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Composer/Musician Study Lesson Plan

Composer/Musician Study

6th - 8th
Students research a musician or composer of their choice and present their research through a written paper and free choice activity. This lesson can be done over the course of five to six classes with some homework. The paper...
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Composers and Their Countries Interactive

Composers and Their Countries

K - 12th
How many of the world's greatest composers were born in Austria? Or Germany? Or the United States? An interactive map provides young musicians with information about prominent composers in the last few centuries, as well as the periods...
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Jazz Musicians Video

Jazz Musicians

15 mins 6th - 12th
Ten informative videos make up a series hosted by Wynton Marsalis designed to share the musical triumphs of jazz musicians Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and more! 
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Camp for Composers - Activity 1 Lesson Plan

Camp for Composers - Activity 1

4th - 11th
Students compose original songs in 4/4 time to learn the elements used in the formation of music: tempo, pitch, meter, rhythm, and melody. This introductory lesson can be done in two 30-minute class periods.
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The Elements of Music—How do Composers Plan? Lesson Plan

The Elements of Music—How do Composers Plan?

5th - 8th
The introduction to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and the finale of his Symphony No. 4 provide young musicians with an opportunity to investigate the music elements composers employ to develop the themes they want to create. They compare the...
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A Composer Leads the Way Worksheet

A Composer Leads the Way

4th - 5th
What song is playing? A music activity focuses on composers throughout history, their famous works, and the instruments in each piece. As pupils complete the instructional activity they play a short game to review music theory terms.
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Composers in Music History Unit

Composers in Music History

10th - Higher Ed
What do Johann Sebastian Bach and Miles Davis have in common? Much more than class members might imagine. The comparison of these two famous composers is just one lesson in a unit that investigates many facets of the music industry...
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Composers Timeline Interactive

Composers Timeline

K - 12th
Take a quick tour through the last 350 years of music composition with an interactive timeline tool. As learners scroll through the years, they see which composers were born and working during the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern...
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Louisiana's Legendary Musicians Lesson Plan

Louisiana's Legendary Musicians

4th - 8th
Students identify and interpret what legendary traditional musicians of Louisiana that allows them to hear new genres of traditional music. They also identify what it means to be a legendary artist and read, write, and create a project...
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Interviews with Famous Composers Lesson Plan

Interviews with Famous Composers

5th - 6th
Students research a composer using both Internet and print media. They demonstrate how to read a piece of music. They conduct interviews of each other to determine material for a news broadcast which they videotape as they simulate...
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GEOGRAPHY, SPANISH, AND MUSICIANS Lesson Plan

GEOGRAPHY, SPANISH, AND MUSICIANS

2nd - 8th
Students explore the connection between music and culture. In this Spanish music lesson, students label maps to show the Spanish speaking countries. Students study Spanish musicians, label where they live on the maps and write a report...
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Compose and Decompose Angles Video

Compose and Decompose Angles

4 mins 4th - 5th
CCSS: Designed
What does it mean to decompose an angle? You can compose and decompose angles just like shapes or numbers. Real-world examples are used to demonstrate how angles can be broken into smaller parts. An angle is decomposed into two smaller...
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19th & 20th Century Composers: Exoticism Lesson Plan

19th & 20th Century Composers: Exoticism

8th - 12th
VH1 Music Studio has put out another great activity that incorporates analysis, compare/contrast, and musical terminology. Kids will listen to the song "Habanera" considering the use of specific instruments in evoking a sense of...
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Classical Music Composers Puzzle Worksheet

Classical Music Composers Puzzle

5th - 12th
In this composers word search puzzle, students identify the names of famous composers of classical music. Examples include Mozart and Bach. A list of 60 names is provided to assist students in their search.
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Composers and Musical Terms Worksheet

Composers and Musical Terms

9th - 12th
In this music worksheet, learners look for the words found in the word search that name composers and parts of music. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Composers and Their Styles Worksheet

Composers and Their Styles

9th - 12th
In this music instructional activity, students find the words that are naming the major composers and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Composer/Bach: Scramble Interactive

Composer/Bach: Scramble

4th - 8th
Read a bit about the composer Bach and then put your class to work with this online-interactive activity. They unscramble 18 different names or terms related to the study of Bach. Answers are available.
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Famous Composers Worksheet

Famous Composers

6th - 8th
In this music learning exercise, students find the words that are associated with the naming of famous composers. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Be Sharp and Never Flat Lesson Plan

