Listen to Learn, with its companion music CD, offers teachers a dynamic way to use the history of American music to engage their students (grades 5-8) in reading, writing, social studies, geography, music, and multicultural lessons and activities. The book traces the colorful musical traditions of diverse cultures including early Native music, folk, blues, classical, jazz, country, Tejano, salsa, rock, and rap. The CD features authentic music from such American musical greats as Louis Armstrong, Woody Guthrie, Mahalia Jackson, Lead Belly, Lydia Mendoza, and many more.
Listen to Learn features a variety of fascinating activities that encourage students to write about their favorite music, investigate songs as poetry, research the lives of famous musicians, explore family musical traditions, research how instruments make sounds, plot record charts, and much more. Designed in a handy, lay-flat format for easy reproduction, Listen to Learn is divided into four major sections:
Native American Music: Traditional Native American Singing, Traditional Native American Instruments, Native American Music Regions, and Contemporary Native American Music
European American Music: Colonial Music, Folk Music, Patriotic Music, Early Popular Music, Early Classical Music, and Instruments of the Orchestra
African American Music: Music of the Slaves, Spirituals and Gospel Music, The Blues, Dance Music, and Soul and Funk
New American Music: Modern Popular Music, Contemporary Classical Music, Jazz, Country Music, Latin American Music, Rock Music, and Rap Music
"Teachers can rely on the accuracy of her information as they adopt Tibbett's music content suggestions as a catalyst for learning and creativity."
–Virgina Giglio, Ph.D., author, Southern Cheyenne Women's Songs
"Ms. Tibbett shows us what we all need to know–that the music Americans enjoy today is the result of what has been played, sung, and heard down through the ages."
–Harry Gamble, education administrator, Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
"Teri Tibbett's book will provide teachers with the knowledge, tools, and confidence they need to make music a part of everyday learning."
–Linda Rosenthal, violinist and professor of music, University of Alaska Southeast
