“Hitting the Right Notes: Integrating Music History Across the Curriculum”

The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music
at Monmouth University presents:

“Hitting the Right Notes: Integrating Music History Across the Curriculum”

During this free professional development day, educators will learn how the Bruce Springsteen Archive & Center for American Music and their partners at TeachRock can support interdisciplinary learning across content areas. Discover the benefits of integrating music and music history into lessons that inspire students to extend their critical thinking and creativity! 6 hours of professional development credit provided.

Co-sponsored by the Monmouth University School of Education

Date: Friday, December 5

Registration: FREE

Location: Monmouth University, Edison Hall 201

Note: Open to the First 100 Registrants

Schedule

9:00: Breakfast; Registration

9:30: Welcome; Icebreaker

9:30 - 9:45: Break

9:45 - 10:45: Meet the BSACAM

Learn about our collections and our new museum, set to open in Spring 2026.

10:45: Break

11:00 - 12:00: Teaching 250 Years of American History Through Music

12:00 - 1:00: Lunch

1:00 - 2:00: Deploying the (Free!) Teach Rock Curriculum

2:00 - 2:15: Break

2:15 - 3:00: Conclusion; Prizes

About the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music

The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music preserves the legacy of Bruce Springsteen and celebrates the history of American music and its diversity of artists and genres. Our mission is two-fold. The Springsteen Archives serves as the official repository for materials related to Springsteen and the E Street Band, including photographs, historic memorabilia, oral histories, and more. The Center for American Music explores American music more broadly through exhibitions, concerts, and educational programming. Our new home, featuring some 10k square feet of exhibits, will open in the Spring of 2026.

For further information, please visit www.springsteenarchives.org.

About TeachRock

TeachRock is on a mission to help every student discover joy, meaning, and a sense of purpose by bringing core curriculum to life through music and culture. Designed by educators and artists, our free, standards-aligned curriculum helps students connect more deeply to what they’re learning and to each other. Founded by Stevie Van Zandt with support from Bono, Jackson Browne, Martin Scorsese, and Bruce Springsteen, TeachRock began as a way to tackle the dropout crisis. Today, it has reached over one million students, empowering teachers to reimagine their classrooms and helping students stay engaged through graduation and beyond.

For further information, please visit https://teachrock.org/.