Be Sharp and Never Flat

2nd - 4th
An outstanding lesson on music awaits your young composers! They learn about patterns found in music, the different sections of an orchestra, and see the differences between musicians and a composer. Excellent streamed videos and good...
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Musician-Guitarist Video

Musician-Guitarist

3 mins 6th - 12th
Tune your ears and eyes into this video of guitarist Ricky Rios. The daily life of a musician is more chaotic than you may think! Watch this video to learn why.
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Musician Extraordinaire Based on the DC Quarter Reverse Lesson Plan

Musician Extraordinaire Based on the DC Quarter Reverse

4th - 5th
Students develop an understanding of the role of a musician, composer, and conductor. In this musician lesson, students examine the District of Columbia quarter and see that Duke Ellington is on the reverse side. They define performer,...
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Duke Ellington: Great American Musician and Composer Lesson Plan

Duke Ellington: Great American Musician and Composer

3rd - 6th
Students delve into the life and music of Duke Ellington as a major American musician and composer. The elements that made the sound of his orchestra unique and the talents of his band members are explored in this instructional activity.
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Composer Scavenger Hunt Lesson Plan

Composer Scavenger Hunt

7th - 8th
Students use a database to research a composer of their choice. They complete a composer scavenger hunt and complete a worksheet. They listen to their music as well.
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Musicians and Their Bands Worksheet

Musicians and Their Bands

9th - 12th
In this musicians worksheet, students match the name of a musician to the respective band.  This two-page worksheet contains 32 matching problems.  Answers are provided on the last page.
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Notable American Composers Lesson Plan

Notable American Composers

5th - 7th
Students visit web sites for each of the composersand listen to selections of each composer's music and place important dates of the composers into a pre-printed time line.
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Baroque Composers Lesson Plan

Baroque Composers

4th
Fourth graders study Baroque composers. In this music lesson, rotate trough three stations, collecting information on particular Baroque composers. Worksheets, information cards, and procedure included.
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ELA Lesson Plan Focusing on Artists and Composers Lesson Plan

ELA Lesson Plan Focusing on Artists and Composers

5th - 12th
Students research a selected composer and artist. They write a biography about each one and include information about at least two works created by the chosen artist or composer. Students note similar characteristics of their compared...
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Composers: Then and Now Lesson Plan

Composers: Then and Now

8th - 12th
Students research various composers on the internet to determine when they lived, what type of music they composed, what instruments they played and how they made their music available to the public. They write a brochure about one of...
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Composers Worksheet

Composers

8th - 10th
In this music worksheet, students use the appropriate reference and respond to 4 fill in the blank questions about composers and famous song titles.
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The Town Musicians of Bremen Audio

The Town Musicians of Bremen

2nd - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Take a listen to "The Town Musicians of Bremen" by the Brothers Grimm with a nine minute audiobook. The story details four elderly animals that join together to make a band and travel their way to find an unlikely home thanks to their...
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A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry Lesson Plan

A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry

K - 2nd
CCSS: Designed
Scholars work collaboratively to compose a found poem from one of their favorite stories. With a finished product in hand, class members form a circle and perform their work for an audience by taking turns reciting one line till the poem...
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I Am A Musician - Board Game Lesson Plan

I Am A Musician - Board Game

K - 5th
Pupils demonstrate understanding of roles of composer, conductor, percussion players, string players, woodwind players, brass players, and harpist in a symphony orchestra. Students then play "I Am a Musician" pantomime board game.
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Musicians and Their Backup Bands - Part 2 Worksheet

Musicians and Their Backup Bands - Part 2

9th - 12th
In this musicians worksheet, students match the name of a musician to the band he/she is associated with.  This one-page worksheet contains 26 matching problems.  A link to the solution is provided.
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"Infernal Dance" From The Firebird, by Igor Stravinsky Worksheet

"Infernal Dance" From The Firebird, by Igor Stravinsky

3rd - 5th
This worksheet about Stravinsky's ballet, The Firebird, provides information about the composer, the ballet, and the "Infernal Dance." It also includes questions about the music, as well as extension activities such as a puppet show.
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Modern Music Worksheet

Modern Music

4th - 6th
A great source of nonfiction reading material, this resource consists of a series of five short reading passages about modern music, composition principles, and various composers. Accompanying each reading is a different activity for...
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Composer Corner Lesson Plan

Composer Corner

5th
Fifth graders study composers. In this music lesson, 5th graders research five different composers from various musical eras using a computer assisted lesson. Students complete a multiple choice test about the composers.
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Comparison/Contrast Composer Study Lesson Plan

