• Jazz Oral Histories | National Museum of American History (si.edu)
• The Creation of Jazz in New Orleans – Music Rising ~ The Musical Cultures of the Gulf South (tulane.edu)
• Caribbean & Latin Connections in Jazz — Timeline of African American Music (carnegiehall.org)
• Smithsonian Resources and Treasures to Explore, Appreciate and Experience Jazz – http://www.smithsonianjazz.org
• Music Rising at Tulane – http://musicrising.tulane.edu
• Jazzy Lessons and Activities for K-12: http://www.pbs.org/jazz/classroom/.
• Human Journey | National Geographic Society.    http://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/global-human-journey/

• Before Columbus: How Africans Brought Civilization to America https://shar.es/1seDbB
• MUSIC: Exploring Native American influence on the blues https://utne.com/arts/history-of-the-blues-ze0z1306zpit

• https://www.musical-u.com/learn/clave-the-secret-key-to-pop-rhythm/
• https://www.kcrw.com/music/articles/the-story-of-claves2013-from-spanish-ships-to-todays-cuban-bands
• For teachers https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Clave-of-Jazz%3A-A-Caribbean-Contribution-to-the-Washburne/7baa378be849d150ae7c287b8a872c14c8e93edd
• Also teachers can download for $19.98 https://folkways.si.edu/roots-of-black-music-in-america/african-american-music/album/smithsonian
• Tracing The Bo Diddley Beat: Rock’n’Rolls Most Important Rhythm? (udiscovermusic.com)

• Dr. Chenzira Davis-Kahina discusses Tambou-la in Haiti from Dahomey and Congo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiolXCRGtHU (esp. 6:10 to end)
• 700 Years of the Son Clave Rhythm (“Bo Diddley Beat”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vDRuJwcROk
• Field Holler- Greenville section crew: call and line track (1978)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bk8C1tI7Mc
• The Battle of Horseshoe Bend http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1044
• Early Jazz and Caribbean-For Students and Teachers
  http://www.allaroundthisworld.com/learn/the-caribbean-2/#.WWW9fDBQfNjo 
  https:https://www.nps.gov/jazz/learn/historyculture/history_early.htm 
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Creole_people
• Cajun and Creole Music grew up alongside each other in Louisiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cajun_music

• https://socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/slaveryinamerica-slaverebellions.htm

• The Forgotten Rebellion of The Black Seminole nation: http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-forgotten-rebellion-of-the-black-seminole-nation/
• Oral Tradition and the Blues http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/deftradition.html
• Pathways to Freedom: Maryland & the Underground Railroad http://pathways.thinkport.org/about/about8.cfm
• https://afropop.org/audio-programs/africa-and-the-blues-1
• Jazz and The African American Literary Traditionhttp://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1917beyond/essays/jazz.htm
• Louis Armstrong Biographyhttp://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/louis-armstrong-302.php also http://www.louisarmstrongfoundation.org/louis.php http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/louis-armstrong/about-louis-armstrong/528/

• -Learn about the importance of Charleston,as another southern port city. Swing History 101: The Birth of Lindy Hop (Early 1900s – 1929) | Swungover* (wordpress.com)

• Scat singing – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scat_singing
• Wikipedia is a good source for getting basic information about New Orleans –Traditional Jazz, vs. Chicago-Hot Jazz, California-Cool Jazz, vs. New York City Jazz vs. Kansas City Jazz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz

Teach your students the songs in the JazzSLAM presentation in advance!

• http://youtu.be/6xQxN5Sxndc. Ella Fitzgerald vocal “A Night in Tunisia”
• President Barack Obama dances a traditional Yup’ik dance with students in Alaska https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YZc3k7rdI
• “I’ll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down” Field Holler https://youtu.be/C-zlSq4mWiE
• Muddy Waters in 1976: Kansas City (superb cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaqljXgG1jw
• “I Got Rhythm” http://youtu.be/5G7UIeYGq0k Sarah Vaughan sings “I Got Rhythm”
• http://youtu.be/N9yhHpNK90Y Ella Fitzgerald sings “I Got Rhythm”
• “Flintstones” Theme Song http://youtu.be/2s13X66BFd8. “Flintstones”
• “Cherokee”  https://dai.ly/x15z67Sarah Vaughan Vocal “Cherokee” https://youtu.be/Z3vACbUETa0 Charlie Parker Instrumental “Cherokee”
• Duke Ellington Orchestra “It Don’t Mean a Thing” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
• Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington “It Don’t Mean A Thing”  https://youtu.be/QnGnvTLmdoE
• “Under the Sea” http://youtu.be/GC_mV1IpjWADisney recording “Under the Sea”
• “This Land Is Your Land”  http://youtu.be/HE4H0k8TDgw. Pete Seeger version “This Land Is Your Land”