The Princess And The Frog
Explore and celebrate the creative world of the Jazz Age in New Orleans! Scholastic and Jazz at Lincoln Center invite you to bring jazz music education into your classroom with a new program inspired by Walt Disney Pictures’ release of The Princess And The Frog.
While your music students in grades 4-6 experience the roots of New Orleans jazz music with this distinctive program, they’ll also learn the fundamentals of jazz techniques through hands-on activities and listening exercises. Click the links below to introduce these interesting, standards-based music, English language arts, and social studies lessons.
Watch the trailer NOW for Walt Disney Pictures' The Princess And The Frog! In Theaters Everywhere December 11, 2009 with a limited release in New York and Los Angeles on November 25, 2009.
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Lesson Plans
Lesson 1: New Orleans: The Melting Pot of Sound
Discuss the origins and influences of New Orleans jazz. Wrap up this lesson with a live demonstration of jazz techniques!
Lesson 2: Louis Armstrong: Sculptor of Sound
Through listening exercises, reflective discussion, and more, students will learn about the valuable contribution that a vocalist makes to jazz music.