Comparison/Contrast Composer Study

6th - 8th
Students choose two composers to research and complete a compare and contrast study of them. In this composer research lesson, students select two composers to research. Students use Internet sources, the library, and music class...
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Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 Questions Worksheet

Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 Questions

9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge," by Wordsworth.
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Composing Music Lesson Plan

Composing Music

2nd - 5th
Students compose music with musical instruments, and write the proper notation for the songs they have created.
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I Am A Musician- Interview A Musician Lesson Plan

I Am A Musician- Interview A Musician

K - 8th
Students, as a class, interview musician to find out more about him/her as an individual. Students then write thank you notes and include, by naming or drawing, one fact learned about the musician.
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Composing From a Thread Lesson Plan

Composing From a Thread

6th - 12th
Students listen to music composed in the 20th century and discuss varying interpretations. They play a contemporary piece of music and explore techniques available to a modern composer.
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Great Composers and Their Works Worksheet

Great Composers and Their Works

4th - 5th
In these musical composers worksheets, learners read about 5 different composers and the words they created. Students may complete various activities for each worksheet.
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Grade 1: Composing 10 Presentation

Grade 1: Composing 10

1st
How to make the number 10, let us count the ways! Kids discover different ways they can make the number 10 by adding two numbers together. They work as a class to come up with all the variations or equations that make 10 and then attempt...
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The Amazing Joan Armatrading Worksheet

The Amazing Joan Armatrading

7th - 12th
Joan Armatrading may be an unfamiliar name in your classroom, but after some research, your class will find that she is an amazing musician. Use this worksheet to test their new-found knowledge. There are 10 multiple-choice questions in...
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Hungarian Dance #5 by Johannes Brahms Worksheet

Hungarian Dance #5 by Johannes Brahms

5th - 6th
This music appreciation worksheet on "Hungarian Dance #5" by Johannes Brahms provides information about the composer and the piece. It also includes a "listening map", a music maze, and word scramble.
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Composing Choral Warm-ups Lesson Plan

Composing Choral Warm-ups

6th - 8th
Young scholars compose sixteen measures of a melody for warm-up purposes, write their melodies on staff paper with correct pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and sing melodies by reading the notation.
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Famous African Americans: Duke Ellington Worksheet

Famous African Americans: Duke Ellington

3rd
CCSS: Designed
Duke Ellington was one of the most prominent and exciting jazz musicians of the 20th century. After reading a brief passage on the famous composer, readers answer 10 reading response questions.
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Listen to the Music Worksheet

Listen to the Music

K - 3rd
CCSS: Adaptable
Different pieces of music can elicit different emotions from audience members. A quick tempo can make you feel happy, while a largo piece may bring out a melancholy temperament. Elementary musicians learn more about the instruments and...
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Fun With Musical Words Worksheet

Fun With Musical Words

4th - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
Is concertmaster another term for conductor, or is he or she another person entirely? Learn the specifics of the role of concertmaster with an activity focused on classical music. After learners define the term, they select a piece of...
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Music: Off the Wall & Onto the Stage - Composing Lesson Plan

Music: Off the Wall & Onto the Stage - Composing

3rd - 5th
Kids explore Gullah music from Africa and then create original compositions based on what they've learned. They practice traditional melodies and rhythms then make some of their own, which they then perform for the class. 
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Composing Music Lesson Plan

Composing Music

3rd - 6th
Students explore music appreciation by creating their own music pieces in class. In this music composition lesson, students collaborate in small groups with their instruments and compose a short song which they will play for class....
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Daily Academic Vocabulary Grade 4 - Compose, Composition Worksheet

Daily Academic Vocabulary Grade 4 - Compose, Composition

4th - 6th
Cool! Here is a week's worth of DLA activities designed for fourth graders. Each day, they focus on a different word. They explore both compose and composition in a series of week-long activities. Each activity has directions for the...
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Musical Composer Word Search Worksheet

Musical Composer Word Search

4th - 5th
In this music composers word search worksheet, students read the names of 12 classical music composers. Students find these in a word search puzzle.
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Three Composing/Decomposing Problems Assessment

Three Composing/Decomposing Problems

2nd
CCSS: Designed
Practice composing and decomposing numbers in base-ten using three word problems. Each problem presents a different scenario requiring learners to explain their thinking, find the number of ones, and find out different ways to make a...
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The Producers Lesson Plan

