UNIT:
Lesson: 18
Main Idea
Wes Montgomery is a well known jazz musician from Indianapolis, Indiana. He played at various clubs on Indiana Avenue. He used to play with his brothers in a band known as The Wes Montgomery Trio. He adopted a style of playing guitar that helped him play the instrument like no other.
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…
- That sometimes musicians were business people who promoted their own music as their “product”
Literacy Objective
By engaging in this lesson, students will strengthen their ability to…
- Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
- Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Standards Alignment
- Identify the main idea of a multi-paragraph text and the topic of each paragraph. (2.RN.2.2)
- Include think-alouds, prompts, and questions (oral and written) that focus on determining text and text segments’ main ideas. (2.RN.2.2)
