This article presents an approach to teaching that acknowledges the history and style of authentic jazz dance; also known as traditional jazz dance. Described for students on the first class-day as "...your great-grandparents' jazz..." the course is an introduction to the stylistic characteristics of an indigenous U.S. form evolved primarily from African-American culture in the first half of the 20th Century. Course components are outlined and a resource list is provided at the end of the article. (Contains 42 resources.)