3-5 Summarize how different kinds of historical sources are used to explain events in the past.

D2.His.2.3-5 Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

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Memphis Official Video Mike & The Mechanics

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Marc Cohn - Walking In Memphis Official Video

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ATTENTION! I do not own this video! THE OWNER OF THIS VIDEO IS THE PRODUCER Marc Cohn and Ben Wisch. This is the original song, which Marc Cohn produced in 1991, the song became Marc Cohn's biggest hit.

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Memphis Blues - Shanika, Jamie, Kelsey, & Jodie

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Memphis Blues - Shanika, Jamie, Kelsey, & Jodie

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EXTENSION ACTIVITY

The 5th grade class will be visiting Beale Street in Memphis after their lesson on the history of Memphis Blues.

The students will collect their historical artifacts from Schwab's on Beale.

The extension activity we will participate in is a scavenger hunt down Beale Street. Divide the students into 4 groups: one will use the app, GPS free; one will use a compass; one will use Siri; one will use Google Maps. The scavenger hunt will consist of picking up trash so that the students are helping the community while also learning about geography.

Disciplines:

History, Geography

C3 frameworks:

D3.Geo.2.3-5 Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.

D2.Geo3.3-5 Use maps of different scales to describe the locations of cultural and environmental characteristics.

D2.His.2.3-5 Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

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            Back to the Blues                             Bethany, Brittany, Myranda, Taylor

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            Back to the Blues                             Bethany, Brittany, Myranda, Taylor

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BEFORE ACTIVITY

The students will be visiting Memphis Blues Marker in Memphis, TN. Before visiting, the students will do the following:

Create 8 groups of students. Assign each student a musician. Choose from Gus Cannon, Furry Lewis, Jim Jackson, Memphis Minnie, Rufus Thomas, Junior Parker, BB King, and Elvis Presley.

Each group will research the musician they were assigned using the computers. Once they gather their information, they will create a presentation. Each group will present their findings to the class.

We will also discuss the entire Blues Hall of Fame 1980 as our historical artifact. There is a ceremony held each year for the Hall of Fame in Memphis, TN. The students could note more recent additions to the list as well as look much further back. They would also be able to note changes of musicians' characteristics throughout the years. Not only are musicians inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, but also inductees for literature.

Our disciplines used are Geography and History. Below are the C3 Frameworks used:

D2.Geo.7.3-5. Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.

D2.His.2.3-5. Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.

D2.His.10.3-5. Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDzHfzJcaok

http://www.blues.org/halloffame/