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- 1st - 2nd
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Students explore the concept of slavery and the development of the blues in music, art, and literature. This is a highly creative multidisciplinary unit for younger students to gain an understanding of African-American history. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students experience the relationship between images conveyed in written literature and those conveyed in art by studying the artwork of Jacob Lawrence, and produce artwork by creating a neighborhood 'snapshot' combining photographs and music sampling. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students discover the meaning of rhythm, patterns, color, and texture by creating a class symphony. They can create this symphony to a historical work of art also. They make sounds and music individually, which the teacher conducts as a symphony.
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- 1st - 4th
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Students create a drawing while listening to four different types of music. They discuss the types of music, and describe their picture to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate how art and music define and unify a social movement. They decide how art and music can act as symbols of protest. They view both contemporary and historical examples of art as a tool for protest and design an art project and an opera about a current social issue. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students identify the characteristics of the Impressionist period. Using art and music, they discover similarities between the two mediums and discuss whether there was a common language present. They use the internet to gather more information on artists from this era. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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The purpose of this unit is for students to make the rich set of connections between astronomy and the rest of science and technology, language arts, cultural studies (social studies), math, art, and music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how art and music help to define and unify a social movement and also how they can function as symbols of protest. They watch KQED program "And Then One Night: The Making of Dead Man Walking" and discuss what happens when art takes on a social issue. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine the role of art throughout the 20th century. Using the internet, they research various pieces of art and music and present their information to the class to convey a point of view. They discuss the various cultures that contributed to the arts to end the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students discuss how the musical composition was created. They listen to "Pictures at an Exhibition." Students discuss how the Promenade in the beginning of the opus is based on Mussorgsky walking through the exhibit of paintings. Students discuss the fact that art and music can be created based on a wide variety of influences. Full Review »
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