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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students play and discover an instrument called a rasp and how it was used as a Native American tribal custom. 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
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Students complete a short unit of lessons on the relationship between the Arabian Nights and the musical work, Scheherazade. They listen to music, trace the route of icons on a music map, play a simple rhythm, and listen to the story of Sinbad. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students explore the sounds of different instruments through the nne lessons of this unit. Instruments representing the elements of percussion, string, and wind are utilized in this unit. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students use a cardboard tubes as props as they create their own dance steps to express the emotions invoked in a portion of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore the musical concepts of rhythm, melody, expression, and tone color in a three-lesson unit about the iam Tell Overture. They identify dynamics and tempo and play a vocal tone color singing game. Full Review »
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- 4th - 11th
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Students discuss Native American culture and musical techniques after viewing a video of Charles Littleleaf, a member of the Warm Springs tribe and a creator of Native American wood flutes. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the role of the flute in Native American music while determining what an exemplary example of flute music sounds like. They develop a method of assessing a Native American flute performance. They perform a Native American flute piece before assessing it, and the performances of others. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students explore Balinese rindik Gamelan music. Students explore the cyclic patterns of rindik music. They compare and contrast this music to other forms of music. Students identify the music based on its Pentatonic scale and use that scale to create and play a simple tune. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students investigate the Math behind Musical instruments in this cross-curricular Math lesson on the Native American Flute and waveforms. The lesson can be accomplished in 6 days and includes an extensive materials list for successful implementation. Full Review »

