Origins of Jazz

Origins of Jazz

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11 Qs

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Origins of Jazz

Origins of Jazz

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English

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.5.5, RI.6.2, RI.1.5

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Text features can help readers identify the ______, which

is the subject of the passage. What is the topic of this

passage?

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Text features can help readers identify the topic, which

is the subject of the passage. What is the topic of this

passage?

The Answer

Bugga, Bugga, Bugga

Jazz Music

Nunyabizzness

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

One of our standards today is, ELAGSE6RI2:

Determine a central idea of a text

and how it is conveyed through particular details;

provide a summary of the text distinct from

personal opinions or judgments.

Which of the following is an appropriate learning target for this standard?

Use text features to preview the text.

Demonstrate an understanding of the text by asking and answering questions and

referring to key details in the text.

Use the famous "WAG" method for answering questions.

Read an informational text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Jazz began with a “recipe” that had many different ingredients. Different

groups of people, including ______and ______, were part of the recipe.

Different kinds of music, including the blues and ragtime, were also a part of the

recipe. All of these ingredients combined to make America’s own music, jazz.

Donald Trump and Arnold the Pig

Americans and Africans

Scottish and English

Africans and Europeans

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Church music was important to jazz. African Americans made new kinds

of religious music. They formed their own churches and rewrote the old songs

to express their faith. They changed the words, the beat, and the tune. They

used the African “___ and ____” when they sang. This music became an

ingredient in the jazz recipe.

Call and Response

Hip and Hop

Yell and Sell

Swing and Miss

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

Music of immigrant Americans added to jazz. The ____ had ballads.

Ballads tell stories of _____and their bravery, and these stories are often sad.

The song is usually simple. In a ballad, the story is often more important than

the music. Ballads became another ingredient in the jazz recipe.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 5 pts

In the early days of America, ballroom dance music provided popular

entertainment. They were big social events. There was a demand for musicians to play at the dances. Many

____learned how to play fiddles and flutes. African Americans invented the

____and played it too. Black musicians learned the dance songs and changed

them. African and European music combined to make dance music. This music

became another ingredient in the jazz recipe.

wives, spoons

slaves, banjo

farmers, banjo

people, drums

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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