Teach American Music and Cultural History
Arts Education + Cultural Studies
Enrich your classroom with an innovative curriculum exploring the history of American music in the context of historical events as students build a timeline of American music.
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Inspire critical thinking, cultural understanding, and music appreciation as students learn to recognize different genres of American music and understand important contributions to American culture from diverse music pioneers throughout history. Each lesson integrates engaging lectures, video content, music playlists, historical context, and storytelling.
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Beautifully designed on the Canvas platform, the course is complete with teacher guides, specific learning objectives, project-based learning activities, and higher-order thinking questions for discussion. Our content-rich curriculum is in line with California State Standards for social studies and visual and performing arts providing historical and cultural context and the ethnic studies model curriculum.
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American Music History is a Music History + Ethnic Studies course.
*UC-recommended and Quality Matters-certified*
"The American Music History course incorporates a variety of historical viewpoints that are culturally relevant and accurate reflecting a diverse perspective that is free from bias."
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Alaina Musick
Quality Matters Subject Matter Expert
Learn American Music History
Innovative Online Course
Discover the history and cultural significance of American music through engaging lectures, music playlists, video content, artwork, activities, and discussion as students trace the history of blues, jazz, country, rock and roll, soul, rap, punk, and more in this innovative and fun course!
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