Description

Overview:

Students will learn about the jazz singer Billie Holiday and the sociohistorical context in which she performed. They will learn how discriminatory statutes (called Jim Crow laws) affected daily life. They will also analyze how movement is created in photographs and the effect of a photographer's point of view on composition. Finally, students will photograph a musician, paying attention to what can be communicated through point of view.

Subject:

Arts and Humanities, Performing Arts, U.S. History

Level:

High School

Material Type:

Diagram/Illustration, Lesson Plan

Provider:

J. Paul Getty Museum

Provider Set:

Getty Education

Date Added:

05/22/2013