The document provides information and suggestions for celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month in April, including 112 different ways to celebrate jazz through educational and performance activities. Some of the suggestions include having school jazz ensembles compete in competitions, joining jazz education organizations, taking children to see live jazz performances, visiting jazz museums, and using educational jazz resources and lessons plans from websites like the Smithsonian Jazz site. The document also provides reading recommendations for jazz books and suggestions for teachers to incorporate jazz history into their classrooms.

1. Emily Maniak Smithsonian Jazz Institute http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/

3. Jazz Appreciation Month Information on events going on for 2011, why there is a Jazz appreciation month,featured poster offered for free to classrooms, article on women in Jazz.