The Producers

3rd - 12th
Students design attractive posters to promote the work of Leroy Anderson, an American composer with an unusual style.
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David Archuleta Worksheet

David Archuleta

6th - 12th
With a spare 10 minutes older students can enjoy answering trivia. This quiz explores the life and work of musician, David Archuleta. This could be paired with a engaging challenge to do internet research in order to answer all the...
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Angus Young: Master of the Guitar Worksheet

Angus Young: Master of the Guitar

7th - 12th
Angus Young was the lead guitarist of AC/DC. Quiz your learners' knowledge of this great musician with 10 multiple-choice questions. Note: You can print this out, or have your class take the quiz online. Answers are provided after...
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Composing Numbers Worksheet

Composing Numbers

1st
Learners add-on to determine which set of blocks make each of the four given numbers. There are five sets of blocks, they count the two block sets that compose the indicated number when added together.
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Compose Your Own Music Interactive

Compose Your Own Music

K - 12th
Channel the masters with an interactive music composition activity! Learners use the online tool to create their own masterpieces one measure at a time.
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"Turkish Rondo" From Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Worksheet

"Turkish Rondo" From Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5th - 6th
For this music appreciation worksheet, students listen to "Turkish Rondo" from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Students read about the composer and the piece. Students follow a "listening map" and complete a...
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Music Makers Lesson Plan

Music Makers

6th - 12th
Young scholars explore distinct styles that have characterized famous musicians and conductors. By studying one musician or conductor in-depth, students become experts on this person's musical style and are given the opportunity to share.
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Bessie Smith Interactive

Bessie Smith

8th - 12th
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 41 multiple choice questions about the accomplishments of musician Bessie Smith. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Igor Stravinsky: The Composer and His Impact Lesson Plan

Igor Stravinsky: The Composer and His Impact

12th
An internet-saturated learning experience helps high schoolers construct and support opinions about the impact of 20th-century composer Igor Stravinsky. They read a biography online, listen to compositions, watch YouTube videos, and view...
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"Playful Pizzicat" from Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten Worksheet

"Playful Pizzicat" from Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten

4th - 5th
For this classical music worksheet, students listen to "Playful Pizzicato" by Benjamin Britten. Students read about the composer and complete 20 fun activities about the instruments, form, and history of this piece.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lesson Plan

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

9th - 12th
Students identify what Tchaikovsky's personality was like and what kind of school he attended first. Then they identify and research what was happening in Russian politics during his lifetime. Students also identify who the composer was...
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Lessons for Hight School Music Classes: Lesson 1 Lesson Plan

Lessons for Hight School Music Classes: Lesson 1

9th - 12th
The phrase, "You sold out" has been thrown around among musicians that have lent their talents to the corporate world. Here, the class engages in an interesting discussion on how musicians make a living and the influence of commercialism...
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Composing Transformations: Lesson Video

Composing Transformations: Lesson

5 mins 7th - 11th
Double the transformations, double the fun! Using the knowledge of transformations, the video combines two transformations of figures on the coordinate plane. The segment of a geometry playlist, finds a single transformation that will...
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Various Roles of Musicians Lesson Plan

Various Roles of Musicians

9th - 12th
Students research and collect information about a musician that they are interested in. They then incorporate their information into a PowerPoint presentation which includes pictures and audio files, and share their slide show with the...
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Composing with Non-Chord Tones to Ornament a Melody Lesson Plan

Composing with Non-Chord Tones to Ornament a Melody

9th - 12th
Students develop melodies based on a simple chord progression. They develop the tools need to begin to compose their own music. Students explore the qualities of each NCT and identify them in a composition. They develop listening skills...
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Conductor, Composer and Jazz Trumpeter Lesson Plan

Conductor, Composer and Jazz Trumpeter

4th - 11th
Young scholars investigate the life and education of current conductor, composer, and jazz musician Thara Memory in this 50-minute lesson introducing a two day unit. A video of Thara is included.
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"Marche Militaire" by Franz Shubert Worksheet

"Marche Militaire" by Franz Shubert

4th - 6th
In this music appreciation worksheet, students listen to Marche Militaire by Franz Shubert. Students read about the composer and the piece and complete a one page activity sheet about the music.
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Using Poetry As Inspiration for Composition Lesson Plan

Using Poetry As Inspiration for Composition

9th - Higher Ed
A reading of Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken" launches an interdisciplinary study of the connection between the meters of a poem and a melody. After identifying the number of beats in each line of the poem, young musicians use...
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Creating an Original Opera Lesson Plan

