UNIT:
Lesson: 17
Text Title
Indiana Ave Jazz Mural
Main Idea
Scholars will take a look at a mural that showcases some Jazz musicians that got their start/performed on Indiana Ave.
Essential Question
The unit essential questions developed through this lesson are…
- How did musicians contribute to building a stronger community?
- What motivated Black entrepreneurs in Indiana in the 1900s?
Content Objective
By engaging in this lesson, students will know/understand that…
- Will get a beginning understanding of the different musicians who made a change through their performances and not necessarily through protest.
- Learn more about Jazz musicians who got their start in Indiana Ave.
Literacy Objective
By engaging in this lesson, students will strengthen their ability to…
- Determine why an author might chose to include or exclude specific information in a text in order to convey their opinion.
Standards Alignment
- Include think-alouds, prompts, and questions (oral and written) that identify an author’s opinion or perspective, and ask students to identify and explain which facts the author included to support that specific opinion/perspective. (2.RN.4.1)
