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- 2nd - 5th
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Students concentrate on learning more about the folk music composers in Early American History. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine Appalachian Folk Music and Culture and identify characteristics of folk music. They sing simple traditional folk songs, then compare folk music to other styles of music. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students use the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to examine Folk music. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine how aspects of Native American and American folk music are alike and different. They contrast both forms of music and engage in many activities to identify or explain how music fulfills a variety of purposes. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
Students listen to Brazilian folk music and discuss its various sounds and connections to today's music. They record sounds that define and represent the culture of their school and community. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students explore Russian culture. They listen to Russian folk music and discuss the importance of folk music to the Russian people. Students discuss the climate of Russia and how it affected life in Russia. They create a climate map of Russia. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore folk music. They listen to various pieces of folk music. Students analyze the selections of music they listened to and write their opinion of the music selections. Students listen to Russian folk music and write a paragraph about their views of the music. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students discover how folk music was used as protest music in the 1960s and 1970s. As a class, they sing an alternative version of "Rock-A-Bye Baby". They discuss why the song was useful for the protesters and identify the other genres within American folk music. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students review the characteristics of American folk music from a previous lesson. As a class, they describe the bad qualities of the performances and discover they are an essential piece to the show. They also perform songs from previous lessons to end this lesson. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students study the different instruments commonly used in folk music. They explore the more traditional instruments as well as the homemade instruments. They identify what the different folk instruments look and sound like. Full Review »