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\nWhy Should You Listen to Vivaldi's \"Four Seasons\"?\n

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\nWhile many of your class members may find the opening strands of \"The Four Seasons\" by Antonio Vivaldi familiar, few may know of the rich history of this program music. Viewers not only listen to portions of the music from each season,...\n
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\nCanada's National Arts Center\n
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\nVivaldi and The Four Seasons: Teacher Resource Kit\n

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\nDid you know that Vivaldi wrote \"Winter,\" the final concerto of his The Four Seasons, in the key of F minor to echo the sleigh ride pieces popular at the time? A teacher resource kit, designed to support a study of the work, is packed...\n
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\n\"Vivaldi\n\n
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\nCanada's National Arts Center\n
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\nVivaldi and The Four Seasons\n

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\nDid you know that Vivaldi’s orchestra was largely made up of girls from an orphanage? Fun facts like this fill a 34-page teacher's kit designed to accompany a cross-curricular study of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.  \n
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Instructional Video5:02
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\nThe Ballet that Incited a Riot\n

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\nImagine a ballet starting a riot! Igor Stravinsky's \"The Rite of Spring\" did just that. Find out why the audience was so outraged by the score, choreography, costuming, and sets in this tradition-breaking ballet.\n
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\nA Musical Textures Activity\n

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\n\nFor Teachers\n\n2nd - 12th\n
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\nStudents identify textures in music. In this music appreciation lesson, students listen to a variety of classical music pieces and identify components of musical textures including monophony, homophony, polyphony, and heterophony.\n
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\nMusical Math Challenge\n

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\nFourth graders engage in a lesson in which problem solving is set to music - like musical chairs. They listen to classical music to set a thought-provoking atmosphere. This is also an excellent method of reinforcement or review.\n
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\n\"Vocabulary\n\n
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\nVocabulary Tables\n

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\nStudents view a sample vocabulary table based on words related classical music. After students have had a chance to view the table, they break up into groups and create their own vocabulary tables based on a certain subject.\n
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\n\"Wonderful\n\n
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\nWonderful World of Color\n

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\nStudents compare the paintings and lives of William H. Johnson and Henri Matisse through their use of line, color, and patterns to publish an individual fact book. They then create an imaginary painting while listening to classical music.\n
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\nAnimal Action\n

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\nLearners construct descriptive sentences. In this cross curricular music and descriptive writing lesson, students listen to classical music and pantomime actions that correspond to the music. Learners write descriptive sentences...\n
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\nString Instruments and Pitch\n

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\nLearners make predictions and explore how pitch is altered in string instruments. In this acoustic science lesson, students learn the types and parts of string instruments and create their own. They listen to classical music and identify...\n
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\nFolk Songs, Instruments of the Orchestra\n

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\nSecond graders study Folk Songs and instruments of the orchestra in these lessons. They recognize the difference between folk songs and classical music.\n
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\nLetter Dance\n

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\nStudents listen to a piece of classical music and identify the letter that their first name begins with. They use their bodies and movement to make the letter shapes and set the movements to the music.\n
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\n\"Jazz\n\n
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\nJazz in America\n

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\nLearners participate in a class discussion about jazz music, compare improvisation with regular conversion, listen to various jazz musicians and compare and contrast their individual sounds.\n
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\n\"Mozart\n\n
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\nMozart vs. Beethoven - Real Classical Composers\n

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\nElementary schoolers are given an overview of the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods of music. They focus on the lives of Beethoven and Mozart; two of the greatest composers of all time. After listening to samples their...\n
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\n\"Classical\n\n
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\nClassical Period: Understanding Four-Bar Sequences\n

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\nHer is an interesting topic, as well as a great way to teach it! You'll find two worksheets on this link, one for the teacher, and one for the learner. Worksheet one describes how classical composers used musical repetition to make their...\n
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\nCritical Listening: Music Vocabulary\n

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\nThe school band or orchestra analyzes their own performance after exploring musical terminology. They listen to a classical piece and describe it using only words. They look up musical terminology and then use those words to compare and...\n
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\nMusic of the Middle East\n

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\nExplore the cultural and religious influences that have shaped music in the Middle East. Classical and traditional music styles are covered in terms of instrumentation and music theory. This slide show would be appropriate for a music...\n
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\nMusic\n

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\nSome emotions are indescribable, but sometimes you have to try! After brainstorming adjectives that describe emotions, pupils watch a quick film, at first with no sound. Partners share their adjectives and come up with descriptions for...\n
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\nLesson Plan for C.S Lewis’ The Magician’s Nephew\n

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\nHere is a lesson plan that incorporates music writing, and reading literature. The class reads chapter eight from the C.S. Lewis classic The Magician's Nephew. Then, just like in the story, they use music as inspiration to create...\n
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\nLively Math\n

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\nScholars realize the importance of reading and correct interpretation when engaging in mathematical problem solving. This begins with the understanding of vocabulary and the translation from numeric to algebraic and algebraic to numeric.\n
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\nA Musical Composition Experience\n

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\nUpper graders having skills in music performance will extend their abilities through creative musical composition. They'll use Finale 2000 to explore facets of music composition, they'll then compose a piece for their instrument in C, F,...\n
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\nUsing Music to Tell a Story or Describe a Scene\n

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\nYoung composers demonstrate their understanding of the stylistic features of descriptive music, including pitch, tempo, dynamics, rhythm, and timbre, by developing a melody and countermelody for a main character in a story. As part of...\n
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\nJazz in America Lesson Plan 2\n

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\nYoung scholars explore jazz's primary elements. They identify the basic definitions of terms associated with jazz. In addition, they listen to Song for My Father.\n
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\nBy the Great Horn Spoon!\n

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\nBy The Great Horn Spoon is a fantastic novel for introducing learners to life during the California Gold Rush. First, kids research and analyze American folk songs, then they connect to the text as they listen to symphonic pieces written...\n
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