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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 5th
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Students use the card or automated catalog to locate titles related to the symphony orchestra. They read and skim materials related to the symphony orchestra in order to make a selection. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students learn the string instruments of the symphony orchestra and recognize their "relatives." Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students are introduced to composer Antonin Dvorak and his Ninth Symphony From The New World. They compose melodies based on familiar folk tunes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the families to which the instruments of an orchestra belong. The identification of the instruments and their function in the playing of symphonies are made as they listen to the piece, "Peter and the Wolf." Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students complete with the class a KWL chart and discuss prior knowledge of orchestras. They visit websites to discover instruments and families of the orchestra and discuss appropriate audience behavior prior to going to a concert hall. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students discuss settings where they would be audience members and describe appropriate audience behavior for them. They role-play as performers at several events from their list while the remainder of the class behaves like an audience. They discover there are different appropriate behaviors for various settings. Students create a rubric for appropriate audience behavior for a planned symphony concert. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students listen to music from symphony concerts and discover how their responses change after repeated listenings. They record their responses on journal worksheets. Students compare their initial opinions to their latest reactions. Prior to and after attending a symphony, they write essays about their anticipation and reaction. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students listen as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra retells the story of Pegasus and Bellopheron in both words and music. They listen to the story as the goddess, Athena appears to Bellopheron in a dream and tells him he needs three things to succeed in his mission. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students identify the four instrument families of the symphony orchestra. They listen to the instruments and compare the similarities and differences of each of the four families. They design and create an instrument that belongs to a specific family of the symphony orchestra. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students identify various musical instruments and explain their roles in an orchestra. Following a Powerpoint presentation, students discuss what they have discovered in small groups. Then, each groups devises four questions based on the lesson to present in a quiz show format. Full Review »
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