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Prokofiev Interactive Biography - Russian Soviet Composer Study

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Explore the full life of Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), the Ukrainian-born composer who wrote Peter and the Wolf for Soviet schoolchildren, scored Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky, and was condemned by Stalin's 1948 Zhdanov Decree before dying on the same day as the dictator. Students move through five life eras, a real 12-pin geographic map from the Ukrainian steppe to Novodevichy Cemetery, a 24-node connections graph of teachers and rivals, and four primary-source close readings, then test their k

7th - 12th

Music

George Gershwin Interactive Biography - Jazz Age Composer Activity 8th Grade

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Micah's Learning Resources

Step inside the life of George Gershwin (1898-1937), the Brooklyn-born Tin Pan Alley song plugger who composed Rhapsody in Blue at twenty-five and Porgy and Bess at thirty-six before a brain tumor cut him down at the height of his powers. This single-file interactive biography traces his rise through five life eras, a real geographic map, a Jazz Age timeline, a network of collaborators, and a primary-source quiz. What's Included:- Biography: Five life eras from Brooklyn vaudeville through Aeolia

7th - 12th

Music, U.S. History