1. Communication: The Arts as seen through the eyes of JAZZ

2. Introduction to Communication

3. Communication : Why do we communicate? How do we communicate What is communication? Who communicates? What effect does communication have on the individual ? Is there a need for communication and why? How is communication perceived?

4. Journal Questions Is communication a form of language and why? Does communication require a form of personal exchange and if so what type(s)? Why would communication be considered an essential building block? Can communication be either positive or negative and can it be considered one or both of these types? Is all communication able to yield growth and how is it able to achieve this development?

5. What is Jazz? Is it improvisation? Is is dialogue? Is it layering? How do we define JAZZ?

6. Jazz is...

8. Jazz as Communication “Music in Color” chalk drawing and music

9. Journal Questions How does the music make you feel? Document what instruments you heard, what color did you represent them with and what shape! What story do you think the artist is expressing in your favorite Jazz piece? What words come to mind about the music heard and the drawing you created? Do you see any similarities between your drawings and other student drawings?

10. Improvisational Storytelling Creating a story through Jazz music and chalk drawings

11. Improvisation Invention Composing on the spot Without preparation Execute something offhand Spoken, performed, or composed with little or no forethought

12. Being the Music Improvisational storytelling

13. Journal Questions What type of rhythm (beat) was used in the improv and explain why that particular rhythm was chosen. What type of mood did you try to present in your improv? If you where going to describe your improv as a sound, what type of sound would it be and why did you choose that sound? What type of symbol would best represent your improv and why did you select that particular symbol? Overall, how well do you think the audience understood your improvisational concept and why do you think you obtained that reaction?

14. Improvisational storytelling through Music

15. Picking music that expresses the story told through improvisation

16. Journal Questions

17. Ba-Relief Ceramic Tiles Portraying the music you picked to represent your improvisational story on a ba-relief ceramic time.

18. Thumbnail Drawings Creating drawings to represent the music chosen to portray the improvisational story.

19. Journal Questions

20. Jazz History Selecting a time period and explaining the importance of major events and people of that time period because...

21. Artists Do Not Live In A Vacuum

22. Historical Research and Presentation Useful Web Sites www.jazzhistory.f2s.com www.jazxlass.aust.com/contents.htm www.outsideshore.com/primer/ms-primer-2html www.si.edu/ajazzh/ www.americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d5301.htm www.jazzhouse.org www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/jazz/note/index.htm www.bet.com/atBET/0..C-24,00html

23. Journal Questions

24. Reflection Making jazz your own by connecting all the lessons together with the BIG IDEA

25. Journal Question In a paragraph format, reflect on the following question, citing examples from activities done during this unit. How do you communicate through jazz and how does this com- munication effect you as an individual?

26. Final Product Creating a Jazz Communication Journal by collecting all the journal questions, brainstorming /graphic organizers and any other important material into a booklet format with the original chalk drawing as the cover