Folklife Resources for Educators

Materials Related to Banjo music

There are 2 titles in this list.

Junior Appalachian Musicians: Celebrating the Musical Heritage of the Southern Appalachians
by Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc.
http://www.jaminfo.org/index.html

Web-based educational resources for grades K-12 providing lesson plans, instructional videos, and sound recordings to encourage students to participate in and learn about stringband, old-time, and bluegrass music and dance traditions of the Southern Appalachians. Includes instructional audio files and videos for performing old-time music on banjo, dulcimer, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, plus interviews with old-time musicians.

Sponsoring Organization:
Junior Appalachian Musicians, Inc.
608 W. Stuart Dr.
Galax VA 24333
(276) 238-0526
http://www.jaminfo.org/index.html

Shapes, Sound Holes, and Strings Teacher's Guide
by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
http://countrymusichalloffame.org/assets/Uploads/Files/2014-07SSS-lessoninside2.pdf

Teacher resource guide with ten lesson plans for grades K-8 designed to help teachers introduce their students to some of the traditional instruments featured in country music and to the sounds they create. The materials can be used in connection with a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum or as a stand-alone unit. Lessons cover the topics of sound, the voice, country music instruments, including the guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and also the playing of country music. They address curriculum objectives in the Tennessee State Curriculum Standards in Language Arts, Music, Math, Social Studies, and Science. (24 p. PDF)

Sponsoring Organization:
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
222 Fifth Avenue, South
Nashville TN 37203
(615) 416-2088
http://countrymusichalloffame.org/