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- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students memorize various songs using the Rote method. The Rote method has two parts. They can learn a song by verse, or the whole. This lesson help you to teach a short song using the Whole Song Rote method. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students examine campaign songs from the 1840, 1848, and 1860 elections to explore the campaign strategies of 19th century political parties. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students compose song as a classroom effort. They write a one-paragraph essay about "message" songs in 100 years and include three ideas for topics along with the style of music (such as folk, rock, blues, rap, etc.) that would match. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify popular songs from 1968 era and analyze some of the topical and musical elements. They focus on social protest songs and other songs of social conscious. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze musical and topical elements in popular songs and compose song as a classroom effort. They write a short paragraph evaluating the effectiveness of the song in conveying the message of the lyrics. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students listen to different songs and identify the themes. They analyze the social and historical meanings of words in the songs. They write their own verses using historical events of their time. Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students listen to the song "I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier" from 1915 and write journal entries when and what the song was written about. They share their entries and discuss World War I. They compare the first song with "Over There" and complete a Venn Diagram about the two. For homework, they create a pro or against war poster. Groups pick one of the songs and create a PowerPoint presentation with images from World War I. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students listen to and analyze several songs from the Great Depression period including "Big Rock Candy Mountain", "Brother Can You Spare Me a Dime?" and "Do Re Mi". They participate in class discussion, draw original comic strips, research historical and economical contexts and explore the similarities to current conditions in the U.S. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 6th
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Students select a song they like and in small groups create original lyrics to the tune of the song they have chosen. They discuss rhyme, rhythm, and tune, write their lyrics on a large chart, and perform the song for the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine song lyrics and identify the poetry elements or tools used by a lyricist. They review the song individually before working in groups to discuss what they discovered about the song's narrator or character based on evidence from the poem. Groups reconvene as a class and discuss the song's relationship to poetry and the use of poetic elements in the song. Full Review »
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