Meet the Musician – Jeremiah Johnson
6:25
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Meet blues musician Jeremiah Johnson as he shares the joys, challenges, and inspirations involved in creating his music and building his international career.
Type of Video: Profile*
Unique Video ID: Music-29**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- A little over a minute into the video, Mr. Johnson talks about why he chooses to merge blues with other genres as well. Have students respond to his reasoning; do they agree or disagree?
- Use the video as you study blues music. Have students compare Mr. Johnson’s music to other contemporary and previous blues musicians.
- About 2 minutes in to the video, Mr. Johnson talks about the importance of compensating artists appropriately. Have students respond to his point of view. As a consumer of music, do they agree or disagree? As a creator of music, do they agree or disagree?
*Profile videos use a first-person/first-hand approach to highlight interesting people doing interesting things in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
