FOR TEACHERS

Teacher's How-To -- In a Nutshell

1. Teachers, review each activity. If you like, print out the activities--you have permission to use these ARTSEDGE-copyrighted materials in your classroom or for personal use.

2. To introduce Armstrong's music to your students, we suggest that you use available recordings of the music mentioned in the activities.

3. Ask your students to use this Web site--either at your school's resource center or on their home computers. Have them go to the interactive activities where they will answer each question in turn. When they finish, they can print out answer pages to hand in to you. This will document their completion of the assignment.

The audio clips used in the lessons require the RealPlayer software, which can be acquired free from Real Networks web site.

Using These Lessons

The lessons in this site are aimed at students in middle and high-school grades (6-12). The lessons will be easiest to implement in general music classes, but also can be useful for teachers of ensemble classes for teaching to the National Standards. You will find both interactive lessons and listening lessons that can be used in your classroom. Each lesson should help you guide your students in the goals set forth in the National Standards for Arts Education.

Classroom Lessons

The classroom lessons are "print-and-teach," meaning you do not need a computer to complete the lesson in your classroom. However, we have embedded Internet links in the lesson, to provide supplementary material and additional resources.

Online Lessons

For the interactive lessons, students will need to go to your school's resource room for Web access, or visit the Web site using their home computer. There are print-outs showing the students' answers to each lesson's multiple choice questions, which include space for them to answer short essays. Each lesson should take no longer than 30 minutes. Classroom follow-up activities should also take about 30 minutes.

Copyright Information

Images and other materials linked to or included on the site that are copyrighted to other people or organizations must be used according to their copyright restrictions (noted in the Information section of this site) or under the guidelines set forth by the Educational Fair Use Act. See the general ARTSEDGE Permissions and Site Use area for more on the EFUA.