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The second grade world of Louis Armstrong
Second grade students will explore the music of Louis Armstrong via booktalks, compact disc recordings, digital video disc recordings, and may pursue internet web-questing through Marco Polo (http://www.marcopolo-education.org) and http://www.redhotjazz.com as a bonus!
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Music Education)
By Dirk Robertson.

Resources on the web

America's Jazz Heritage
Audio and video documenting the history of American jazz. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Smithsonian Institution
William P. Gottlieb, Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
This online collection presents William Gottlieb's photographs, annotated contact prints, selected published prints, and related articles on the jazz legends of the 1930s and 1940s. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Library of Congress
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Access point to the digital resources on African American culture provided by the Schomburg Center. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: New York Public Library
The National Portrait Gallery
Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, this website contains online exhibits full of images and information about America's most famous icons: Marilyn Monroe, Benjamin Franklin, Muhammed Ali, and many more. Take a virtual tour of the Hall of Presidents. Read... (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: National Portrait Gallery