Rhythm and Blues Music Lesson Plans

Learners describe some of the distinguishing characteristics background rhythms used in R&B. They perform typical R&B accompaniment patterns and develop their own horn section to play background rhythms.

Students relate ballads and blues stanzas of the Harlem Renaissance to music. In this poetry lesson, exercises and activities help students recognize the iamb, anapest, trochee, and dactyl. The ballad measures activity allows students to actually measure lines of the ballad.

Sixth graders create a human timeline. In this B.C. and A.D. time lesson, 6th graders examine the relationships among events on timelines as they use date cards to create a human timeline. Students also conduct research to design their own timelines regarding given time periods.

This lesson enables teachers to use blues music to explore the history of African Americans in the 20th century. By studying the content of blues songs, students can learn about the experiences and struggles of the working-class Southerners who created th

Third graders choose a book, read, and report what they read. Using the three R's, they will watch a video of an author giving a book talk. Then they discuss the video as a class. Next, they organize information from their chosen book to give their own book talk based on the model they observed. At the conclusion of the lesson, 3rd graders learn how to self-evaluate their reading.

Young scholars explore landforms and water systems, including rivers, and explore the Blue Nile and compare it to a river in the US. They create brochures for people considering a journey down the Blue Nile and along a river in the United States.

First graders often mix up the letters b/d, making them pronounce words incorrectly because they are identifying a b or d when they should be pronouncing the opposite letter. They are exposed to the two letters in a variety of ways including seeing and hearing the letters written and said to them.

Eighth graders are introduced to indigenous musical forms, instruments and styles from Paraguay, Haiti, Brazil and Venezuela. They use singing, dance, improvisation and composition to replicate and explore the target music.

Eighth graders examine the role of music in changing the cultures of the indigenous cultures in New Zealand and Australia.

Eighth graders listen to examines of tribal African music. They participate in activities and listen to examples of the music.