Creating an Original Opera

9th - 12th
This may be a lot to ask of a high schooler, but then again, who knows? Pupils work in groups to explore, write, and then perform an original opera. They view versions of The Magic Flute and La Traviata, then compose a plot, characters,...
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Following Muddy's Trail Lesson Plan

Following Muddy's Trail

9th - 12th
Young scholars view the AMERICAN MASTERS film "Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied" and research him using the Guided Reading strategy. They examine the influential musician's childhood and trace his journey from the Mississippi Delta to...
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Overlapping Rectangle Activities & Project

Overlapping Rectangle

K - 3rd
CCSS: Designed
Challenge young mathematicians' ability to compose and decompose shapes with this fun geometry puzzle. The goal is simple, locate all of the rectangles shown in a picture of three overlapping rectangles. Perform this activity as a whole...
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What’s Missing? Activities & Project

What’s Missing?

Pre-K - 1st
CCSS: Designed
Now you see them, now you don't! This fun peek-a-boo activity engages young mathematicians in developing their ability to compose and decompose numbers. After being presented with a series of counters, children close their eyes while the...
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What is a Musician? Lesson Plan

What is a Musician?

K
Students practice appropriate concert etiquette by role-playing and attending concerts, They identify musicians by exploring the roles of musicians including performers, conductors and composers.
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What is a Musician and How Do I Act During Performances? Lesson Plan

What is a Musician and How Do I Act During Performances?

K
Students attend a variety of school concerts and performances to determine how to act at them. In class, they role-play audience members as well as describing the role of performers, composers and conductors. They repeat the lesson...
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Essay Writing Guide App

Essay Writing Guide

6th - Higher Ed
Keep your writers on track with a detailed reference tool. Organized into four main categories, this app will support learners as they compose and revise any number of essays.
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Classics for Kids: Josef Haydn Worksheet

Classics for Kids: Josef Haydn

5th - 8th
In this Josef Haydn worksheet, students read about the composer and his works. Students then respond to a musical instrument question, a word scramble question, and solve a word search.
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"Hornpipe" From Water Music by George Frideric Handel Worksheet

"Hornpipe" From Water Music by George Frideric Handel

3rd - 5th
In this classical music worksheet, students listen to a recording of "Hornpipe" from Water Music by George Frideric Handel. Students read about the composer and the form of the piece. Students complete 8 dot to dot or instrument...
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Lesson Plan for Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan for Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

9th - 12th
Students study the music of Russian composer, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. They compare the sounds individual instruments make. They listen to and study the story of "Scheherazade" and compare it to other pieces that also portray a story or...
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Learning Styles/Holistic Lesson Plan Lesson Plan

Learning Styles/Holistic Lesson Plan

9th - 12th
Students, in groups, research a music composer of their choice. They create a video showing the composer's life in which students act in it. They also create a pamphlet for a future band concert for that composer.
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"Andante" From Rhapsody in Blue Worksheet

"Andante" From Rhapsody in Blue

5th - 6th
In this classical music instructional activity, learners listen to a recording of "Andante" from Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin. Students read a biography of the composer. Learners unscramble the names of musical instruments and...
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"Galop" From The Comedians Suite by Dmitri Kabalevsky Worksheet

"Galop" From The Comedians Suite by Dmitri Kabalevsky

5th - 6th
In this music appreciation worksheet, students listen to "Galop" from The Comedians Suite by Dmitri Kabalevsky. Students read about the composer and the piece and follow a listening map. Students complete a crossword puzzle about...
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Colorful Vivaldi Lesson Plan

Colorful Vivaldi

1st - 5th
Students identify music by composer Antonio Vivaldi, listen for the "form" of the music, explore life of Vivaldi, and correlate music with weather and history.
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George Gershwin, Composer Lesson Plan

George Gershwin, Composer

2nd - 5th
Learners are introduced to the life and works of George Gershwin. As a class, they listen to his most famous pieces of music and discuss how his music is still heard today in many films. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Beethoven Manuscript Sold at Auction Lesson Plan

Beethoven Manuscript Sold at Auction

2nd - 6th
Students react to a series of statements about Beethoven, then read a news article about the sale of a 179-year-old manuscript by the musical genius. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion...
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Loop-based Composing based on Visual Stimuli Lesson Plan

Loop-based Composing based on Visual Stimuli

7th - 12th
Young scholars search the World Wide Web to locate an artistic image that inspires an aural composition. They compose a musical piece using loop-based composition software and use file management and storage techniques to archive project...
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Musical Time Travel Worksheet

