Lesson Paths & Learning Objectives

1. Collecting the Blues

   • Describe the role of folklorists and will explain why their work is important and has contributed to a better understanding of blues music.
   • Identify how music elements and expressive qualities were used in Lead Belly’s recording of “The Bourgeois Blues”
   • 45+ minutes

2. What Makes the Blues?

   • Identify and describe common blues characteristics.
   • Analyze how music elements and expressive qualities were used in a composition that has been classified as the “blues.”
   • 30+ minutes

3. Create an Archive!

   • Explain the purpose of archives and archiving.
   • Create your own online archive, based on the topic of your choice.
   • 30+ minutes