Jazz in Oklahoma

Show slide 6. Distribute the attached Painting a Picture Chart handout to each student. Explain to students that the Painting a Picture strategy is about using observations of what they see and hear together with any background or prior knowledge they have to make inference about the content being explores. In other words, students will use multiple resources to figuratively paint a picture of the topic being studied. In this case, students will use the observations they make in response to songs and photos to "paint a picture" of the significance of Oklahoma's jazz musicians.

As students listen to the following songs they should think about what they hear and what they see and record their observations in the chart.

To begin this activity, display slide 7, showing the “Blue Devil Blues” video.

• Play 1:10-2:15.

• If students are still recording observations at the 2:15 marker, let the song continue to play until the end or stop it when you think students have finished making their observations.

• When students have finished recording their observations, give students about a minute to discuss their observations with their small groups, adding any additional information gleaned from the small group discussion to their charts.

• When ready, call on a few volunteers to share their thoughts with the whole class. From here, you can either affirm the types of observations students are making or offer them more guidance and direction.

See the attached Painting a Picture Chart-Teacher's Notes for possible student responses.

Show slide 8.

• Have students listen to the “Going to Chicago” video.

• Play the first 15 seconds where Jimmy Rushing introduces the song; then skip to the 1:00 mark and play the video through to at least the 2:00 mark.

• If students are still recording their observations at the 2:00 marker, continue to play the song, stopping it when students have recorded their observations.

• Ask students to record their observations on the Painting a Picture chart.

• Give students about a minute to discuss their observations with their small groups, adding any additional information gleaned from the small group discussion to their charts.

• When ready, call on a few volunteers to share their thoughts with the whole class.

Show slide 9.

• Have students listen to the “Flying Home” video.

• Play the video from the beginning through to at least 2:21. Then, repeating the same process as above, give students about a minute to discuss their observations with their small groups adding any additional information gleaned from the small group discussion to their charts.

• When ready, call on a few volunteers to share their thoughts with the whole class. See the Painting a Picture Chart-Teacher's Notes for possible student responses.

Show slide 10. Ask students to make inferences based on the observations they recorded. Remind them to record their inferences in the second column in Painting a Picture chart.

Give students about 5-10 minutes to review their observations and work with their groups to record their inferences. You might consider modeling this for your students. For example you could say - an observation I made was, I heard instruments like the saxophone, clarinet and trumpet which are associated with jazz music so I can infer that the Blue Devils are a jazz band. As groups are working, walk around to assess student progress, answer questions, and provide guidance as needed.

Once groups have recorded their inferences, ask each group to share out at least one inference they have made. As students share, add any additional information you think is important to point out. Encourage students to change and add to their charts based on the whole class discussion. See the Painting a Picture Chart with Teacher's Notes for possible student responses.

Show slide 11. Give students about 10 minutes with their small groups to record their observations for each of the three document sets in the packet. Remind students that observations are simply what they see. As groups work, walk around to assess student progress, answer questions, and provide guidance as needed.

Show slide 12. Introduce Document Set 1: Oklahoma City Blue Devils. Once students have completed their observations, ask several to share out their observations about the Oklahoma City Blue Devils images.

Show slide 13. Introduce Document Set 2: Jimmy Rushing. Ask several groups to share their observations about Jimmy Rushing images.

Show slide 14. Introduce Document Set 3: Charlie Christian. Ask several groups to share their observations about the Charlie Christian images.

Be sure each group has a chance to share at some point throughout the process. Refer to Painting a Picture Chart with Teacher's Notes for possible student responses.

Display slide 15. Have students return to their groups to complete the inferences section of their charts. Remind students that an inference is a conclusion based on their observations from the photos.

Bring the whole class back together. Ask each group to share at least one inference they made. As students share, add any additional information you think is important to point out. Encourage students to change and add to their charts based on the whole class discussion.