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Looking to use Middle School Lesson 28 in your Middle School classroom?

While teaching this learning module you will cover multiple concepts including: Form, Harmony

You'll also cover the themes of: Composers, Eras in Music, 1900s

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Middle School Lesson 28

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Concepts(s):
Form, HarmonyThemes(s):
Composers, Eras in Music, 1900s
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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  1. Watch a video about the blues
  2. Listen to “The Homework Blues”
  3. Write your own lyrics in A A B form.
  4. Listen to the Accompaniment Track for Lay Around Blues
  5. Optional Assessment
  6. Sing “Jellybean Blues”
  7. Optional: Learn More about the Blues
  8. Read the lyrics for “The Birth of the Blues”
  9. Learn the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”
  10. Do the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”

Extension:

Musicplay is a menu. The teacher is not expected to teach every song or activity. Choose the songs and activities from the list that will best fit your schedule and the needs of your students.

Objectives

  • I can explain where and when the blues first appeared.
  • I can tell about the musical style of the blues.
  • I can write my own 12-bar blues song.

Teaching Procedures

1 Watch a video about the blues 2 Listen to "The Homework Blues" 3 Write your own lyrics in A A B form 4 Listen to the Accompaniment Track for Lay Around Blues 5 Optional Assessment 6 Sing "Jellybean Blues" 7 Optional: Learn More about the Blues 8 Read the lyrics for “The Birth of the Blues” 9 Learn the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues” 10 Do the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”

Watch a video about the blues

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Watch a video about the blues

Watch a video about the blues.

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Listen to "The Homework Blues"

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Listen to "The Homework Blues"

Listen to "The Homework Blues".

Notice the A A B form of the lyrics.

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Write your own lyrics in A A B form

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Write your own lyrics in A A B form

Write your own blues song!

Write your own lyrics (words) in A A B form using the melody and the rhythms of "Homework Blues".

Listen to the Accompaniment Track for Lay Around Blues

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Song Used: Lay Around Blues – Short

Listen to the Accompaniment Track for Lay Around Blues

Listen to the Accompaniment Track for "Lay Around Blues".

Sing your lyrics with the track.

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Optional Assessment

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Optional Assessment

Download and print the worksheet.

If you don't have a printer, write the answers to the questions on a piece of paper.

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Sing "Jellybean Blues"

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Sing "Jellybean Blues"

Learn the song by singing the echoes.

In the verse with a "blank", create your own words about what gives you the blues.

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Optional: Learn More about the Blues

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Optional: Learn More about the Blues

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If the link doesn't work, search internet for "A Short History of the Blues: Emerging Music of the 20th Century"

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Read the lyrics for “The Birth of the Blues”

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Song Used: The Birth of the Blues

Read the lyrics for “The Birth of the Blues”

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Learn the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”

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Song Used: The Birth of the Blues

Learn the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”

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Do the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”

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Song Used: The Birth of the Blues

Do the choreography for “The Birth of the Blues”

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