Lesson Plans and Curricula

Sweet Home Chicago: Big City Blues 1946-1996

What are the Blues? What can they teach us about African-American history? This curriculum, co-developed with PBS, is designed for middle school and high school and can be used in language arts, social studies and music classrooms.

>The Blues Classroom on pbs.org

> Grades 3 - 6

• Lesson - Learning About the Blues - Social Studies, English/Language Arts, Music
• Worksheet - Learning About the Blues
• Lesson - The Great Migration and the Blues - Social Studies, English/Language Arts, Music
• Worksheet - The Great Migration and the Blues

> Grades 7 - 12

• Lesson - Muddy Waters: A Case Study in the Evolution of the Blues - Social Studies, English/Language Arts, Music
• Worksheet - Muddy Waters: A Case Study in the Evolution of the Blues
• Lesson - The Great Migration and the Blues - Social Studies, English/Language Arts, Music
• Worksheet - The Great Migration and the Blues