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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students research how the Orphan Train was an example of philanthropy that was aimed at aiding homeless children. They determine how this philanthropic effort continues now by researching contemporary relief agencies. They participate in a local relief effort. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students practice reading and vocabulary connected to music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students rehearse and work on a structured interpretation of the piece, "Train Heading West and Other Outdoor Scenes," by Timothy Broege. They explore how Broege utilizes American history and traditions in his music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Higher Ed
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Students study how to use video clips to enrich lessons about opera and social issues. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students use rhymes, songs and games to help them study music. They discover how music can be used with movement, speech and singing. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students create a video based on a compressed period of time, where viewers are given a snapshot of places, events, and times throughout the school day. Students study video recording, footage capturing, editing, and time stretching. Students also study adding music to video footage. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students, with this opera exchange, increase their knowledge of the opera process. They use opera as a vehicle to better comprehend the relationship music has with all arts and other disciplines across the curriculum. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students listen to an African American spiritual. After listening to the music, they identify words that were repeated and musical ideas. In groups, they write new lyrics to the song and locate new locations on a map of the United States. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students, after playing the instruments, identifying the sounds and creating rhythmic and melodic phrases, create expression in a performance. They create and arrange music within specific guidelines including rhythmic phrases and melodic phrases. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students listen to and identify the different sounds of a variety of musical instruments. They take turns sitting blindfolded in a chair in the middle of the classroom, as students play a selected instrument. The blindfolded student walks in the direction they hear the music coming from and identify the sound and the instrument making the sound. Full Review »

