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\nHarness Music to Enhance Writing\n

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\nUse the magic of music to engage the senses and bring new life to your writing curriculum.\n
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\nThe Elements of Music—How do Composers Plan?\n

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\nThe introduction to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and the finale of his Symphony No. 4 provide young musicians with an opportunity to investigate the music elements composers employ to develop the themes they want to create. They compare the...\n
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\nRomantic and 20th Century Period Music\n

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\nUpper graders explore the similarities, differences, and depth of pop music from the Romantic era and the 20th century. They listen to selections that exemplify the Baroque, Romantic, and 20th century periods, then create presentations...\n
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\nMarching to the Beat of a Different Drum\n

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\nHenry David Thoreau and Linda Ronstadt? Ann Tyler and Pete Townshend? Joyce Carol Oates and Pearl Jam? This richly detailed plan pairs classic literature with contemporary music and asks learners to analyze how the theme of conformity is...\n
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\nSame and Different Through Music and Art\n

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\nThis lesson is intended for a music class but would be a great way to teach compare and contrast to any class. Kindergarteners dance the Hokey Pokey to four different styles of music and examine two paintings of Humpty Dumpty, then...\n
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\nMusic from Across America\n

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\nStudents complete a unit of lessons on a variety of types of American music. They record their impressions of music samples on a worksheet, identify types of instruments, and choose a musical selection for their family to respond to.\n
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\nSchool of Rock the Musical: Education Guide\n

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\nThat old fashioned rock and roll comes alive as theatre arts students prepare to attend a live performance of the musical School of Rock. Packed with both pre- and post-production materials, the guide has it all. Rock on!\n
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\nComparing Values: Comparisons Between Musical Notation and Money\n

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\nStudents identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in school, specifically math, are interrelated with those of music.\n
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\nKindergarten Music Time\n

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\nLittle ones are led through a series of rhythmic songs and chants while they march, clap, and use their tummies as percussive instruments. They work on singing in pitch, chunking, and keeping a steady beat. \n
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\nWriting About Informational Text: Music and the Brain\n

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\nEven if you've never picked up a musical instrument, chances are that music has directly impacted your mental and emotional development. Sixth graders engage in a reading activity in which they read two articles on the impact of music on...\n
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\nMood Music!\n

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\nGrouchy? Sad? Here's a great resource that shows kids how music can be used to lift their spirits. Kids collect and chart data on the effects of music on emotions. After analyzing the results of their experiment, they develop...\n
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\nMusical Vibes with Palm Pipes\n

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\nAncient people used musical pipes as early as the third millennium BCE. Young scientists explore the workings of musical pipes to better understand the relationship with frequency, length of pipe, and sound waves. They determine the...\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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\nPop Culture Icons: Medieval Music\n

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\nKids compare and contrast music from the past to the present. They listen to and review the characteristics of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Pop music. Then, they discuss the differences in each and how musical icons from the past...\n
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\nMusic and Animation: 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons\n

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\nMusic has been used to convey thoughts, feelings, and the human condition for thousands of years. Your class will analyze several songs hear in the animated classic, \"Charlie Brown.\" They will listen to several jazz pieces from the show,...\n
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\nComparing Poems\n

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\nYoung literary analysts compare two poems by the same author. Readers look for slant rhyme, observe the beat and rhythm of each, and search for repeated vowel sounds. After re-reading, they observe the lack of punctuation and the stanza...\n
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\nMusic\n

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\nMusic is a universal pleasure, but writing about it can be a little trickier. An informative handout discusses common types of music writing assignments that one might encounter in a college-level course. Individuals read about musical...\n
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\nGetting the Meaning in Pop Music\n

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\nCritical thinkers compare the impact of visual versus aural perception in how they comprehend artistic intent. They consider the meaning of a set of pop lyrics first by reading them, then by listening to them orally, and finally viewing...\n
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\nIndian Film Music\n

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\nMusic has been used with many different art forms, but none more obvious than film. Explore the history, cultural influences, and music found in Indian Film. Text in this presentation is bulleted, making it great for taking notes....\n
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\nComparing Two Stories\n

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\nCompare new and old versions of the classic story Alice in Wonderland in this comprehensive learning exercise packet. Learners read an excerpt from the original, answering several analysis questions. They do the same for a more...\n
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\nKinky Boots—The New Musical: Official Show Guide\n

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\nDrag queens in thigh-high shiny red leather boots! Welcome to Kinky Boots, the Tony Award-winning musical about a young man trying to save his family-owned shoe-making business. With an engaging story line and songs by Cyndi Lauper, the...\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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\nMusical Harlem: How Is Jazz Music Reflective of the Harlem Renaissance?\n

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\nBring jazz music and the Harlem Renaissance to light with a lesson that challenges scholars to research and create. Pupils delve deep into information materials to identify jazz terminology, compare types of jazz and jazz musicians,...\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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