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42 "contemporary music" Lesson Plans
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- 2nd
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Students experience artistic perception of rhythm in music and see how to move their bodies and tap their sticks to the rhythm of a particular song. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students study song-poems from 1865 to the present. They explore the works of Woody Guthrie and the Almanac Singers (including Pete Seeger). Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students examine music from Shakespeare's plays and how they indicate character and/or character traits. They try to choose a contemporary song to represent characters. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the role music played in African American history and research events of the Civil Rights movement. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the American Indian tribe of the Chippewa. They identify the different names of the Anishinabe/Ojibwe/Chippewa nation, conduct a research project, explore various websites, and present their group research projects. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the influences of the Hispanic groups from Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico. In groups, they research the history of Mexico and read excerpts from a book in Spanish to practice their vocabulary. To end the lesson, they write letters to the Embassy of Mexico in New York to ask for information about the Hispanic cultures in the American Southwest. Full Review »
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- 4th - 11th
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Students discover compositional techniques through the study of a current young composer and listening examples. This 30-minute lesson is an introduction to a unit on current classical music trends. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are provided with opportunities to develop the ability to assess how elements of music are used in a work to create images or evoke emotions. They listen to examples of program music. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students are introduced to the past and present cultures of the Anishinabe/Ojibwe people, the tribe's original and contemporary locations, and the meanings and history of their different names. The class then researches together the topic of historical migration of the Anishinabe/Ojibwe, and the lesson culminates with group research projects focusing on different aspects of the culture and traditions of this tribe. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students investigate the contemporary works of American music focusing on one artist. They compare the contemporary music of Steve Reich with that of the Balinese and African cultures. The students use internet research to journal how Steve is considered a composer with a universal outlook. Full Review »
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