MISSION
TeachRock empowers teachers and engages students by using popular music to create interdisciplinary, culturally responsive education materials for all 21st century classrooms.
Launched by Stevie Van Zandt and the Founders Board of Bono, Jackson Browne, Martin Scorsese, and Bruce Springsteen, TeachRock.org provides free, standards-aligned resources that use music to help K-12 students succeed in disciplines like science, math, social studies, language arts, and more.
TeachRock is a nonprofit open educational resource. All TeachRock materials are free to use and are created thanks to your donations.
Let Stevie Van Zandt tell you why TeachRock matters in the video below
“Kids come to us with certain gifts intact–imagination, curiosity, energy, emotion, instincts. We should use those gifts instead of ignoring them, and integrating the Arts is the best way to do it”
– Stevie Van Zandt
Lesson Plan Collections
Use the search tools at the Lesson Collection page to quickly find material that is perfect for your classroom!
Featured Lessons
Colombian Cumbia: African, Indigenous, and Spanish Roots of Rhythm
Featured Artists: LADAMAWhat is Cumbia, and how do you play its traditional rhythms?Joropo: Music Inspired by Nature from the High Plains of Venezuela
Featured Artists: LADAMAWhat is Joropo, and how is it inspired by nature?ChocQuibTown: Embracing Cultural Identity through Colombian Rap
Featured Artists: LADAMAHow can the music of ChocQuibTown, from the Pacific Coast of Colombia, help students express and celebrate their cultural identity through Rap?Quitiplás: Deep Listening and Rhythm Building with Afro-Venezuelan Bamboo Drums From Barlovento
Featured Artists: LADAMAWhat is Quitiplás, how does it incorporate the natural world, and how is it an example of polyrhythm?Ciranda: The Brazilian Music and Dance that Creates Community
Featured Artists: LADAMAWhat is Ciranda, and how can group singing and dancing help us feel like a part of a community?
New Releases
- How can a logo help communicate a person or group’s unique personality?How did the bands X-Ray Spex, Bad Brains, and Death define Punk on their own terms?What role do Blues lyrics and juke joints play in Black American literature and life?
The Crossroads as a Literary Symbol
Featured Artists: Robert JohnsonHow have writers, storytellers, and musicians explored the crossroads as a symbol in their work? - How do Langston Hughes, Gladys Bentley, and Louis Armstrong effectively write personal narratives about living during the Harlem Renaissance?
Identifying and Resisting Jim Crow with Words and Songs
Featured Artists: Nina SimoneHow have works of literature and music by Black Americans shared an empowering theme of identifying and resisting Jim Crow?Using Algebraic Expressions to Calculate Touring Costs
Featured Artists: Jackson BrowneHow can writing and evaluating algebraic expressions be used to anticipate a musician’s touring costs?Using Data to Analyze an Artist’s Success
Featured Artists: Grateful DeadHow can data be analyzed and interpreted to better understand a band's success? Using Algebraic Expressions to Analyze Concert Schedules
Featured Artists: The Beatles,Little RichardHow can writing and evaluating expressions be used to explain the scope of an artist’s concert schedule?Using Ratios to Identify Social Media Engagement
Featured Artists: BeyoncéHow can ratios be used to identify a music artist’s social media audience engagement?Using Graphing to Analyze Music Industry Data
Featured Artists: Whitney HoustonHow can graphing be used to analyze music industry data?The Science of Sound
Featured Artists: Mickey HartWhat is sound, and how are its characteristics explained scientifically?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow can a logo help communicate a person or group’s unique personality?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow did the bands X-Ray Spex, Bad Brains, and Death define Punk on their own terms?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartWhat role do Blues lyrics and juke joints play in Black American literature and life?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow have writers, storytellers, and musicians explored the crossroads as a symbol in their work?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow do Langston Hughes, Gladys Bentley, and Louis Armstrong effectively write personal narratives about living during the Harlem Renaissance?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow have works of literature and music by Black Americans shared an empowering theme of identifying and resisting Jim Crow?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow can writing and evaluating algebraic expressions be used to anticipate a musician’s touring costs?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow can data be analyzed and interpreted to better understand a band's success?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow can writing and evaluating expressions be used to explain the scope of an artist’s concert schedule?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow can ratios be used to identify a music artist’s social media audience engagement?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartHow can graphing be used to analyze music industry data?
- Featured Artists: Mickey HartWhat is sound, and how are its characteristics explained scientifically?