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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students listen to selected solo instruments and place the instrument in its correct family of instruments; students also identify from listening to examples: orchestra, band, vocal solo, and choral performance. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students explore the four basic instruments of the Brass Family in the four lessons of this unit. The French horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba are inspected as students develope a familiarity with their sight and sounds. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students listen to, analyze, and describe excerpts from Benjamin Britten's, 'Finale From the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'. They listen to the entire piece, and identify the different instruments by their sound. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students delve into the life and music of Duke Ellington as a major American musician and composer. The elements that made the sound of his orchestra unique and the talents of his band members are explored in this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students complete vocabulary activities including worksheets in order to read an online article. They discuss typical male and female roles in a variety of situations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students evaluate in class performance of music previously prepared by the ensemble. The rubric and assessment criteria are adaptable to any orchestra setting which allows the teacher to choose music to be assessed. Critical thinking skills are developed through performance standards. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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The orchestra plays the National Anthem and discusses their origin. Students listen to other nation's National Anthems, and discuss how they felt while listening. As the students play the National Anthem, the teacher sings. The students write lyrics, or create an anthem that represents their family. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to "The William Tell Overture," identify instruments, sounds and other characteristics of the music. They compare and contrast orchestra music to large band music. Students discuss the musical composition and how the timbre of the instruments affects the mood. They complete a worksheet, detailing information about the four families of the orchestra. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 6th
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Students explore a variety of instruments to discover their sound. After watching an orchestra play, students discover the categories of instruments such as woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion. In teams, they listen to music and guess the instrument that matches the sound. Students create posters describing a particular instrument. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine a variety of instruments in the band and orchestra. In groups, they catergorize the instruments into either strings, woodwinds, bass or percussion. To end the lesson, they compare and contrast the different look of the instruments along with their sound. Full Review »
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