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Gospel and Jazz

In the southern US states of Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and the Carolinas, there were large farms

called plantations. On these large farms cotton was grown. Because growing cotton was such difficult work,

black people were brought from Africa to work on the plantations as slaves.

When the black people were brought to America, the white slave owners would not let them sing African songs

or play drums. The white people were afraid the black people would send secret messages with their musical

instruments and run away. The slaves were forced to become Christians. In the black churches, the slaves putAfrican and Christian music together. They created a new kind of music called Negro Spirituals. Later, this

music was called Gospel Music.

In the state of Louisiana, the white slave owners were French. The French slave owners let the black slaves

have drums and other musical instruments. The slaves in Louisiana put the traditional Black African music

together with European songs. This new music was later called Jazz. In the city of New Orleans, this music

was called New Orleans Jazz. Later, white people began to play the new music and called it Dixieland Jazz.
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READING COMPREHENSION

Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. What were the large farms called?

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2. Where were the large farms?

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3. What was grown on the plantations?

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4. Was growing cotton easy?

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5. Where were black people brought from to work on the plantations?

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6. Were the black people free?

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7. Did the white slave owners let the black people sing African songs?

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8. What were the white people afraid of?

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9. Were the black people forced to become Christians?

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10. What kind of music did the black people create?

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11. What was this kind of music later called?

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12. In Louisiana, were the white slave owners British?

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13. Did the French slave owners let the black slaves have drums?________________________________________________________________________________________

14. The slaves in Louisiana made a new kind of music. What was it called?

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15. What was New Orleans Jazz called when white people played on?

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VOCABULARY REVIEW

Unscramble the words below from the story. Then write one original sentence for each word.

1. pelgos ________________

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2. zajz ________________

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3. struminents ________________

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4. tatlpanions ________________

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5. ocontt ________________

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6. fariac ________________

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7. lixiedand ________________

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8. savels ________________

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Now find the words from above in the Word Search below.

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ANSWER KEY - SCRAMBLE AND WORD SEARCH

1. Gospel

2. Jazz

3. instruments

4. plantations

5. cotton

6. Africa

7. Dixieland

8. slaves

QSLAVESMIUAGE

ATCFATLINEHIT

HOLRDAGOSPELC

ARRIORISTTNHO

NMSCCTGARAOTM

AREABIASUDPFM

BCROSSTUMHHIU

IREATEONEEDNN

KSEEJRRSNDCGI

OIPLANTATIONS

OVTRZTPASETRA

EEZEZHOCEMTNT

BGGORILLAROEE

XDIXIELANDNHR

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