This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource includes the sheet music, activity instructions, and audio files for "I Love the Mountains" from the Elementary Songbook.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource includes the sheet music, activity instructions, and audio files for "If You're Happy" from the Elementary Songbook.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource includes the sheet music, activity instructions, and audio files for "Itsy Bitsy Spider" from the Elementary Songbook.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource includes the sheet music, activity instructions, and audio files for "I've Been Working on the Railroad" from the Elementary Songbook.

This resource includes the sheet music, activity instructions, and audio files for "I've Been Working on the Railroad" from the Elementary Songbook.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

In this video from the American Masters film Ralph Ellison: An American Journey, scholars discuss the author’s ideas about jazz music. Ellison recognized jazz as an art form that represented the complexity of America’s multicultural democratic society. This resource may be used alongside Ellison’s Invisible Man, but is also well suited for use in a lesson, unit, or course on African American literature.

Sensitive: This resource contains material that may be sensitive for some students. Teachers should exercise discretion in evaluating whether this resource is suitable for their class.

Now celebrated in more than 40 countries, Jazz Appreciation Month offers an opportunity to explore cultural dynamics that inform jazz music across places, as well as the idiosyncratic ways in which jazz artists reimagine and perform their local for the global.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource includes the sheet music, activity instructions, and audio files for "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut" from the Elementary Songbook.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.

This resource is a free, downloadable audio file of short music clips to use for instruction.