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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students design attractive posters to promote the work of Leroy Anderson, an American composer with an unusual style. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students visit web sites for each of the composersand listen to selections of each composer's music and place important dates of the composers into a pre-printed time line. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to and analyze the ballad "American Pie." They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan. They circle the appropriate descriptive words of the song's medium form, melody, tempo and dynamics, and style. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students are introduced to a brief history of musical theater in America. They listen to various pieces of music, watch videos, and study their composers and lyricists. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students research and write about three African American composers from Arkansas: Scott Joplin, Florence Price and iam Grant Still. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students delve into the life and music of Duke Ellington as a major American musician and composer. The elements that made the sound of his orchestra unique and the talents of his band members are explored in this lesson. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students study the history of Aaron Copland, the famous American composer. They dance to the song Hoe-Down composed by Aaron Copland. 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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- 11th
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Students ponder about what it means to be an "American." They discuss the impact of an author's word choice and sentence structure on text. They identify some major themes and development of the Letters... Compose paragraphs and essays of sensory appeal. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students begin work on the WebQuest project by learning about exactly what they have to do and choosing a Folk Composer to research. They identify various roles that musicians perform, cite, representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and achievements Full Review »
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