Welcome! Sign In or Try it Free!
Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
- Rating
Students explore ways in which music can relay messages of peace and how popular songs can be interpreted as commentary on current issues and themes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students focus on using a True or False game as a means of motivation to discuss their favorite types of music and musicians. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
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 »
- Grade Range
- 1st
- Rating
Students discover how to read quarter notes, rests and repeat signs using a traditional folk song. They sing I've Been Working On The Railroad. They use percussion instruments along with their voices to keep the rhythm. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
- Rating
Students, utilizing video clips and Web sites, compare specific passages from original texts to moments in Broadway musicals on which they were based, analyzing similarities and differences between them. They adapt literature into a dramatic performance. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 6th
- Rating
Students analyze the lyrics to the soul music of Wilson Pickett as a step towards the exploration of the life and talents of the man. The language and expressions utilized in a descriptive article about the composer form the basis of the lesson's investi Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students discuss the terrorist train bombings in Madrid, Spain. The class evaluates the value of memorials in the struggle to deal with the grieving process. Groups design a memorial and/or poem to commemorate those lost in the bombings, and present their projects to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
- Rating
Students analyze the connections between African history and their current environment. They investigate the importance of music and dance in religion. Finally, students investigate the connection between the music of African slaves and the music of today. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
- Rating
Students learn tempo, beat, and rhythm through reciting Engine, Engine, Number 9 and listening to the song "Freight Train". They analyze beat patterns and rhythm and copy it through clapping and walking. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
- Rating
Students are introduced to reading quarter notes, rests and repeat signs using a traditional folk song. They interact with the lyrics from the song, "I've Been Working On The Railroad." Each student identifies the quarter notes on each verse of the song. Full Review »
Link to This
Email This
Share