Lesson 2 - Books Alive! For Kids Virtual Adventures Episode

Go on an adventure with Paige! Watch the filmed episode of Sounds From The River here when it arrives in 2026!

Discussion Questions

  • What is scatting? Can you try scatting like Paige?

  • Where did the journey of jazz begin?

  • What did enslaved people use to find their way north?

  • What instruments do you hear in zydeco?

  • What is a griot?

  • What shapes were repeated in the performance?

  • Name the instruments you saw throughout the video.

  • What instrument serves as the heartbeat of the musical?

  • What people originally inhabited the lands we call home in the USA?

  • How did each performance or song make you feel?

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