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Students will learn about the history and many iterations and evolutions of the theater as both an art form and a venue for performances.
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.
Discover the history of one of America’s most popular genres, Rhythm and Blues. In this study guide, 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.
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.
The Educator Resource Guide includes materials that are specifically aligned to the content in The Apollo’s 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.
Students will “get on board” with this musical messenger. Take a deep dive with your class into the lyrics of Curtis Mayfield, and discover how music can be used to create change both socially and politically.
This guide was created to integrate the book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates and the subsequent Apollo theatrical production into a classroom curriculum. Each lesson in the guide references themes discussed in the book. It also 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 digital learning hub!
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Education Programs
The Apollo offers engaging music, dance, and theater instruction while highlighting its rich history and ongoing significance to Harlem and Black culture. Programs are inquiry-based, interactive, and interdisciplinary, and Apollo School Programs connect to national, state, and local arts and academic standards.
Discover more about The Apollo’s workshops and residencies, School Tours, School Day Live performances, distance learning options, and partnerships and special projects.
The Apollo Theater Academy provides opportunities for young adults in the performing arts and entertainment fields through workshops, internships, apprenticeships, and events.
- The Arts Administration Internship explores the impact of arts administration on live and recorded productions at The Apollo, where students develop a concept for the signature summer event, Teen Takeover.
- The Technical Stage Production Internship assigns students to work with members of The Apollo’s production crew, where they gain experience applying technical elements of theater such as lighting design, videography, audio engineering, carpentry, and production design to live and recorded stage productions.
- The Apprenticeship program provides college students and recent graduates with training and mentorship as they work with Apollo staff to design, implement, and produce their own projects and/or events.
With Professional Learning workshops, Apollo Education energizes, inspires, and provides K-12 educators with resources and hands-on activities to connect the arts to classroom curricula, all while meeting educational and arts standards.
Professional Learning workshops are available to educators from all grade levels and disciplines. Workshops are intended to benefit both educators and their students and to provide educators with methods and strategies for teaching and learning through the arts and across disciplines. The Apollo is a NYS-approved provider for Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credits.
Apollo Stories is an interactive digital learning hub for high school educators who want to spark critical thinking in the minds of their students. It provides lesson plans, resources, and activities that explore justice, culture, and identity. The inaugural lessons are built around The Apollo’s world premiere stage adaptation of Ta Nehisi-Coates' Between the World and Me.
Geared towards activating and amplifying the voices of high school-aged students, the program gives young people a framework to understand and navigate issues of contemporary America and reflects The Apollo’s commitment to utilizing the arts and humanities to foster conversation centered on the Black experience.
Apollo School Tours highlight the legendary history and performers of The Apollo, and the impact on music and performing arts development. All tours are thematic, inquiry-based, interactive, and use multimedia. They also connect to national, state, and local arts and academic standards. Bring your students to experience the legacy and learn the history of The Apollo!
For questions, please email The Apollo at school.programs@apollotheater.org.