Musical Time Travel

4th - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
Young musicians learn more about the greats with a straightforward activity on historical composers. As they click through a navigation guide, they choose a musical time period and a composer from that period before taking a short quiz.
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Using Music to Tell a Story or Describe a Scene Activities & Project

Using Music to Tell a Story or Describe a Scene

9th - Higher Ed
CCSS: Adaptable
Young composers demonstrate their understanding of the stylistic features of descriptive music, including pitch, tempo, dynamics, rhythm, and timbre, by developing a melody and countermelody for a main character in a story. As part of...
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Find the Area of a Trapezoid by Composing a Parallelogram Video
1 In 1 Collection

Find the Area of a Trapezoid by Composing a Parallelogram

5 mins 5th - 7th
CCSS: Designed
The trapezoid formula can be hard to memorize or even understand. Watch how the video visually manipulates the trapezoid to become a rectangle or parallelogram to match the formula. 
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Unifix Cubes Activities & Project

Unifix Cubes

K - 2nd
Unifix cubes are wonderful tools that can be used to model a variety of mathematical concepts. Children will compose number two through eight by placing Unifix cubes on their paper and then coloring in the cubes they used. 
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A World of Music Lesson Plan

A World of Music

3rd - 8th
Students investigate music by examining instruments.  In this music appreciation instructional activity, students observe photographs of many musicians and their instruments and discuss the instruments with their classmates.  Students...
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Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey Lesson Plan

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

12th
Twelfth graders read lyrics for "My Hometown" and complete a worksheet to identify setting and tone in the song. In this Romanticism lesson, 12th graders read Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey by Wordsworth and discuss the...
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Meter Readers Turned Composers Lesson Plan

Meter Readers Turned Composers

8th - 10th
Students compose eight measures of music after they practice interpreting time/signature meter.
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Everything Music Worksheet

Everything Music

6th - 8th
In this music worksheet, students find the terms that are related to music and composers. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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What is a Concerto? Who is Alban Berg? Worksheet

What is a Concerto? Who is Alban Berg?

1st
In this music history activity, 1st graders learn about the concerto as a form of instrumental composition by reading an informative paragraph. Students then read a biography of composer Alban Berg and answer 10 questions. Note: There...
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Compose Your Own Melody Worksheet

Compose Your Own Melody

4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, students compose their own melody. Students read and play two lines of an example melody and simple bass part.
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Gary Allan Worksheet

Gary Allan

9th - 12th
Test pupils' knowledge of Gary Allan, a famous musician, in your classroom. There are 10 multiple-choice questions. This quiz can be taken online or printed out.
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Tone Poem Composing Project Lesson Plan

Tone Poem Composing Project

5th - 6th
Learners explore role of music in storytelling by watching and discussing effect music has on perception of scene from movie, and using Sibelius program to compose single excerpt of music, considering dynamics, timbre, and articulation,...
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Learning From Lyrics Lesson Plan

Learning From Lyrics

9th - 12th
Learners analyze a song to determine the composer's point of view regarding the subject addressed in the song. They design and create an original visual aid that illustrates the theme of the song. Students identify any social studies...
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Butterflies Fly! Lesson Plan

Butterflies Fly!

3rd
Chopin was a lovely composer who played the piano masterfully. Third graders are introduced to Chopin, his piano sounds, triple meter, music patterns, movement, and the waltz. They listen to his music while hearing the story Butterflies...
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Le Passe Compose Worksheet

Le Passe Compose

6th - 12th
How familiar is your beginning French class with the past tense? Written primarily in English, this worksheet assesses your pupils on their understanding of how to structure the past tense and on their ability to conjugate common verbs...
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Summarize Printables & Template

Summarize

4th
Drop everything and check out this amazing resource! It includes everything a teacher would need to teach a child how to summarize text and compose written summaries. It begins with goals and vocabulary and then provides page after page...
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Composing Your Own Melody Worksheet

Composing Your Own Melody

5th - 8th
Get the songwriters in your class started early with an engaging music composition activity. After experimenting with an existing melody, class members improvise in a given range of notes and create their own melodies.
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Mozart vs. Beethoven - Real Classical Composers Lesson Plan

Mozart vs. Beethoven - Real Classical Composers

3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers are given an overview of the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods of music. They focus on the lives of Beethoven and Mozart; two of the greatest composers of all time. After listening to samples their...
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Write About This App
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Write About This

