New Orleans Jazz:

1. New Orleans is famous for jazz music. Watch the video on this link to hear a New Orleans jazz band:
   
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=IaA8MyfBNac
2. New Orleans has a rich musical history blending musical traditions from many cultures. Read more about the development of jazz here:
   
   www.nps.gov/archive/jazz/Jazz%20History_origins_pre1895.htm
   
   www.nps.gov/jazz/historyculture/jazz_history.htm
   
   Listen to more jazz by clicking on the links in this History of Jazz site:
   
   http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/history_of_jazz.htm

Standards: NA-M.K-4.6 Listening to, Analyzing, and Describing Music; NA-M.K-4.8 Understanding Relationships Between Music, the Other Arts, and Disciplines Outside the Arts