11. Songs by Billie Holiday
The Blues are Brewin’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6RwSsHSIfs&feature=related
Fine and Mellow (from Lady Sings the Blues)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtqjW2uhBT4
My Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQlehVpcAes&feature=related
Strange Fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs
17. In Class Writing Assignment
Write a one-page article for Harper's Bazaar
as if you are Lisette Model interviewing
Billie Holiday.
Article must reflect research from three reliable
resources.
Get ideas about how to write the structure and
content of the article by looking at articles
about your favorite musicians.
19. Students responded to the following question:
When you wrote your article, what did you
learn about Billie Holiday?
Jim Crow was missing from students’ responses.
20. The following information was
provided:
One of the first black singers to be featured with a
white orchestra. (Artie Shaw, 1938)
She performed during the time of Jim Crow.
She sang in clubs that refused admission to a
black audience.
She was cheered by white audiences, but had to
exit by the back door.
21. How would you feel if you
performed in front of an audience
that did not allow people of your
own race to attend?
22. Because students knew little about the Jim Crow
laws, the following assignment was added.
Create a photo essay in six images that
explains “Jim Crow.”
Google > Images > “Jim Crow”
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31. Access
Access to music has been limited
throughout time. To give context,
several images were discussed.
37. Where was Model when she
took the photo?
Why did she take this point
of view?
How do lines create
movement?
What qualities of Holiday did
she capture?
Rule of thirds?
The grid?
39. Students were asked to shoot
10 photographs of a person or people
while performing music.
Students were asked to capture the
emotion displayed by the musician(s).
40. When musicians play, they do not
always cooperate with the photographer.
Try to wait for the right moment!
41. At the beginning of a video clip of a
17-year-old cellist, Stephan looks down.
You have to wait about 2 minutes until
he looks up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh28ZAGkahk
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46. Students selected their best shot
out of the 10 photographs they took.
They edited the image, gave the
photograph a title, and provided
general information about it.
47. Self-Assessment
Students assessed their own photographs in
terms of technical achievements.
Students wrote one paragraph about:
• Point of view
• Movement
• Rule of thirds
• The grid
• Expressiveness
• Intentions
