On the Road: Classes

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s award-winning interactive videoconferencing program, On the Road, continues to reach new audiences in classrooms across the country and around the world, expanding the horizons of thousands of young people every year. Teachers continue to take note.

For the fourth consecutive year, On the Road has won Teachers’ Choice Award for Best Content Provider in the Fine Arts Museums and Organizations category (sponsored by Polycom, an interactive videoconferencing technology company)
Since its inception, On the Road, supported by National City Bank now a part of PNC and the John P. Murphy Foundation, has reached more than 30,000 students and teachers in over 40 states, as well as international connections to Australia, Canada, England, France, Guatemala, and Mexico.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is at the forefront of bringing popular culture into the classroom and utilizing it to shed light on the music that changed the world. The Museum’s state-of-the-art interactive videoconferencing technology allows it to offer incredible educational experiences, teaching children and young adults the ways in which music has played a part 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.

Our programs promote interdisciplinary study and creative, analytical thinking – all without leaving your school.
The classes are developed and conducted by the Education Department staff
Classes 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.