BLACK MUSIC LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
FOR STUDENTS
Ready-to-use lessons and activities designed to help students explore influential
Black musicians while reinforcing key music concepts.
BROWSE BLACK MUSIC LESSONSSave time planning with engaging, classroom-ready resources that combine music history and listening.
MALE BLACKÂ MUSICIANS
Louis Armstrong Biography Research Activities
Students explore a musician’s life and music through listening and research activities.
Scott Joplin Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with his life.
Duke Ellington Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with his life.
Stevie Wonder Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with his life.
John Legend Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with his life.
Jimi Hendrix Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with his life.
Louis Armstrong Music Foldables
Students explore his life and music through these interactive foldables.
Duke Ellington Music Foldables
Students explore his life and music through these interactive foldables.
Dizzy Gillespie Music Foldables
Students explore his life and music through these interactive foldables.
FEMALEÂ BLACK MUSICIANS
Ella Fitzgerald Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with her life.
Bessie Smith Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with her life.
Etta James Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with her life.
Tina Turner Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with her life.
Florence Price Word Search and Research Activity
Students find the words in the word search and research what these words had to do with her life.
Aretha Franklin Biography Research Activities
Students explore a musician’s life and music through listening and research activities.
Ella Fitzgerald Biography Activities
Students explore her life and music through listening and research activities.
Ella Fitzgerald Music Foldables
Students explore her life and music through these interactive foldables.
Billie Holiday Music Foldables
Students explore her life and music through these interactive foldables.
Aretha Franklin Music Foldables
Students explore her life and music through these interactive foldables.
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