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- 9th - 12th
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Students work with a senior citizen partner to investigate how Internet technology could serve the general population better. They focus on digital music and identify ways in which their ideal uses for this technology differ from their partners'. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss copyright issues and how technological advancements have afftected music. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine how music can influence our feelings, describe things, and create special effects. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students write persuasively by convincing others of their point of view about music downloading. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 11th
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Students examine their own definition of music in this look at composers of "aleatoric", "free form", and experimental music. This lesson is an introduction with two possible activity extensions. Full Review »
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- 4th - 11th
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Students discover compositional techniques through the study of a current young composer and listening examples. This 30-minute lesson is an introduction to a unit on current classical music trends. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine different types of music and discuss the issue of whether downloading music from the Internet should be allowed. They create a music alphabet, develop a list of words connected to music, participate in a "Music Find Somebody in the Class Who...," listen to various music clips, and role-play situations dealing with downloading music illegally. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine how aspects of Native American and American folk music are alike and different. They contrast both forms of music and engage in many activities to identify or explain how music fulfills a variety of purposes. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students study the effect that downloading has had on the music industry. As a class, students discuss what they know and do not know about the laws of music downloading. Small groups create a marketing plan to help reduce the amount of illegal downloads. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students explore free and metrically organized music sections. They listen to four excerpts of music and discuss in small groups which one is different from the others. They listen to the pieces again and determine the improvisational features and ways they contrast with the composed sections. Full Review »

