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- 2nd - 4th
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Students gain a basic knowledge of musical instruments. Through this activity students develop a greater appreciation of music and the different instruments involved in its creation. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students disover the art of reading music, introducing quarter and half notes and their values. It can can be a self-contained minilesson, or the beginning of a unit about Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine the role of music in changing the cultures of the indigenous cultures in New Zealand and Australia. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore the impact of history, religion, and culture on music. They discover Renaissance genres, composers, and cultures as they sing, play songs, and participate in hands-on activities. Handouts and worksheets are included. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students listen to, analyze, and describe excerpts from Benjamin Britten's, 'Finale From the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'. They listen to the entire piece, and identify the different instruments by their sound. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students listen to pieces of classical music by Handel and Palestrina. They explore the concepts of timbre and polyphony. In groups, they are to identify when different tones of music are being played. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore music by using critical thinking skills through listening, analyzing and interpreting different styles of music. They listen to several styles of music and perform a dance or creative movement showing the design of the piece. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students select a piece of music that appropriately corresponds with an emotion evident in a given piece of literature. They author a poem of at least twenty lines and upon select music appropriate to the text. Students present their written work and musical selection to other students. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students examine aesthetics using existing and student-created program music. They describe music, propose meanings in music and defend their descriptions and propositions.They also describe and defend music and visual arts representations of subject matter that are not from the arts. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students research three African-American musicians and compose a report based upon their research in this Music Appreciation lesson for the middle level classroom. The lesson could be adapted for various student levels and abilities. Full Review »
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