Overview
Apollo Education produces study guides for teachers and students that connect to School Day Live performances, School Tours, Apollo Walk of Fame inductees, and other topics related to the history of The Apollo.
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Resources
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Ella Fitzgerald
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Ella Fitzgerald as well as the tradition of scat singing, with activities to spark creativity and improvisation in the classroom in this study guide.
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Patti Labelle
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Patti Labelle as well as the potential music has to empower as her journey takes your class through Doo-Wop all the way to Rock and Roll in this study guide.
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Smokie Robinson
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Smokie Robinson as well as try their hand at lyric writing and gain an appreciation for the “Motown Sound” with this study guide.
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Stevie Wonder
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Stevie Wonder as well as discover what makes a child prodigy and how one’s art can be used as a tool for social activism in this study guide.
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Moms Mabley
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Moms Mabley also known as “the funniest woman in the world”! In this guide, students will craft their own funny stories and discover the evolution of Black comedy through the life of this Legendary woman.
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Celia Cruz
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Celia Cruz also known as “the Queen of Salsa”! In this guide, students will learn about some of the many genres that come from Latin America and the sweet “Azucar!” that Cruz spread through her music and performance.
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Aretha Franklin
Students will learn about the 18-time Grammy Award-winning Apollo Legend Aretha Franklin. In this guide, students will learn about empowerment from the woman who demanded R-E-S-P-E-C-T as well as how she helped further the efforts of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Charlie Parker
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Charlie Parker. Get on board and do lyrical analysis with your class in this study guide.
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Gladys Knight and The Pips
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Gladys Knight and The Pips. In this guide, students will get a taste of the “Motown Sound” and have an opportunity to create their own Soul Train line!
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James Brown
Students will “Say it loud” in this study guide on “The Godfather of Soul”, James Brown! Learn about how Brown’s music was instrumental in creating social change throughout The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s in this study guide.
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Little Richard
Students will learn about Apollo Legend Little Richard! In this guide, students will have their very own jam session just like Little Richard, while learning about his life, journey, and legacy on our Legendary Stage.
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Percussion
Discover the family that keeps the pulse, drives the groove, and makes your body move, Percussion. In this guide, students learn about traditional percussion instruments as well as their area of origin.
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Rhythm and Blues
Discover the history of one of America’s most popular genres, Rhythm and Blues in this study guide. Inside, students will learn about where the genre gets its name, and The Apollo’s history with the artists that put R&B on the map as well as some of the musical techniques that helped make it what it is!
Inspired by School Day Live: Michael David Band: Rhythm and Blues Revue.
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String Stories: The Blues
Learn about the roots and fruits of the Blues and create your own 12-bar blues with your students in this study guide.
Inspired by School Day Live: String Stories: The Roots and Fruits of The Blues.
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What is Theater?
Students will learn about the history and many iterations and evolutions of the theater as both an art form and a venue for performances.
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Curtis Mayfield
Students will get on board with this musical messenger. Take a deep dive with your class into the lyrics of Curtis Mayfield. Discover how music can be used to create change both socially, and politically.
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Between the World and Me Guide
This Resource Guide was created to integrate the book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates and the subsequent Apollo theatrical production into classroom curriculum. Each lesson in the Resource Guide references themes discussed in the book. The Guide provides supporting resources and references inclusive of literature and poetry, film and video, works of art and music, and a review and interview with Coates.
Dig even deeper on Apollo Stories, our new digital learning hub!
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Educator Resource Guide
This Apollo Educator Resource Guide includes materials that are specifically aligned to the content in our School Tour Programs and Workshops. Feel free to make activity modifications to best satisfy the needs, skills, and interests of your students. Whether you have brought your students to the Apollo for a School Tour or an Apollo Teaching Artist has visited your school to engage students in a workshop, this guide will help you extend and deepen the impact of our programs alongside your classroom curriculum.