Patricia Shehan Campbell, Rita Klinger, Christopher Roberts, Laurie K. Sommers, and Karen Howard, teachers with extensive experience in music education and pedagogy, created these lessons using the resources of the Lomax Archive. They are primarily keyed to grades first through seventh; some curricula for Early Childhood, Secondary School, and Adult Education levels are also included.
The Global Jukebox now has a full curriculum of 40 plus K-12 lessons based on recordings from within its collections, called Star-Songs and Constellations.
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United States
| "The Bigler": Take a Musical Tour with a Great Lakes Schoonerman | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| "Welfare Blues" | 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Beat and Form in Wedding Dance Music | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| Collaborative Songwriting about Local Places | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Lumberjack Music of Work and Play | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| Meet Joe Cloud, Ojibwe Fiddler | 7-9, 10-12 |
| Michigan Miner’s Blues | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| Old World Meets New: Shepherd’s Flute from the Former Yugoslavia | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| The Gallagher Boys—The Story of a Great Lakes Ballad | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| “Dis-moi pourquoi, une?” Children’s Cumulative Songs | 1-3, 4-6 |
| American Patchwork: Appalachian Journey | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| American Patchwork: Jazz Parades ("Feet Don't Fail Me Now") | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| American Patchwork: The Land Where The Blues Began | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Call-and-Response in the African-American Spiritual | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| Little Johnny Brown and the Music of the Georgia Sea Islands | 1-3, 4-6 |
| Lullabies | Early Childhood and Kindergarten |
| Play and Sing Around the Ring | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6 |
| East Texas Rag | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Hammer Ring | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| La vaquilla colorada (The Red Heifer) | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| The Fox and the Hounds | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6 |
| Lullabies | Early Childhood and Kindergarten |
| Song for the Blue-Eyed Gal | 1-3 |
| Who’s Little Liza Jane? | 4-6 |
| Protest Songs | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
Caribbean
| A Haitian Berceuse | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3 |
| A Haitian Call-and-Response Song | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6 |
| A Haitian-Styled Valse | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6 |
| A Work Song for Haitian Cane Cutters | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Drumming 'Here and There' | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6 |
| Drumming by Laborers in Leisure | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Flying through Windows: The Ti Zwazo Song | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6 |
| Haitian Merengue-in-Motion | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Songs Children Sing in Haiti | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3, 4-6 |
| Songs of a Bluebird | Early Childhood and Kindergarten, 1-3 |
| Children's Singing Games from Scotland and Trinidad | 1-3 |
| Countryside Carol | 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Juba Drumming and Dancing | 4-6, 7-9 |
| Mouth-Bow Music | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9 |
| Quadrille Dance Music in Grenada | 4-6, 7-9 |
| Singing a Patois Song | 4-6, 7-9 |
| Singing the Songs of the Sea | 1-3, 4-6 |
United Kingdom
| American Patchwork: Appalachian Journey | 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12 |
| Children's Singing Games from Scotland and Trinidad | 1-3 |
| Song for the Blue-Eyed Gal | 1-3 |
| Rhythms in England | 1-3, 4-6 |
Asia
| Courtly Music from Burma/Myanmar | 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, College and Adult |
| Welcome to the Nilgiri Mountains! | 1-3, 4-6 |
Europe
| High Pipes and Stick Music of Spain | 7-9 |
| Lullabies | Early Childhood and Kindergarten |
| Solo and Tutti in Spain | 4-6 |
| Triple Meter Music Out of Spain | 4-6 |
| Lullabies | Early Childhood and Kindergarten |
Additional Resources
A set of lesson plans based on Lomax Kentucky recordings was made possible by a fellowship awarded by Berea College's Appalachian Sound Archives Fellowship. These are available here.