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- Grade Range
- 11th
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Students compose, notate, and perform rhythms in a variety of meters, analyze and modify rhythms that reflect a diversity of cultures and styles of music, describe pulse, meter, and rhythmic patterns using both traditional and contemporary terminology. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students research contemporary poets and their works to determine the poet's philosophies, attitudes, concerns. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students examine how cowboys lives have changed over the years. They also explore what a tall tale is and create their own. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, in groups, research a music composer of their choice. They create a video showing the composer's life in which students act in it. They also create a pamphlet for a future band concert for that composer. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the concept of freedom of speech as it applies to music. They watch and discuss the video, "VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam," participate in a class discussion about free speech, conduct research, and conduct a debate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the use of music as a medium for social protest. They watch the video, "VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam," describe the historical significance of words/phrases in three versions of one song, and answer discussion questions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students examine how African Americans preserved their culture through music during generations of slavery and emancipation and then by taking them on two web research experiences of renowned artists of the Renaissance itself. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine music from after the Vietnam War. They identify the disappointment in the government and the lack of support for troops returning to the United States. They research the writers of the songs as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students discuss and compare contemporary class systems with those of the Middle Ages. They explore Websites on HyperStudio stack and review art and music of the Middle Ages. In groups, students design and draw castles reflecting manor life. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students create an examineing of contemporary artistic styles and genres through an overview of the connection of the arts throughout modern history. Students discussed visual, written and aural artistic mediums, as well as their historical context and the philosophies behind the artistic developments. Full Review »

