For the first time ever, award-winning musician, author and educator Daniel Glass is making his 
acclaimed DVD From Ragtime To Rock available as an all-digital product, formatted specifically 
for use with online platforms like Google Classroom.

First released in 2015, From Ragtime To Rock has since become a popular favorite 
with hundreds of middle and high school music educators across the United States. Not only
 does it offer students a fun and engaging way to learn about music and history, it helps them 
form a deeper a connection between the music they love today and the music of the past.

Whether you teach General Music, Jazz Studies, Band, Choir or Private Instruction,
 you’ll find that the high-energy, info-packed presentation of From Ragtime to Rock will
 serve as a great supplement to your curriculum and is guaranteed to educate, inspire and engage your students! This all-in-one package, which includes a 69-page
 Educator Guide, is the perfect solution in helping you create quality music curriculum for
 distance learning.

If you teach social science or history, From Ragtime to Rock offers a complete blueprint for a music-related elective. And it also serves as a perfect substitute assignment. To see what teachers are saying about From Ragtime to Rock, please read the testimonials below.

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From Ragtime To Rock offers a sweeping look at 100 years of music evolution, covering the end of the Civil War (1865) to the dawn of the British Invasion (1965). It details how American Popular Music evolved alongside important historical, economic and sociological events such as Slavery, Segregation, Prohibition, Immigration, the Great Depression, World War II, the rise of the Teenager, and many more.

 

This 100+ minute video program is broken down into 15 distinct units of 5-10 minutes in length. Each unit focuses on a particular musical era (see full list below) and includes a Teacher Guide, a Student Guide, and an Activity Sheet. These supplemental materials outline clear learning goals, provide engaging discussion topics, and fulfill a variety of core standards as outlined by NCAS, NAfME and CCSS. Each guide also includes a “Key Terms” and “Important Artists” section as a gateway for further study.

From Ragtime to Rock
Covers Key Musical Eras:

Folk Music 


Great American Songbook
Big Band Swing
Bebop Jazz

The British Invasion