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- 3rd - 6th
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Students examine the George Gershwin opera, "Porgy and Bess." The rhythms to some of the musical pieces are mimicked and identified as belonging to the music of jazz. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students discuss characters, motivations, consequences and relationships from popular television soap operas. They analyze the presented relationships, discuss how the character could choose a better course of action and then write advice letters. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students design, manage, and implement a web page showing their work. The lesson pulls together several pieces of work from a previous semester and allows them to incorporate the assignments into a web page portfolio. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students brainstorm what they know about the performing arts and research an artist or song and its related genre. Students work in groups to create an online banner to attract peers to their performing arts genre. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the relationship between language and music. They discuss Leonard Bernstein's contributions to American music, listen to several selections from "West Side Story Suite" and compare "West Side Story" to a contemporary opera. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students examine the interconnectedness of different art forms. They listen to music and watch a video while determining the similarities of the themes. They make connections between books, movies, opera, dance, and music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
Students explore the affects, both positive and negative, that television has had on society in the past half-century. They read the article "Inside the Soap Opera of Television's Early Days." Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students explore the /o/ sound in written and oral language. The students listen to a tongue twister that emphasizes the /o/ sound. They then listen to the story "Big Top" and identify the words they hear that have the short /o/ sound. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students discover the unique character traits from the opera, Porgy and Bess. They examine opera synopsis sheets and read the libretto aloud. Students distinguish between major and minor characters and select one to complete a character wheel. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discuss kinds of music they enjoy, listen to song by and explore life of Marian Anderson, research classical opera and African American spirituals, and create storyboard about Marian Anderson's life. Full Review »
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