Distance Learning
On the Road
For the past several years, On the Road, the distance-learning program at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, has touched classrooms all across the country and around the world, expanding the horizons of hundreds of young people.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is at the forefront of bringing popular culture into the classroom. The Museum’s award-winning distance-learning program, On The Road, uses videoconferencing technology to offer a one-of-a-kind educational experience for grades 4-12. Our educational programs reach students of all ages and teach them how music has played a role in some of the most important social, cultural and political issues in modern history.
Program Overview
On the Road makes use of the Museum’s extensive educational resources in order to increase students’ knowledge of the history, the people, and the sounds of popular music. These programs promote interdisciplinary study and creative, analytical thinking – all without leaving your school. The classes are developed and conducted by the Education Department staff and include exclusive interview clips with key figures in the history of popular music, behind-the-scenes commentary with Museum curators, audio and video clips of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, and more. On the Road classes, as well as pre- and post-connection materials, meet Ohio and National education standards in disciplines such as music, language arts, social studies, and technology.
So take a virtual visit to the Rock Hall and celebrate the impact that popular music has had on our society! You’ll have a good time and tap your feet, but you’ll also learn something about our culture, about our society, and about who we are and where we came from.
Download the On the Road brochure.
Current Programming
- Ambassador to the Orchestra: The Arranger in Rock and Roll
- Inductee Spotlight: Frank Zappa
- Great Moments in Rock and Roll: Popular Music Through the Decades
- Hip-Hop Technology: From Turntables to Computers
- Rock and Roll Reactions: Records, Radios and the Birth of Teenage Culture in 1950s America
- Ball of Confusion: Rock Music and Social Change in the 60s and 70s
- And more to come. Stay Tuned!
How Teachers Grade Our Classes
Elementary and high school students from the Safford School District in Safford, Arizona, got a musical education in hip-hop technology and rock and roll history. Read about it: Video gives students new opportunities
Students at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, examined the social atmosphere of the United States during ’50s, ’60s and ’70s through the music of those eras. Get a feel for their experiences: Jump Start Students Video Conference
In Montclair, New Jersey, students of Glenfield Middle School were immersed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the music it celebrates without having to leave their own hometown. See the program through their eyes: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Videoconference
On the Road
For Students
Presented with the generous support of
and the John P. Murphy Foundation
Otis Redding Plane Part, 1967.
Recovered from Madison, WI crash site 12/10/67.
Photo by Design Photography
Collection of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
