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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students explore cultural sounds and instruments by looking to the cultural expressions inherent to a nation. This unit is first introduced to third grade students. However, with little modification it can be used for secondary students. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students listen and explore how African-American culture relates to learning Spanish as a foreign language. Poetry, music, and history are utilized while learning about Langston Hughes and Nicolas Guillen. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students examine pieces of sheet music and identify context, purpose, and perspective with regard to the political, social, and economic conditions existing at that time. They create a cover illustrating a topic of the Progressive Era. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students are introduced to composer Antonin Dvorak and his Ninth Symphony From The New World. They compose melodies based on familiar folk tunes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students take a virtual field trip to Memphis, Tennessee in their study of the blues, its characterisitics, founding fathers, and histororical influence on modern music. They compose blues lyrics that reflect present-day attitudes and concerns. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students consider how folk traditions inform literature. They discuss allusions to folk traditions in Their Eyes Were Watching God and examine Hurston's research on folk traditions and rituals in Florida. They practice integrating research writing with creative writing and write annotations. They identify how to cite music and Internet sources. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students practice four different cultural or traditional (folk) dances and participate in whole-class and small-group discussions that invite critical thinking to draw inferences. Students choose specific countries or regions to research, examining their histories, geographies, climates, governments, economics, cultures and arts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students sample music made by women around the world. They are introduced to and discuss traditional gender discrimination in music from a variety of cultures and explore the ways in which women have continued to make music in spite of these sexist norms. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the importance of music in the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century. They listen to samples of 'freedom songs' and compare several versions of what came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement anthem: "We Shall Overcome". Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students work in groups in order to research a specific music era or dance style to share with the class. They have studied different music styles that are included in the lesson and now they have the choice to research one. There is a test included in this lesson for assessment purposes. Full Review »
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