Billie Holiday Is Born
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- Aug 14 2010 12:01 AM
Kathyleen Bishop
This resource was matched by a member of the Brokers of Expertise Standards Matching Team.
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Description
This ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and work of jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday. A classroom activity is featured in which students focus on tone when reading the lyrics or listening to the song "Strange Fruit." Because of the subject matter and the vividness of the song's images, this activity should be reserved for high school or mature middle school students. Links to related lesson plans and Web resources, along with a list of related texts, are also found here.
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Topics and Grades
Grade: 6 to 12
Topics: Visual Arts, Music, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension
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Matched Standards
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.10.5 Discuss the diffusion of the civil rights movement of African Americans from the...
HSS.11.USHGCCTC.11.8.8 Discuss forms of popular culture, with emphasis on their origins and geographic ...