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- 6th - 8th
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Students listen to and identify styles of music popular during the American Revolution. They recognize songs identified with the Royal Navy and analyze how music was used on board ship. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students identify and discuss what judges listen for in a musical performance. They sing vocal exercises, sing solo accapella, and as a group. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students choose a theme for a song. They compose a poem, and write music to go along with their poem. The instructor plays the musical accompaniment, and the class votes on the most appropriate rhythmic pattern. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students identify genres of music that influenced musical style of Aretha Franklin. They identify musical characteristics of gospel and sing a gospel selection. They pay particular attention to the call and response style. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the beginnings of jazz in New Orleans. They relate the music to the history and culture of the region. They also perform the music for their classmates. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students discover how both the North and South used music extensively during the Civil War to rally troops, as recreation, to march by, and many other reasons. They realize that both sides would borrow each other's tunes or lyrics and it wan't uncommon for each side to serenade the other, or for battle to stop while an impromputu concert was held. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students investigate the function of pattern as it applies to music, dance and visual art, and participate in activities that demonstrate the patterns found in each art form. They then focus on identifying musicians by the "tools" that they use, including the voice and instruments, to make sounds that create patterns. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students identify a guitar, piano, trumpet, flute, drum, and a violin by sight and sound. They view pictures of each instrument as they are played on a recording, discuss how each instrument makes their particular sound, and listen to selected musical recordings. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students listen to two different excerpts of the same music piece. In groups, they collectively write descriptions of the tempo and dynamics of the piece and assign a color to the music. They relate the color chosen to the tempo and dynamics. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students create "Harp" pictures using harp shapes, shoe box lids, paints, old sheet music, and inspiration from Harp music in this inter-disciplinary Art and Music lesson for the elementary classroom. Resource links are included for successful implementation. Full Review »
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