CHOIR Listening Journal | Honoring Black History Reflection Notebook for HS

Looking to add more listening exercises, writing prompts, or Black History Month lessons into your music curriculum? This Black History Choir Listening Journal is READY-TO-GO and perfect for any High School choir classroom. This Google SLIDE deck is complete with 5 vocal music listening examples with corresponding reflection questions for each example. If listening logs or writing prompts are new for your classroom, this would be a great place to start!

Listening examples include videos from the Stanford Talisman Alumni Virtual Choir, The Aeolians, Detroit Mass Choir, Fisk Jubilee Singers, and Leontyne Price.

All videos are linked using video.link and are trimmed to include only the piece of music if applicable. Links as well as a QR code are included. This Google SLIDE resource is sized to be printable as well.

This resource is an overview of music contributions by African American composers and performers, as well as a look at relevant music history.  This is not meant to be a comprehensive guide for all genres, time periods, styles, etc. This is intended to supplement your current listening and music history curriculum.  While there are many other instrumental contributions to celebrate, this resource will focus on solo singers and the choral genre.

This resource does touch on topics of race, religion, slavery, and other sensitive subject matter.  It also works to celebrate diversity, strength, resilience, and powerful musicianship.  Before any class discussion, I recommended revisiting any group norms or discussion parameters you wish to have in place.  My sincere hope is that this resource empowers students and showcases the power of music.

If you are interested in other Listening Journals, please see the listing for my editable Choir Listening Journal TEMPLATE or 15 Week Choir Listening Journal.

Ways to use this resource:

1. Set aside time once a week to listen to the provided examples as a class or assign as homework.  Can be completed synchronously or asynchronously.  Use the questions as class discussion prompts.  
2. Collect using your preferred class platform weekly, or at the end of a several week cycle.  It is recommended that students keep their slides in their Google Drive and submit once the cycle is complete. 
3. Slides are sized to properly print on 8.5 by 11 sheets if you need to print this resource.  Song links are included as a QR code to assist printed journals.

The Google Slideshow is editable for student response. The video links and question prompts are not editable. This resource can also be downloaded as a Powerpoint or PDF if you do not wish to use as a Google Slide.

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What will I need to assign this resource to my students?

1.  Access to the internet
2. A Google Drive Account

This resource works wonderfully with Google Classroom, but can also be used in Schoology, Canvas, and other platforms. 

Why does TPT need access to my Google Drive account for this resource?

TPT will ONLY add the resource to your Google Drive, and will not be able to change anything in your Drive.  This process ensures that you receive your own, individual copy of this resource. 

How do I collect student work?

Your students will simply complete their own copies of the lesson and turn them into your platform (ie. Google Classroom).  

This product is created for ease of use with Google Drive.  However, all Google products can be downloaded as a Powerpoint or PDF if that is your preferred method of content delivery. 

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