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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine Appalachian Folk Music and Culture and identify characteristics of folk music. They sing simple traditional folk songs, then compare folk music to other styles of music. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students listen to Caribbean folk music and discuss maracas and their role in music. They construct and design pairs of maracas using paper mache, then perform a Puerto Rican folk song using their maracas. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students read about Woody Guthrie and how folk music often tells of events of the time and can be effective protest music. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students use the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young to examine Folk music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 11th
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Students explore how artistry and craftsmanship in both the instrument maker and the musician creates the Hardanger Fiddle and the folk music tradition of Norway. This introductory lesson concludes with a video and worksheet (provided). Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine how aspects of Native American and American folk music are alike and different. They contrast both forms of music and engage in many activities to identify or explain how music fulfills a variety of purposes. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students experience the movements required to perform social, folk and square dancing. They describe each dance movement. Students discuss the elements found in folk art, folk music, and fold dance. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students explore Russian culture. They listen to Russian folk music and discuss the importance of folk music to the Russian people. Students discuss the climate of Russia and how it affected life in Russia. They create a climate map of Russia. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore folk music. They listen to various pieces of folk music. Students analyze the selections of music they listened to and write their opinion of the music selections. Students listen to Russian folk music and write a paragraph about their views of the music. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students discover how folk music was used as protest music in the 1960s and 1970s. As a class, they sing an alternative version of "Rock-A-Bye Baby". They discuss why the song was useful for the protesters and identify the other genres within American folk music. Full Review »

