Louis Armstrong

Famous People

Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

Louis Armstrong is an American jazz legend. Though he loved music as a child, he had no money to buy an instrument. He was arrested at the age of twelve and the experience changed his life.

This lesson mentions the use of a gun. Teacher discretion is advised.

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Focus

topic-based
academic
4-skills
biography
jazz

Vocabulary

instrument
laborer
local
recognize
talent
record
popular
commercial
arrest
reform
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