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This lesson examines both the content and form of lyrics in blues songs. In addition to highlighting the basic musical form of a blues song, it also addresses the use of floating verses in blues music, both within the context of the original era in which Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, by listening to and analyzing the lyrics of selected examples of popular music from the era, develop a greater understanding of the historical and political forces as well as the emotional climate of the decade. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students choose careers to research and write songs about them. Working in groups, they write lyrics to familiar melodies and create a dance or dramatic piece to accompany it. They present their vignettes to classmates. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students choose a song, and then interpret the meaning of the lyrics. They critically analyze their interpretations, and plan how to represent them with images. After collecting digital images, they create a photomontage movie. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students discuss their favorite songs and music groups, and why they like these specific arrangements. Students use the Attachment A "Understanding Literary Terms" to analyze their choice of songs. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students engage in a lesson about advertising. They write advertising jingle lyrics in English language arts or music class and compose the music for their jingles in music class to market original products that they create in science class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review themes they have seen so far in their study of poetry. They compare four poems and one set of song lyrics as they search for meaning in each. They compare and contrast all five and then give a presentation of their ideas to the rest of the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the variety of poetic forms, including song lyrics, and several famous poets. They discuss how the reading of poems can be a moving experience, and how different feelings and emotions can be evoked by a poem. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze a song to determine the composer's point of view regarding the subject addressed in the song. They design and create an original visual aid that illustrates the theme of the song. Students identify any social studies issues, events or person that is addressed in the song. They interpret the song lyrics and present their opinions and research information orally. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students identify and interpret the life and times of Stephen Foster through a study of his biography, about the history of the minstrel show through a study of that form of entertainment, and about the many styles of his music by listening to some of his songs, and by studying selected lyrics. Full Review »
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