HEC-TV and the National Blues Museum Present: History in the First Person: Music Moved the Movement Civil Rights and the Blues

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1 HEC-TV and the National Blues Museum Present: History in the First Person: Music Moved the Movement Civil Rights and the Blues Dates: February 16, 2017 Times: To Be Announced Grade Levels: 7-12 Cost: NO CHARGE Program Description: In 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. said, The Blues tell the story of life s difficulties, and if you think for a moment, you will realize that they take the hardest realities of life and put them into music, only to come out with some new hope or sense of triumph. Much of the power of our Freedom Movement in the United States has come from this music. Join us February 16, 2017 from the National Blues Museum in St. Louis to interact with civil rights activists, historians, and blues musicians to explore how the power of Blues music affected, and was affected by, America s Civil Rights movement. Each program will be one hour in length and focused on the relationship between blues music and the civil rights movement. Content and dicussion will be organized around specific blues songs. Examples of music to be discussed include Strange Fruit, Why I Sing the Blues, and A Change is Gonna Come. Additional songs are also being considered and, if selected, will be included in program prepartory materials. Each song will be discussed in terms of its own lyrics/message, the artist(s) associated with it, and the song s relationship to events in America s struggle for civil rights. Preparatory materials will be provided to all enrolled student groups. Materials will include song lyrics, guest biographies, artist biographies, historic information of America s civil rights movment in terms of time period and events related to the highlighted songs, related web resources, and a program agenda. This program is another episode in HEC-TV Live! s ongoing series, History in the First Person, that provides high school and middle school students the opportunity to interact live with individuals who have lived the history they are studying in class. To view archived programs, visit and type history in the first person in the search bar. History in the First Person Music Moved the Movement: Civil Rights and the Blues is produced in collaboration with the National Blues Museum. Find Program Materials At: AND ts-and-the-blues/

2 How To View the Program: People can join the program live in any of three ways: 1. Via videconference--we have interactive and view only videoconference slots available for student groups to join the program. Groups interested in connecting this way may do so via h.323 VC connections, Skype, Zoom and/or similar software. When enrolling, please let us know the type of connection you prefer to make, and we will contact you to set up a test call as needed. Interactive slots get face to face question and answer time with the program guests; view only slots can questions and comments during the program to live@hectv.org. These slots are limited so early enrollment is highly recommended. For videoconference participation, we must have you enrolled no later than February 8, Contact us at live@hectv.org. 2. Via Internet--All our History in the First Person programs are streamed live via the station website, on the program day. Just go to our home page at the program time and the program will run on that page. Since many schools limit streaming video through their firewalls, we recommend testing your ability to view the stream prior to the program by watching one of HEC-TV s archived programs at We also recommend viewing the program live on one computer only and connecting that computer to a television or digital projector for classroom viewing. Viewers can their questions and comments during the program to us at live@hectv.org. To receive curriculum materials designed to help you prepare your students for the program, just us prior to the program at live@hectv.org. Viewing in this way is unlimited; no other sign-in is required unless you wish to receive program prep materials. If the session is listed as full for videoconference participation, we welcome your participation this way as well. 3. Via Television--All our programs are available in the St. Louis metropolitan area on HEC- TV, Charter Communications digital channels 989 or All our programs can also be seen on AT&T s U-Verse channel 99. Students viewing in this way can their questions during the program to live@hectv.org. To view the show live on the program day, just turn on your TV to the appropriate channel. For Internet and TV viewing, there is no enrollment deadline date. We would appreciate knowing the time of the program you are watching and the grade level and amount of students involved so we can forward that information to our program partners. Such information is extremely helpful in securing funding for more free, interactive, educational programs in the future. To let us know you re viewing the program or to answer any additional questions about the program, please contact us at live@hectv.org. Archival Viewing: Can t join us live? No problem! All History in the First Person programs are archived on the station website, and on the HEC-TV page on itunesu for on-demand viewing at any time. Archives are usually up and running about a week after the program's original air date.

