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- 9th - 12th
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Students view the video of "The Merry Widow". They identify and discuss the plot and theme. They create their own song or poem that describes a problem and performs it in front of the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate how art and music define and unify a social movement. They decide how art and music can act as symbols of protest. They view both contemporary and historical examples of art as a tool for protest and design an art project and an opera about a current social issue. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students analyze the characters of Gaetano Donizetti's opera, Don Pasquale. They participate in a variety of activities that are designed to help them develop more detailed characters in the stories they write. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students reflect on a personally meaningful live performance and the circumstances necessary to create art. They study about the current leadership crisis facing the Met, Carnegie Hall, and the Public theater. In groups, students research the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, and the Public Theater in greater depth and present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students identify and examine their own areas of expertise. After reading an article, they discuss the evolution of three opera high school students. They create a timeline collage showing their mastery of their field of interest and write reflections on the importance of the timeline. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students read and spell words. This lesson focuses on the short o sound and formation of the letter. Some words that are used are mop, pot, dog, log, and sock. They write the letter and name pictures with the sound by circling the correct ones. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through listening and decoding activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /o/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in pseudo words they read. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students investigate different cultures' versions of the Cinderella tale in comparison to the Rossini opera synopsis. They experience dramatizing a Cinderella tale and study about the group and individual process required for theatrical production. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students visit to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, like the play, film or opera also offers a theatrical experience - one of the staff members dresses up as if he/she were one of the actual historical people who lived in the building at the turn of the century. Visitors are asked to play along in this interactive, theatrical experience. This helps those who come imagine the lives of these people. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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StudentS name and discuss facts of the characters in "The Prairie Dog that Met the President". They create a 4 to 8 beat chant about a character from the opera, play a percussion instrument with an assigned rhythm and identify a melody by correctly pairing it with a character from the opera. Full Review »

