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- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students research the lyrical and dramatic structure of opera through Internet sources and audio examples, cooperatively discuss elements of opera stories vs. their own lives and create one-act opera based on their own life experiences. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the main questions relative to opera themes. They are assessed on their grasp of opera main ideas. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore how to determine whether the various artists are singing soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, or bass and watch African Americans sing opera. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students experiment with design and technical elements such as symbol, color and character appropriate to the style of make-up used in Beijing Opera. They create a face, which represents the personality of a person in the opera. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss the recent success of the "Phantom of the Opera". They practice using new vocabulary associated with the musical. In groups, they work together to match the word with its definition. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore similarities and differences in opera and American musical theater. They explore the characteristics of both genres and create original dramatic presentations of either opera or American musical theater to share with the entire class. Full Review »
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- 4th - 10th
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Students study Chinese opera by sketching pictures of Chinese opera characters and musical instruments. They watch the film A Night at the Peking Opera, noting the elaborate costuming, the sparse staging, and the highly developed use of mime. In addition, they listen to a brief segment of spoken dialogue and an aria from Peking opera, particularly noticing the tense, nasalized vocal quality. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the elements of an opera. In groups, they use the internet to research an opera of their choice and analyze it given specific criteria. After analyzing the music, they create a PowerPoint presentation to share their thoughts with the class. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students, with this opera exchange, increase their knowledge of the opera process. They use opera as a vehicle to better comprehend the relationship music has with all arts and other disciplines across the curriculum. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students are introduced to opera, its vocabulary, definitions and are given an opportunity to listen to an opera sung by children. They identify phrases and events in the story, "The Emperor's New Clothes." Each student creates a movement to go along with a phrase or event from the story. Full Review »
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