In this engaging product on the history and evolution of Rock and Roll music, students begin in the 1940s to learn how Rock and Roll was born. Students learn about the "Big Band" and "crooners" of the 1940s and the style they captured (Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, "swing music). Then, students learn about the birth of rhythm and blues with Elmore James, the impact of radio DJ Allen Freed, record producer Sam Phillips, and the impact of Elvis Presley, Willie Mae Thornton, Chuck Berry, Little R