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- 8th
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Students are introduced to a brief history of musical theater in America. They listen to various pieces of music, watch videos, and study their composers and lyricists. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore the impact of history, religion, and culture on music. They discover Renaissance genres, composers, and cultures as they sing, play songs, and participate in hands-on activities. Handouts and worksheets are included. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students display their musical talents on a recording that are packaged as a holiday gift for student gift-giving Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students, in groups, create their own music video. They write the script and a list of scenes to be filmed. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students record a CD of their musical talents and package it for gift giving. They make the CD for either a holiday or end of the year activity. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students develop ideas for a music video of a familiar children's song. Working together, they write a script, create costumes, props, and scenery and stage shots to be taped. 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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- 11th
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Students use music to make historical connections. Also there is teaching acrossed the curriculum by using literature of the time period. Importantly, there are modern connections made with the present time. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students discuss human rights. They brainstorm and listen to and read examples of music and poetry that deal with human rights and oppression. They choose one poem or song to analyze, looking for theme, oppression, and historical circumstance, and what lead the author to express this point of view. Finally they create their own poem/song dealing with human rights and oppression. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students work in groups in order to research a specific music era or dance style to share with the class. They have studied different music styles that are included in the lesson and now they have the choice to research one. There is a test included in this lesson for assessment purposes. Full Review »
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