An American Struggle for Harmony Copyright 2012 New Dimension Media Blues In Celebration of Black...

An American Struggle for

Harmony

Copyright 2012 New Dimension Media

Blues

In Celebration of Black American History Month

GospelSlave Songs Jazz Rock

Teacher Notes:This lesson is inspired by the book, I See the Rhythm by Michele Wood and Toyomi Igus. A beautifully written and illustrated timeline of African American music over the past 500 years. Important American history events are interwoven throughout putting the musical eras into context.

Follow the timeline and view video that bring music and history together in celebration of American Black History Month.

There are many more CCC! programs that you could include in this lesson. Simply use CCC! Hyperlinks to continue to create this celebration presentation.


To purchase this book, search for:ISBN #0-89239-151-0

Origins

Griots (storytellers) and priests used music to teach lessons, talk about history and call on the gods.

Early 1500sSlaves are soldto New World.

Early 1619First enslaved Africans arrive in Virginia.

1630-1656Queen Nzinga of Angola leads against Portuguese slave traders.

1740sLaws are passed in American Colonies to keep slaves from communicating using drums.

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Historical Timeline Copyright 2012 New Dimension Media

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Slavery SongsClick on the background to launch video.

Slaves sang religious

songs to give them hope that better days would

come.

Quilts were used to

communicate to run away

slaves.

1776Congress adopts Declaration of Independence. It did not free blacks from slavery.

1831Nat Turner leads the most famous slave revolt in U.S. History.

1849Harriet Tubman begins helping slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. 1861

The Civil War begins.

1850The Fugitive Slave Act is passed. It is now illegal to give shelter to runaway slaves.

Historical Timeline



The Beginning of BluesClick on the background to launch video.

1863Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation. Slaves are now free but not equal.

1865The Civil War Ends

1872The Risk Jubilee Singers go on tour.

1890sAttacks and lynchings result in many blacks and white supporters killed.

1912The first blues song is published “Memphis Blues” by W.C. Handy.

Historical Timeline


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RagtimeClick on the background to launch video.

1899Scott Joplin’s “Maple Leaf Rag” becomes a hit.

Historical Timeline 1909The NAACP is formed.

1909The NAACP is formed.

1914-1020The Great Migration. Southern black move North for a better life.


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JAZZJAZZ

1901Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong is born in New Orleans.

1914-1918WWI – almost 400,000 black men serve in the armed forces.

Historical Timeline

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1917: Black PrideMartin Garvey

begins chapter of Universal Negro

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1899Edward Kennedy Ellington (Duke) is born.

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Swing Sounds

1920-1930sThe Harlem Renaissance: African Americans arewidely recognized for their great writers, artists and musicians.

1934Ella Fitzgerald joins Chick Webb’s band at age 17.



Be BopClick on the background to launch video.

Historical Timeline

1939-1945Over 1 million black men serve in segregated armed services.

1948Under pressure, President Truman desegregates the armed forces.

1956Dizzie Gillespie is sent around the world by U.S. State Dept. as the Ambassador of Jazz.


GospelClick on the Gospel Choir to launch video.

Historical Timeline

1955Rosa Parks takes her rightful seat on the bus.

1947Mahalia Jackson records “Move On Up a Little Higher” which sells 1 million copies.

1954Landmark Case:

Brown versus Board of Education


Rhythm and Blues

1963Martin Luther King Jr. delivers

famous speech, “I’ve Got a Dream.”

1961Barry Gordy forms Motown

Recording Studio

1964President Johnson signed into law the

Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination in housing, employment and education.

1965Malcolm X is assassinated.

1965Aretha Franklin records “RESPECT.”

Historical Timeline

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Black Rock and Roll

Historical Timeline1955Chuck Berry records his first big hit.

1955-1959Little Richard records a string

of hits and becomes known as the King of Rock ‘n Roll.

1968Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated.

1969U.S. puts first man on the moon.


An American Struggle for

Harmony


Blues

In Celebration of Black American History Month

GospelSlave Songs Jazz Rock

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