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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore musical instruments, their sounds, and compositions for instruments by visiting websites and answering questions on a teacher made worksheet. They also perform a variety of activities with other students in the classroom. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the Western method of teaching and learning music and compare that to the aural transmission method used around the world. They practice singing two songs using aural transmission and watch a video showing musicians learning this way. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students identify many types of instruments. students practice listening, singing and playing the instruments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students explore the musical elements from Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. They use singing, dancing, improvisation, and composition to duplicate a song from each country. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students focus on music from the Classical period, highlighting the life and work of Mozart. This eight lesson unit culminates with a recorder performance of some of the pieces studied. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Teacher reads aloud to the students the material that is printed in boldface type inside the boxes. Information in regular type inside the boxes and all information outside the boxes should not be read to the students. Possible student responses are included in parentheses after the questions. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students research the net to find sites to help them embrace Baroque, Classical, and Romantic composers. They describe the contributions of various composers. Students prepare a 6-8 page research paper on on a composer of the Baroque, Classical, or Romantic style. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of creating a piece of music that includes instruments that are put into harmony to sound like an orchestra. Students are expected to perform the rhythm and create a new one. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students listen to music and review instruments of the orchestra. They explore musical terms, solo, texture and theme of the music and discuss other features of the music. Students research and discuss the life of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students work in pairs and choose one instrument from the orchestra to research. They are introduced to the software and use it to search for their instrument. They then may go onto the website, "DSOkids.com" to find out more about their instrument and others of interest. Full Review »

