1. My Blues
Blues by Màrius Montón, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013,

2. Lesson 1 DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Blues by Màrius Montón, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013,
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3. What Are the Blues? DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
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4. DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Mad about the Ban by Jan Tik, CC BY 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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10. What Does It Mean to Feel Blue?
Sad Dog by Matt Tanguay-Carel, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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11. What Makes You Feel Blue?
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12. 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 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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13. The history of the blues is the history of colour.
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14. Indigo flower DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Indigofera tinctoria by the Muséum de Toulouse, CC BY 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013,
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15. “White folks hear the blues come out, but they don’t know how it got there.”
– Ma Rainey
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16. 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,
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17. DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Sea of Cotton by Mike Beauregard,, CC BY 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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18. DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Map of Africa, 1864
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21. DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Black woman and young girls picking cotton by the Kheel Center, CC BY 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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22. 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…
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23. DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Civil War Plantation by Renett Stowe, CC BY 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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24. DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
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27. Lesson 2 DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Blues by Màrius Montón, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013,
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28. Mississippi Blues Lead Belly Click on photo to watch him play
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29. 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...
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30. Delta Blues Big Joe Williams Click on photo to watch him play
Big Joe Williams by Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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31. 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 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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32. 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 ( Flickr®, accessed September 18, 2013,
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33. Lesson 3 DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
Blues by Màrius Montón, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ( Flickr®, accessed September 17, 2013,
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34. Delta Blues Form (Twelve-bar blues)
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35. Delta Blues Example The Bedroom Blues
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36. Delta Blues Template DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
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37. Chicago Blues Form (Shuffle) DEEN LES Resource Bank Project 2013-2014
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38. Chicago Blues Example The Dead Dog Blues
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39. Chicago Blues Template
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