This is an arts-integrated approach to learning with six core areas: Music, Meaning, Cotton, Transportation, Civil Rights and Media. It was written with 4th grade history students but, according to msbluestrail.org, can be tailored for up to 12th grade. Contains lots of online maps, music, and photos.
These blues song are well known, performed often, and frequently recorded. The list from Wikipedia includes notable artists and any songs inducted into a hall of fame like the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, Grammy Hall of Fame, or Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Howlin Wolf or, Chester A Burnett is a well known Blues musician, West Point, Mississippi celebrates his life with the "Howlin Wolf Blues Fest" every year in August.