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"Jazz has much to tell us about our history and, indeed, ourselves if only we have the wisdom to lis- ten and learn from it," writes historian Lawrence W. Levine. Today's students can indeed learn how jazz serves as both a cultural mirror of American society and a critical influence upon American history with the aid of a new multimedia curriculum, available after January 15, 2006 from Video Placement Worldwide.
NEA Jazz in the Schools (produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and supported by a grant from The Verizon Foundation) is an exceptional resource for high school teachers of history, social studies, language arts and music. Students are intro- duced to all periods and styles of jazz, as well as to musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington who made a mark on the music and American culture at large.
NEA Jazz in the Schools meets national curriculum standards in five subject areas: U.S. history, social studies, arts education/music, civics and gov- ernment, and geography.
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DVD and print toolkit is an iden- tical version of the web-based curriculum available online at
www.neajazzintheschools.org. It features five flexible units and includes a teacher's guide with teacher tips, cross-curricular activities and assessment meth- ods, as well as student activities, video footage, musical excerpts, and links to additional resources.
NEA Jazz in the Schools is available FREE of charge to
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FREE Curriculum Teaches U.S. History and Music Through America's Musical Art Form: Jazz
qualified educators. To review, register and order a free copy from Video Placement Worldwide, teachers may visit
www.vpw.com. Teachers may also send a free fax on school letterhead to 1-800-358-5218 or write on school letterhead to Video Placement Worldwide, 25 Second St. N., Suite 120, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 to request an order form.
Video Placement Worldwide (VPW) specializes in placing free, sponsored educational materials in our nation's classrooms. Via its Classroom Information NetworkSM, VPW brings business and education together in a partnership beneficial to both by pro- moting and distributing free educational materials (videos, CDs, DVDs, workbooks and posters) that are produced and underwritten by corporations and asso- ciations. To date, over 90% of public schools in the U.S. have used materials from VPW. To learn more, visit
www.vpw.com, email
vpw@vpw.com or call 847/272-7304.
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