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- 7th - 12th
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Students discuss the impact of cultural diversity in the world around us, how it shapes conflict and unity, and relate the music of Dave Matthews Band to these societal issues and their own experiences. The compare Dave Matthews music to other genres. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students investigat the music played by the New Orleans brass bands in funerals. The two distinct moonds, sad and happy, utilized in the songs are identified and applied to other music selections. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students use ordinary objects to create rhythmic sounds and rhythms. They use such things as sandpaper, rubber bands, and pencils to follow teacher rhythms. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students prepare an oral report on an instrument they would play, stating reasons for their choice. They explore the brass, woodwind, and percussion families of instruments and what characteristics make them different from other band instruments. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students demonstrate writing lyrics for a twelve-bar blues pattern by writing two verses of a blues song and then recording themselves singing over a stock blues pattern using Apple's Garage Band. Requires a networked keyboard lab. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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
- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the origins of well known charities and the impact of the first Band Aid single 20 years ago. They explore what is involved in turning the dream of a different kind of world into a reality. They complete a worksheet detailing the history of Band Aid's efforts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students demonstrate the process of creating a scaled rubber band enlargement of a simple drawing. They observe and discuss a teacher-led demonstration, and create a scaled rubber band enlargement of simple drawings and their invention blueprints from a previous lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 10th
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Students explore and examine the Garage Band program that comes on Macintosh computers. They access the music classroom section and icon and all its avenues and directions it gives to create a new project recording live music. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create a new project. They are told that the Garage Band is a program that comes on Macintosh computers. Students are told that they project doesn't matter what tempo or key if they are recording live music. They go back to the Track menu and select a New Track, and then Real Instrument. Full Review »
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