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- 9th - 12th
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Students compose original lyrics for a "Round". They develop a copyright, a recording company, and CD covers for their original pieces. They teach these "rounds" to students in their choral music class. Full Review »
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This lesson examines both the content and form of lyrics in blues songs. In addition to highlighting the basic musical form of a blues song, it also addresses the use of floating verses in blues music, both within the context of the original era in which Full Review »
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This lesson focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Students consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance of the poetry of the blues as part Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students study rock and roll with the music of Bruce Springsteen. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students use nursery rhymes and a finger play to explore spatial relationships and commonly used position words, such as on, under, above, and up. These engaging activities should make this lesson very motivating for Students. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students research the lives of noted scientists and present their findings in written and oral reports. They include information about the scientist's early and adult life, contributions, and their impact on the future. Students also write friendly letters to scientists they research. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students discover the significance of similarities and contrasts of three separate cultures of the United States through music. They take out maps and trace the expedition of the Spanish along the coasts of Mexico and North and South America and the Caribbean Islands. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the Caribbean in terms of its music, art, and folklore. As a class, they listen to a folktale and discuss the difference between telling a story and reading a story. In groups, they write their own folktale and share it with the class. They use the internet to research what it was like to grow up in Cuba during the 1970s. To end the lesson, they view examples of artwork and reflect on them in their journals. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students complete a unit on the music, dance, and folklore of the African American culture. They read, write, and dramatize folktales, create a timeline of African American music, conduct a web scavenger hunt, and create a computer slideshow presentation as the culminating project of the unit. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students discover the difference in major and minor tonality after a brief introduction to Louis Prima. They discuss swing dancing and Louis Prima's role in the "Jungle Book" as the character King Louis. Students listen to the song "Sing, Sing, Sing" and move to the minor section and major section. Full Review »
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