4th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Looking for an easy way to encourage youngsters to write about a variety of different topics? Users simply choose an image to write about from a large selection of beautiful photographs and then compose original opinion pieces and...
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Student Composers With Music Ace Lesson Plan

Student Composers With Music Ace

3rd - 4th
Students create short musical compositions. In this music instructional activity, students use the "Doodle Pad" (a component of "Music Ace") and take turns to create short melodies. Students share their musical pieces with their classmates.
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The Romantic Period Presentation

The Romantic Period

9th - 12th
What does the term romantic mean? As you introduce your class to the Romantic period and famous authors, artists, and musicians from the time period, make sure they know what sets this movement apart from previous movements! Several...
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A Place for Me in the Field of Music Lesson Plan

A Place for Me in the Field of Music

2nd
Second graders listen to interviews with career musicians. They, in groups, present to classmates the life, music, inspiration, and goals of a favorite composer, performer, or group.
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VH1 All Access Spotlight: Josh Groban, Lesson 2: Standing Out Above the Rest Lesson Plan

VH1 All Access Spotlight: Josh Groban, Lesson 2: Standing Out Above the Rest

7th - 12th
Students, through class discussion, identify the characteristics of musicians and their music that help make them successful. Josh Groban is used as an example. They list positive adjectives to describe themselves and then their peers.
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Willoby Walloby Wock Lesson Plan

Willoby Walloby Wock

2nd - 4th
Students sing a fun rhyming song to rememberthe names of various composers, after seeing their pictures.
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The Sting Worksheet

The Sting

5th - 9th
In this music activity, students read an excerpt from the movie The Sting and identify the American composer, Scott Joplin, who found ragtime jazz music heard in the movie. They also respond to eight questions related to the excepts read.
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Modern China Presentation

Modern China

9th - 11th
This presentation is twofold, it outlines the structure of an argumentative paper using graphic organizers and provides background information on the main subject, modern China. You will find images and outlined information to guide your...
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Simple Math meets Simple Meter Lesson Plan

Simple Math meets Simple Meter

6th - 7th
Students recognize correct whole numbers to create music notation. In this music composition instructional activity, students review simple math and are introduced to time signatures. Students work together to compose four measures of...
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Commercial Jingle Lesson Plan

Commercial Jingle

4th - 12th
Students create jingles and commercials for local businesses. Students compose, record and notate music, lyrics and spoken text according to guidelines provided by local business owners.
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"The Happy Farmer" From Album for the Young by Robert Schumann Worksheet

"The Happy Farmer" From Album for the Young by Robert Schumann

3rd - 5th
For this classical music worksheet, students listen to "The Happy Farmer" from Album for the Young by Robert Schumann. Kids read about the composer and the piece. Students answer 17 questions.
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Saw Player Video

Saw Player

5 mins 3rd - 12th
Formal instruments are not the only tools that can play beautiful music. Check out this video of Natalia Paruz; she plays music with an actual tool, the saw.
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Valentine’s Day Circle of 5ths Challenge Activities & Project

Valentine’s Day Circle of 5ths Challenge

5th - 8th
Young piano players' music can be even sweeter with a fun Valentine's Day activity. As young musicians move up and down the keys, completing various keys in both the bass and treble clef, they are rewarded with candy hearts. 
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Introduce a Claim by Engaging the Reader Video
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Introduce a Claim by Engaging the Reader

5 mins 7th - 9th
CCSS: Designed
Writers want to captivate their audience from the very beginning of an argumentative essay. A helpful video focuses on the introduction of an essay, including the ever-important hook. The narrator demonstrates brainstorming and composing...
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Art to Zoo: Life in the Promised Land: African-American Migrants in Northern Cities, 1916-1940 Lesson Plan
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Art to Zoo: Life in the Promised Land: African-American Migrants in Northern Cities, 1916-1940

4th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
This is a fantastic resource designed for learners to envision what it was like for the three million African-Americans who migrated to urban industrial centers of the northern United States between 1910 and 1940. After reading a...
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Compose a Collaborative Play Lesson Plan

Compose a Collaborative Play

2nd - 3rd
Pupils simulate the characters and plot from the classic children's book Charlotte's Web. After reading the book and viewing scenes from the movie, the class creates their own production of this well-loved tale. Tip: Record the play so...
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Organizing Writing/Composing a First Draft Lesson Plan

Organizing Writing/Composing a First Draft

7th - 9th
Does your language arts class have a hard time with writing transitions? Use this organizational writing lesson to create three effective transition sentences that middle schoolers will use in their research of renewable resources.
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Composing and Illustrating Homeric Similes Lesson Plan