3 Program Objectives: 1. The participant will interact with civil rights activists, historians, and blues musicians providing primary source accounts of their work and primary source analysis of the program topics. 2. The participant will gain a greater understanding of America s civil rights movement, American blues music, and the relationship between the two. 3. The participant will engage in critical and creative thinking. 4. The participant will meet people and hear stories from diverse perspectives. Program Format: Each program will be focused on three to four blues songs and their relationship to America s civil rights movement. Three songs have already been determined and are included below. Additional songs will be selected as guests are finalized. An updated agenda with final order of topics and program format will be sent to all enrolled groups closer to the program date. That final agenda will also be influenced by advance question and responses we receive from student groups enrolled for the program. Those advance questions and responses are based on preprogram activities included later in this document, so please review those activities and the related resources available on our website so your students questions and responses can be part of determining the program s final agenda. Blues Songs to be Highlighted in the Program: Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday (1939) Why I Sing the Blues, B.B. King (1969) A Change is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke (1964) Featured National Standards (History): Grades 5-12: Historical Thinking Standards 2. Historical Comprehension B. Reconstruct the literal meaning of a historical passage by identifying who was involved, what happened, where it happened, what events led to these developments, and what consequences or outcomes followed. C. Identify the central question(s) the historical narrative addresses and the purpose, perspective, or point of view from which it has been constructed. F. Appreciate historical perspectives--(a) describing the past on its own terms, through the eyes and experiences of those who were there, as revealed through their literature, diaries, letters, debates, arts, artifacts, and the like; (b) considering the historical context in which the event unfolded--the values, outlook, options, and contingencies of that time and place; and (c) avoiding present-mindedness, judging the past solely in terms of present-day norms and values. 4. Historical Research Capabilities A. Formulate historical questions from encounters with historical documents, eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries, artifacts, photos, historical sites, art, architecture, and other records from the past.

4 B. Obtain historical data from a variety of sources, including: library and museum collections, historic sites, historical photos, journals, diaries, eyewitness accounts, newspapers, and the like; documentary films, oral testimony from living witnesses, censuses, tax records, city directories, statistical compilations, and economic indicators. 5. Historical Issues Analysis and Decision-Making A. Identify issues and problems in the past and analyze the interests, values, perspectives, and points of view of those involved in the situation. Featured National Standards (Music): NA Listening to, analyzing, and describing music Students demonstrate extensive knowledge of the technical vocabulary of music. Students analyze and describe uses of the elements of music in a given work that make it unique, interesting, and expressive. NA Evaluating music and music performances Students evaluate a performance, composition, arrangement, or improvisation by comparing it to similar or exemplary models. Achievement Standard, Advanced: Students evaluate a given musical work in terms of its aesthetic qualities and explain the musical means it uses to evoke feelings and emotion. Common Core Anchor Standards: Speaking and Listening 4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. Writing 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Writing 6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. Writing 7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. Reading 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Reading 4: Interpret a work of art. Reading 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Participant Preparation: 1. Participants should come to the program with an interest in music, blues music, civil rights, and/or history. 2. Participants should utilize preparatory materials provided for the program and other resources of their own to better understand the context of the program s subject and to think in advance of questions they wish to ask the experts. If you want your students to be able to ask interactive

