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 For more information on 
 NEA Jazz in the Schools, 
 please contact the NEA at 
 (202) 682-5762 or visit 
 
 www.neajazzintheschools.org. 
 
 Through the NEA Jazz in the 
 Schools program, the National 
 Endowment for the Arts 
 presents a free educational 
 resource for U.S. history, social 
 studies, and music teachers. 
 Jazz at Lincoln Center, a not- 
 for-profit arts organization 
 dedicated to jazz, produced the 
 curriculum in partnership with 
 the NEA and with the support of 
 the Verizon Foundation. 
 
 NEA Jazz in the Schools is a 
 five-unit, web-based, multimedia 
 curriculum that explores jazz as 
 an indigenous American art 
 form and as a means for 
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 The curriculum is designed for 
 high school students and 
 includes a teacher's guide with 
 teacher tips, cross-curricular 
 activities, and assessment tools 
 as well as a timeline poster, 
 period photographs, musical 
 
 excerpts, links to additional 
 resources, and a brief video to 
 introduce each lesson. 
 
 All of the materials adhere to 
 national U.S. history, social 
 studies, geography, and arts 
 education standards. In addition 
 to being online, all materials are 
 available in print and on a DVD 
 and CD contained in a teacher's 
 toolkit. 
 
 As a cross-disciplinary 
 resource, NEA Jazz in the 
 Schools offers different points 
 of entry to important 
 information. Its multimedia 
 components enrich the learning 
 experience for students and 
 provide teachers with varied 
 tools to use in their classrooms. 
 
 Lessons titles are: 
 
 • The Advent of Jazz: 
 
 The Dawn of the Twentieth 
 Century 
 
 • The Jazz Age and the 
 Swing Era 
 
 • Bebop and Modernism 
 
 • From the New Frontier to 
 the New Millennium 
 
 • Jazz: An American Story 
 
 The NEA Jazz in the Schools 
 program is an important 
 investment in jazz for the 
 National Endowment for the 
 Arts that will help connect 
 young people to a defining 
 American art form. The 
 program represents the NEA's 
 commitment to creating model 
 programs of artistic excellence 
 and broad national reach, 
 especially for arts education. 
 
 The NEA Jazz in the Schools 
 initiative also further advances 
 the mission of Jazz at Lincoln 
 Center, which is committed to 
 creating jazz listeners of all 
 ages through education, 
 concerts, and broadcasts. 
 Jazz music and its heroes 
 tell a different, homegrown 
 mythology and provide a voice 
 for some of the nation's most 
 significant historic events. 
 
 NEA Jazz in the Schools is 
 released in partnership with the 
 International Association for 
 Jazz Education (IAJE). 
 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
 THE ARTS AND JAZZ 
 
 Through its annual support of jazz 
 and its signature NEA Jazz Masters 
 program, the National Endowment for 
 the Arts has maintained a leadership 
 role in the advancement and 
 perpetuation of jazz for 35 years. 
 
 The NEA Jazz Masters Award, the 
 nation's highest honor in jazz, features 
 a roster of 87 jazz greats. Some of 
 those national treasures of jazz will 
 be featured in the curriculum. Other 
 jazz projects at the NEA include 
 the following: 
 
 • NEA Jazz Masters on Tour, a tour 
 by NEA Jazz Masters featuring 
 educational activities for every 
 engagement, sponsored by Verizon 
 in partnership with the Doris Duke 
 Charitable Foundation and Arts 
 Midwest.; 
 
 • PBS broadcast of Legends of Jazz: 
 A Salute to the Jazz Masters and 
 NPR's Jazz Profiles series, both 
 featuring NEA Jazz Masters; and 
 
 • Grants to jazz organizations, arts 
 presenters, and educational 
 institutions nationwide. 
 
NEA Jazz in the Schools is a five-unit, 
 
 web-based, multimedia curriculum 
 
 available in Fall 2005 at 
 
 www.neajazzintheschools.org. 
 
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