My Blues Blues by Màrius Montón, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariusmm/5554465698/

Lesson 1 DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Blues by Màrius Montón, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariusmm/5554465698/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

What Are the Blues? DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Mad about the Ban by Jan Tik, CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/15363357@N00/12115306/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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What Does It Mean to Feel Blue? Sad Dog by Matt Tanguay-Carel, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthieutc/83226545/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

What Makes You Feel Blue? DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

He’s a bully I’m lonely She broke my heart I’m poor Sad Dog by Matt Tanguay-Carel, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthieutc/83226545/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

The history of the blues is the history of colour. DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Indigo flower DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Indigofera tinctoria by the Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/museumdetoulouse/2208326891/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

“White folks hear the blues come out, but they don’t know how it got there.” – Ma Rainey DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Historic Southern U.S. DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Map of Historic Southern United States by Nicholas F, public domain, Wikimedia Commons, accessed September 18, 2013, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_CSA_4.png DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Sea of Cotton by Mike Beauregard,, CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/31856336@N03/5952951634/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Map of Africa, 1864 DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Black woman and young girls picking cotton by the Kheel Center, CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/38445726@N04/5279900146/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Call and Response I’m gonna fill this bag with cotton Oh Lord (Oh Lord) I’m gonna chop this big tree down… I’m gonna dig these ditches deep… DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Civil War Plantation by Renett Stowe, CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/10393601@N08/7965961378 DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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Lesson 2 DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Blues by Màrius Montón, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariusmm/5554465698/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Mississippi Blues Lead Belly Click on photo to watch him play DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Pick a Bale of Cotton by Lead Belly Jump down turn around to pick a bale of cotton Jump down turn around to pick a bale a day Oh Lord I can pick a bale of cotton Oh Lord I can pick a bale a day Me and my friend can pick a bale of cotton Me and my friend can pick a bale a day Chorus Me and my Papa... Me and my Mama... DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Delta Blues Big Joe Williams Click on photo to watch him play Big Joe Williams by Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/heiner1947/4388600906/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Chicago Blues Muddy Waters Click on photo to watch him play “I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way.” Muddy Waters 1979 by Kevin Dooley, CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/3339047653/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Blues Fusion John Lee Hooker Click on photo to watch him play John Lee Hooker by Brian O’Connor, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pelicanwind/296818947/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Lesson 3 DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Blues by Màrius Montón, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/), Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariusmm/5554465698/ DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Delta Blues Form (Twelve-bar blues) DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Delta Blues Example The Bedroom Blues DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Delta Blues Template DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Chicago Blues Form (Shuffle) DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Chicago Blues Example The Dead Dog Blues DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Chicago Blues Template DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014 Released under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/