Teaching Guide
Back 2 Bebop
produced by 
Don Gibson
Web Institute for Teachers, Summer, 2003

Introduction 

In this web quest, jazz band students  will discover how to play jazz Bebop style.   Later they will present reports to the band.  At the jazz concert they will give  brief narrations on Bebop songs and its the artists.   By concert time, they not only will be able to play the music, but will know the history of the music and its musicians.

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Aim

The purpose of this web quest is to introduce high school jazz band  students to Be Bop  jazz music.   .
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Rationale
 
Whether through headphones, radio or television videos,  jazz band students are always singing or listening to their favorite hip hop, r&b and pop songs.  They are also using internet technology to find more information about these recording artist's and their songs.  Even though they are scheduled to  perform a Be Bop jazz  concert they know virtual nothing about the music nor it's musicians.  Using internet technology this WebQuest will engage students in  researching Be Bop jazz music.  
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Goals and Objectives

• Complete a comprehensive report that defines Bebop jazz music
• Have background knowledge on musicians for the instruments they play
• Identify and perform songs indigenous to the Be Bop jazz era
• Know the social issues that influenced the music of these time periods
• Identify current social issues that can/do influence music today   
  

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Audience 

The audience for this web quest will be high school students participating in the jazz concert.  

Prerequisites 

• Current performing member in concert band
• Current performing member in jazz band
• Experience using the internet
  

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Subject-Matter 

Upon completion of this assignment, students will have worked in teams to develop a  research paper on Bebop jazz music.  In this time period they will be looking performance styles that influenced the music of this era. Upon completion of this assignment the groups will present their reports to the class.   At the time of their concert, each student will speak briefly on the musician who played the instruments they play.  After this brief introduction the ensemble will perform the songs they introduced.
 
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Instructional Plan      

1. Tell band not to take out their instruments
2. Tell band Tuesdays and Fridays we will meet in the computer lab for WebQuest tasks
   
3. Ask class what elements R&B music has that Hip Hop doesn't.
4. Ask class to tell what they know about Bebop jazz.
5. Tell class they're going to listen to a song from the Bebop Jazz era
6. Play Salt Peanuts
7. For the following questions write band's response on the board
   
8. Ask what intruments were lead 
9. Ask class what instruments played soloes
10. Define the tempo of the song
11. Ask if song was big band or small ensemble 
12. Ask what mood the song evoked
13. Pass WebQuest to class 
14. Tell band this WebQuest is a 3 week project 
15. Review WebQuest with class
16. Have sections chose solo artist from their instrument family to research.  i.e. Brass, Dizzy Gillespie 
17. Sections register their members with teacher 
18. Pass floppy disk to band
19. Tell band to save all their work to disk
20. Tell band reviews of the disk will bone evey Friday.
    

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Materials 

Access to computer pc/laptop
Access to web quest through internet 
Access to computer lab
Floppy disk (3.5)
Sheet music from the Bebop era
CD recordings from Bebop era

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Appendices (optional, if needed)

Resources   

Charlie Parker http://www.cmgww.com/music/parker/about/clips.html                                    

Dizzy Gillespie sound clip by http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_gillespie_dizzy.htm
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/verve/artist.asp?aid=2807 
Bud Powell sound clip by http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_powell_bud.htm   
Kenny Clarke sound clip by http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_clarke_kenny.htm                          
Thelonius Monk sound clip by http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_monk_thelonious.htm
Miles Davis http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_davis_miles.htm    
Clifford Brown http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_brown_clifford.htm    
John Coltrane http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_coltrane_john.htm     
Art Blakey http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_blakey_art.htm      
Milt Hinton  
 
Bud Powell 

James Cagney site provided by http://xbr98.homestead.com

 
Glossary

Bebop, jazz style music popular from the 1940s to mid 1950s.

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