Archive for January 9th, 2014

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The Mississippi Blues

January 9, 2014

Cross-curricular lessons

The blues are the topic for 18 cross-curricular lessons created by Scott Barretta, a blues historian at the University of Mississippi. The curriculum including audio and videos are available online at no cost. An interview in Ed Week provides details and an interview with Scott that is an overview of the curriculum which includes music, visual arts, theater arts, social studies, geography, and history. LLlana Heltin wrote the article that was posted on January 3, 2014.