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- 1st - 2nd
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Students explore the concept of slavery and the development of the blues in music, art, and literature. This is a highly creative multidisciplinary unit for younger students to gain an understanding of African-American history. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compose original lyrics for a "Round". They develop a copyright, a recording company, and CD covers for their original pieces. They teach these "rounds" to students in their choral music class. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students discover the meaning of rhythm, patterns, color, and texture by creating a class symphony. They can create this symphony to a historical work of art also. They make sounds and music individually, which the teacher conducts as a symphony. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students compare the principles of art and music and demonstrate their understanding by creating an original work of art inspired by a musical composition from a specific time period. They present the music and art in a class iMovie project. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how nature influences music composers. In small groups, students take a field trip to collect colors, sounds, and water samples at a nearby river, and use the data collected to compose a piece of music based on the water encounter. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate how art and music define and unify a social movement. They decide how art and music can act as symbols of protest. They view both contemporary and historical examples of art as a tool for protest and design an art project and an opera about a current social issue. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students identify the characteristics of the Impressionist period. Using art and music, they discover similarities between the two mediums and discuss whether there was a common language present. They use the internet to gather more information on artists from this era. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students create and perform original band compositions using their own band instruments. This two day lesson requires student compositions to be done at home. Students evaluate performances using a checklist for composing (included). Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students assess the impact of music to portray emotions and tell stories. Examples are taken from the life of Rosa Parks and a piece of band music called "A Movement for Rosa". Evaluation is accomplished through in-class participation and individual writing. This is a cross curricular lesson. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 8th
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Students discuss how the musical composition was created. They listen to "Pictures at an Exhibition." Students discuss how the Promenade in the beginning of the opus is based on Mussorgsky walking through the exhibit of paintings. Students discuss the fact that art and music can be created based on a wide variety of influences. Full Review »
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