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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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- 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
- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students study folk songs and their reflection on history and culture. They practice a variety of American folk songs and work in groups using Kidspiration to chart the chords they choose to view the structure of Chords. 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
- 6th - 8th
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Students complete a unit on the music, dance, and folklore of the African American culture. They read, write, and dramatize folktales, create a timeline of African American music, conduct a web scavenger hunt, and create a computer slideshow presentation as the culminating project of the unit. 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 »
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- 10th
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Students review the characteristics of American folk music from a previous lesson. As a class, they describe the bad qualities of the performances and discover they are an essential piece to the show. They also perform songs from previous lessons to end this lesson. 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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