Origins of Jazz

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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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Hard
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James Blakely
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11 questions
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1.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
20 sec • 5 pts
Text features can help readers identify the ______, which
is the subject of the passage. What is the topic of this
passage?
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 5 pts
Text features can help readers identify the topic, which
is the subject of the passage. What is the topic of this
passage?
The Answer
Bugga, Bugga, Bugga
Jazz Music
Nunyabizzness
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
20 sec • 5 pts
One of our standards today is, ELAGSE6RI2:
Determine a central idea of a text
and how it is conveyed through particular details;
provide a summary of the text distinct from
personal opinions or judgments.
Which of the following is an appropriate learning target for this standard?
Use text features to preview the text.
Demonstrate an understanding of the text by asking and answering questions and
referring to key details in the text.
Use the famous "WAG" method for answering questions.
Read an informational text.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 5 pts
Jazz began with a “recipe” that had many different ingredients. Different
groups of people, including ______and ______, were part of the recipe.
Different kinds of music, including the blues and ragtime, were also a part of the
recipe. All of these ingredients combined to make America’s own music, jazz.
Donald Trump and Arnold the Pig
Americans and Africans
Scottish and English
Africans and Europeans
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 5 pts
Church music was important to jazz. African Americans made new kinds
of religious music. They formed their own churches and rewrote the old songs
to express their faith. They changed the words, the beat, and the tune. They
used the African “___ and ____” when they sang. This music became an
ingredient in the jazz recipe.
Call and Response
Hip and Hop
Yell and Sell
Swing and Miss
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
20 sec • 5 pts
Music of immigrant Americans added to jazz. The ____ had ballads.
Ballads tell stories of _____and their bravery, and these stories are often sad.
The song is usually simple. In a ballad, the story is often more important than
the music. Ballads became another ingredient in the jazz recipe.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
20 sec • 5 pts
In the early days of America, ballroom dance music provided popular
entertainment. They were big social events. There was a demand for musicians to play at the dances. Many
____learned how to play fiddles and flutes. African Americans invented the
____and played it too. Black musicians learned the dance songs and changed
them. African and European music combined to make dance music. This music
became another ingredient in the jazz recipe.
wives, spoons
slaves, banjo
farmers, banjo
people, drums
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
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