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Big Band Era word search featuring names like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Frank Sinatra.
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This 20-word Big Band Era word search features legendary musicians from the 1930s and 1940s, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and Frank Sinatra. Use it in a middle or high school music or social studies class during a jazz or American history unit, as a warm-up activity, or as a sub-plan handout.

Subject:
Music
Topic:
Band
Grade Level:
7th – 9th Grades
Updated February 2023

Word List

  • ELLINGTON
  • BASIE
  • GOODMAN
  • MILLER
  • HAMPTON
  • DORSEY
  • SHAW
  • ARMSTRONG
  • RICH
  • CALLOWAY
  • JAMES
  • GILLESPIE
  • SINATRA
  • KRUPA
  • BROWN
  • FITZGERALD
  • HERMAN
  • HINES
  • BARNETT
  • ELDRIDGE

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