Educational Resources

Patricia Shehan Campbell, Rita Klinger, Christopher Roberts, Laurie K. Sommers, and Karen Howard, teachers with extensive experience in music education and pedagogy, created these lessons using the resources of the Lomax Archive. They are primarily keyed to grades first through seventh; some curricula for Early Childhood, Secondary School, and Adult Education levels are also included. 

The Global Jukebox now has a full curriculum of 40 plus K-12 lessons based on recordings from within its collections, called Star-Songs and Constellations.

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United States
Michigan
"The Bigler": Take a Musical Tour with a Great Lakes Schoonerman 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
"Welfare Blues" 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Beat and Form in Wedding Dance Music 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Collaborative Songwriting about Local Places 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Lumberjack Music of Work and Play 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Meet Joe Cloud, Ojibwe Fiddler 7-9, 10-12
Michigan Miner’s Blues 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Old World Meets New: Shepherd’s Flute from the Former Yugoslavia 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
The Gallagher Boys—The Story of a Great Lakes Ballad 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
“Dis-moi pourquoi, une?” Children’s Cumulative Songs 1-3, 4-6
Mississippi
A Little Light Music 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
All in a Day’s Work: Rhythm and Song 4-6, 7-9
American Patchwork: Appalachian Journey 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
American Patchwork: The Land Where The Blues Began 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Another Man Done Gone Where? 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
At Work with Eighteen Hammers 7-9, 10-12
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Call and Response 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Calling and Responding to Rosie 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Didn’t Leave Nobody But the Baby Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3
Fife and Drum from Mississippi Hill Country 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Fife and Drum Music 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Joe Turner 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Mississippi-Style Drum Corps 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Pease Porridge Hot Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3
Rock My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham (Tyro, 9/59) 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Show Your Best Moves 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Singing Games of Senatobia Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Songs from (and Conversations with) the Bluesmen 7-9, 10-12
Southern Black Gospel 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
The "Joyful Noise" in Tyro, Mississippi 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
The Music of R. L. Burnside (and Sons) 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Train Music in Blues-Style 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Working in Harmony 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Louisiana
American Patchwork: Appalachian Journey 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
American Patchwork: Jazz Parades ("Feet Don't Fail Me Now") 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
American Patchwork: The Land Where The Blues Began 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Georgia
Call-and-Response in the African-American Spiritual 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Little Johnny Brown and the Music of the Georgia Sea Islands 1-3, 4-6
Lullabies Early Childhood and Kindergarten
Play and Sing Around the Ring Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6
Texas
East Texas Rag 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Hammer Ring 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
La vaquilla colorada (The Red Heifer) 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
The Fox and the Hounds Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6
Virginia
Lullabies Early Childhood and Kindergarten
Song for the Blue-Eyed Gal 1-3
Who’s Little Liza Jane? 4-6
Kentucky
Protest Songs 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Caribbean
Haiti
A Haitian Berceuse Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3
A Haitian Call-and-Response Song Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6
A Haitian-Styled Valse Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6
A Work Song for Haitian Cane Cutters 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Drumming 'Here and There' Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6
Drumming by Laborers in Leisure 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Flying through Windows: The Ti Zwazo Song Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6
Haitian Merengue-in-Motion 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Songs Children Sing in Haiti Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6
Songs of a Bluebird Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3
Trinidad
Children's Singing Games from Scotland and Trinidad 1-3
Puerto Rico
Countryside Carol 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
Grenada
Juba Drumming and Dancing 4-6, 7-9
Mouth-Bow Music 1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Quadrille Dance Music in Grenada 4-6, 7-9
Singing a Patois Song 4-6, 7-9
Singing the Songs of the Sea 1-3, 4-6
United Kingdom
Ireland
American Patchwork: Appalachian Journey 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12
Scotland
Children's Singing Games from Scotland and Trinidad 1-3
Song for the Blue-Eyed Gal 1-3
England
Rhythms in England 1-3, 4-6
Asia
Myanmar (Burma)
Courtly Music from Burma/Myanmar 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult
India
Welcome to the Nilgiri Mountains! 1-3, 4-6
Europe
Spain
High Pipes and Stick Music of Spain 7-9
Lullabies Early Childhood and Kindergarten
Solo and Tutti in Spain 4-6
Triple Meter Music Out of Spain 4-6
Italy
Lullabies Early Childhood and Kindergarten

Additional Resources

A set of lesson plans based on Lomax Kentucky recordings was made possible by a fellowship awarded by Berea College's Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowship. These are available here.