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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students work in small groups to use everyday objects to create performances inspired by the work of STOMP. They create a system of notation to document the music and movement of a 2-minute performance. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students make connections to other cultures and traditions through music, dance, art, and poetry. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students conduct research on a selected musical instrument. They conduct an Internet search, and create a brochure using Microsoft Publisher to present their information. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students listen to and study Gustav Holst's, "The Planets Suite" as they participate in language arts, math, history, and astronomy activities in this unit. They create graphs, discover planets, draw pictures and make music. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the music used in films today. They define three ways in which the music is used to create meanings in films. They also examine how the images create meaning for the film. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students use the internet to research musical periods and composers. They examine how Medieval and Renaissance instruments worked and compare how they sounded. They discover the criteria to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students explore their own responses to sound by hearing the music as a regular part of the class structure. They develop an awareness that certain art evokes certain sounds and moods and develop an intuitive responses to the music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students use the Cajuns and their music to engage an interest in and study French. They examine the Cajuns, their customs, work, leisure time, food, and how their music unites them as an ethnic group, with emphasis on the family. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine the experiences of four immigrant groups. In groups, they brainstorm a list of misconceptions of those groups and discuss if they are still present today. Using maps, they locate the countries of Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba and research why they left their home country. To end the lesson, they compare and contrast the music of the four countries. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students research three African-American musicians and compose a report based upon their research in this Music Appreciation lesson for the middle level classroom. The lesson could be adapted for various student levels and abilities. Full Review »
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