5 questions during the program, please make sure to complete Pre-Program Activity 3 and send us their questions no later than Friday, February Participants should have pencil and paper ready to use during the program to jot down ideas and additional questions as they come to mind. Pre-Program Activity Suggestions: Please consider having your students do any or all of the activity suggestions below to determine the specific areas of focus for each program as well as questions they d like to ask the program guests during the program they participate in. We really want each program s conversation to be driven by the student questions we receive in advance. 1. Read the Guest Biographies Upon enrollment in the program, you will receive short biographies of the civil rights activists, historians, and musicians joining us for the program you are enrolled for. Students should view this material to help develop questions they wish to ask our guests during the program. Please Note: Guests are still being finalized at this time; materials will be sent as soon as guests are finalized. 2. Additional Pre-Program Activities to Come Once the specific songs have been determined for each of our February 16 programs, we will add pre-program activity options related specifically to those topics. We will these activities to all groups already enrolled and alsoupdate this document, our CILC posting for the program, and our HEC-TV website. 3. Send Us Your Advance Questions Based on your students research and conversation while doing the pre-program activities that will be provided, please help facilitate the most effective discussion possible during the program by ing us no more than eight burning questions your students have developed in advance to ask our guests during the program. We will go through the questions submitted by all schools enrolled for the program to develop the final agenda for the videoconference. We will then you that final agenda no later than February 14 with the questions included that we have selected from each school. Please send us these burning questions no later than Friday, February 10 in one of two ways: 1) the questions to us at live@hectv.org by sending us your completed CivilRightsandBluesWorksheet available on our HEC-TV website at ts-and-the-blues/. That document will also be ed to you once we receive your program enrollment information. Please be sure your completed worksheet also includes the names of each student who will ask those questions. If you choose this method, your students selected questions will be read by the program moderator with student name and school included. OR 2) Contact us at live@hectv.org to set up a short Skype or VC meeting during which we will record your students asking their individual questions. When ing, please let us know a few potential dates and times that would be best to make this connection with you. If you choose this method, we will use the recorded video to show students asking their own question during the program.

6 PLEASE NOTE: We welcome advance questions from all groups, whether you are connecting to the program via VC, Skype, Zoom, by watching online at hectv.org, or by watching on HEC- TV in the St. Louis area. Please remember, the deadline for sending us your advance questions is October 14. Post-Program Activity Suggestions: To provide any or all of your students the opportunity to continue their exploration of the topics discussed in this program, please consider the following activity suggestions. 1. Extend Your Study of the Topic Utilize any or all of the additional HEC-TV video resources related to blues music and/or civil rights to give students the opportunity to learn more about the topics explored in this program. History in the First Person: Bobby Rush King of the Chitlin Circuit State of the Arts: National Blues Museum Grand Opening in St. Louis, MO Constitution Day 2014: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Its Current Implications /15377/ History in the First Person: Stories of the Civil Rights Movement Sister Mary Antona Ebo History in the First Person: Living Under Jim Crow Laws Jim Crow to Barack Obama 2. Send a Thank You or Insight Have students write a letter to one of our guests detailing an insight the student gained from hearing his story, an appreciation for her participation, and/or another focus area of their choice. the letter to us at live@hectv.org or mail the letter to us at Live@HEC-TV 3221 McKelvey Rd #106, Bridgeton, MO Bring in a Guest Speaker Have students contact individuals in your own area who have been involved in the civil rights movement and/or blues music and see if they can locate a guest speaker to come to your class and share their story.

7 Program Keywords: Music, Blues, Blues Music, Civil Rights, History, Social Studies, National Blues Museum Vocabulary Words and Definitions: There is no specific vocabulary needed for this program. Supplemental Resources: For students interested in learning more about blues music and it s relationship to America s Civil Rights Movement, we recommend the following websites with excellent articles and additional resources. National Blues Museum How Blues Changed America The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History people-get-ready -music-and-civil-rights-movement-1950s NPR: Songs of the Civil Rights Movement Voice of America PBS.org: Blues as African American History TeachRock.org: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement The Street Spirit.org: We ll March on Resurrection Day Marsha Music: The Alabama Bus Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs Cancellation Policy: Since there may well be a waiting list for interactive participation, we ask that you let us know of your need to cancel as soon as you know. Technology Specifications: This program s videoconference connections will be bridged through our state bridging agency, MOREnet. When you register for the program, please include the IP address of the VC unit you ll be using to connect to the program. This information is needed to send to MOREnet to

8 arrange your test call with them prior to the program. A validation test call MUST be made with our bridge at MOREnet no less than one week prior to the program date. As part of the confirmation you ll receive after we get your registration and IP information, we ll send you the details for the test call with MOREnet.