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Listen What I Gotta Say: Women in the Blues (3rd–5th)

Click Here to see this Pathway for grades 6–8

Welcome to Listen What I Gotta Say! Women in the Blues––a new Music Pathway from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Designed for students from 3rd–5th grade, we hope the lessons in this pathway will be useful for courses in music, history, language arts and social studies. Please customize them to meet your needs!

This Pathway received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.

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  • Lesson 1
    Hear Me Howl! Introduction to the Blues
  • Lesson 2
    Before the Blues: From Africa to America
  • Lesson 3
    Melting Pot: Becoming the Blues
  • Lesson 4
    Standardizing the Blues
  • Lesson 5
    Blues in the Country