Use the worksheets as you see fit. We also have some ideas for you below.

Feel free to direct your students to this page for the video lessons OR send them links to specific videos in your own communications. The Guided Listening Episodes specifically are now available as streamable podcasts which is a great option too!

Pro-tip: Each video below has a ‘Share’ button in the upper right corner, which you can click to get a link for that video.

If you’d like to watch our Jazz Education Network Webinar on how to use this toolkit successfully, click the button below. The webinar is approximately 55 minutes.

Link to Teacher Toolkit Webinar - Free Video

Worksheets

National Standards: Your Guide to the Music Standards in the Worksheets (PDF)

Online Masterclass #1: The Birth of Jazz with Ben Hunter Worksheet (PDF)

Online Masterclass #2: The Link with Shaina Shepherd Worksheet (PDF)

Guided Listening #1: Ed Littlefield talks “Sinatra at the Sands” Worksheet (PDF)

Guided Listening #2: Rex Gregory talks “Far East Suite” (PDF)

Guided Listening #3: Marina Christopher talks “Testifyin'! Live At The Village Vanguard” (PDF)

Guided Listening #4: Kareem Kandi talks “Kelly’s Heroes” (PDF)

Guided Listening #5: Ruby Dunphy talks “Out to Lunch!” (PDF)

Worksheets are connected with National Standards, when/if your administrator wants to check that key learning objectives are met.

Worksheets are designed with flexibility in mind. Here are some ideas for how to use them:

Watch/listen to class with your students and use worksheet to ask questions in a group meeting.
Assign a few questions from the worksheet as an “exit ticket” for your grade book.
Have students pick a question for a deep dive research essay.
Pair students on questions for a group project to be shared with the class at a later meeting.
Emergency sub plans…need we say more?