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- 1st
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Students indicate the silent beats (rests) with an outward motion of the arms. They indicate a measure clapped out with a quarter rest, and a measure clapped out without a quarter rest. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students clap the beat to their favorite nursery rhyme and have the class guess what the rhyme is. To introduce the rest beat, have students use small drums or other percussion instruments to play hickory dickory dock. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students use the nursery rhyme "Pease Porridge Hot" to explore rhythm, beats and rests in music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students compare, contrast, and reflect on reggae, punk, and ska music, and how this relates to the music of the group The English Beat. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to and discuss popular music that addresses political and social issues of oppression, but in a joyful way. They role play as artistic teams and plan a music video that may be used for a specific song. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss how groups work together, specifically in relation to issues that bring a band together and/or push them apart. They work with peers to develop and exhibit a prospective band's concept. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore the concept of steady beat and develop listening skills. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine meter, rhythmic patterns, rhyme scheme, and iambic pentameter. They watch video clips, read and discuss various Dr. Seuss books, identify the rhyming words and patterns, read and listen to song lyrics, and write song lyrics. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students determine through research and the study of literature what the Beat Generation was and how it has affected American society. Students keep journal responses to the literature they read, then write an essay and create a PowerPoint describing the Beat movement. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students analyze beat of poem and illustrate it with musical instruments and noisemakers, explore experience of listening to poetry and music simultaneously by reading and discussing article "A Breezy Exchange Between Old Friends (Jazz and Poetry)." Students then research songs that can meaningfully accompany rhythms and tones of selected poems, and write essays explaining their respective poem-music pairings. Full Review »
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