Composing and Illustrating Homeric Similes

9th
CCSS: Adaptable
If you're beginning The Odyssey and would like to address figurative language and basic story elements, this resource could be useful. Over the course of two days, class members identify the main events, explore characters, identify...
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Strengthen Body Paragraphs by Connecting Evidence to the Claim Video

Strengthen Body Paragraphs by Connecting Evidence to the Claim

5 mins 7th - 9th
CCSS: Designed
A paragraph can fall apart if it is missing commentary or reasoning; simply stating evidence that supports a claim is not enough. Improve body paragraphs by adding sentences that connect the evidence to the claim. A video models how to...
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Thesis Statement + Projected Plan = Introduction Handouts & Reference

Thesis Statement + Projected Plan = Introduction

5th - 12th
Set up your writers for writing strong introductions with a formula for putting together supported thesis statements. This reference page breaks the process down and provides an example of how to compose a thesis statement, develop a...
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Exit Ticket 6.G.1 Assessment
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Exit Ticket 6.G.1

5th - 6th
CCSS: Designed
Monitor young mathematicians' spacial thinking skills with this formative assessment on composing and decomposing shapes. To start, students must draw lines that break shapes into rectangles and triangles before drawing their own shape...
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Teaching the Short Story - Teacher's Packet Handouts & Reference
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Teaching the Short Story - Teacher's Packet

6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Get your writers composing their own short stories by following some or all of the ideas included here. You'll find short lessons and activities, handouts and assignment pages, sample paragraphs and sentences, and all sorts of great...
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Ludwig van Beethoven- Mini Biography Video

Ludwig van Beethoven- Mini Biography

4 mins 8th - 12th
Imagine being deaf and still being able to compose music. So it was with Ludwig van Beethoven, the subject of this mini biography that outlines the major achievements of this remarkable man's life.
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The Nutcracker Unit

The Nutcracker

K - 12th
The Nutcracker, composed by Peter Tchaikovsky, has become a staple of the Christmas season. A unit plan centered around the famous ballet is packed with a variety of activities that are sure to excite learners of all ages.
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Electronically Composing Music Lesson Plan

Electronically Composing Music

Higher Ed
Students complete a worksheet and discuss components of musical composition. Students familiarize themselves with the program, Finale. Students then work cooperatively to compose a musical suite.
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Composing Music on Computers Lesson Plan

Composing Music on Computers

6th - 12th
Students compose pandiatonic works using computers as a compositional tool. Following the anticipatory set, they work individually to create their own pieces. The lesson concludes with a "concert" of the created student compositions.
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Rhythm, Verse and Rhyme: COMPOSING A LIST POEM Lesson Plan

Rhythm, Verse and Rhyme: COMPOSING A LIST POEM

6th - Higher Ed
Students are provided an opportunity for self-expression. They collaborate with a partner and compose a list poem. Students practice reading and writing skills. They explore lists and catalogues--both elements of poetry and practical...
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Let's Explore! Lesson Plan

Let's Explore!

6th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Explore the world through music with two lessons that bring focus to four composers—Gabriela Lena Frank, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Bedrř˘ich Smetana, and Mason Bates. After listening to musical pieces and viewing informative videos, scholars...
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Johann Sebastian Bach- Mini Biography Video

Johann Sebastian Bach- Mini Biography

3 mins 8th - 12th
What does Johann Sebastian Bach have to do with Disney's Fantasia? Almost everything. Viewers are provided with a brief overview of Bach's life and works in this short, mini biography of the famous composer.
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Picasso's Three Musicians Lesson Plan

Picasso's Three Musicians

2nd - 5th
This lesson has students read or be read a book about Picasso and the technique of Cubism. They are shown a sample of what they are doing to be doing and discuss the drawing process. Using a photo of a musical instrument, they sketch it...
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Paula Abdul Worksheet

Paula Abdul

5th - 8th
Does your class know who Paula Abdul is? Use this quiz to find out! There are 10 multiple-choice questions on this worksheet. Note: Print it out, or have pupils take the quiz online. Once answers are submitted, the right answers will...
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Music Knowledge: pre/post test Lesson Plan

Music Knowledge: pre/post test

5th - 12th
While this is not a lesson, it could potentially take as long as one. This is a 73-question test to administer to those studying music. They'll need to answer questions regarding general music terminology, theory, and composition.
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Protecting Our Rain Forests Writing Prompt

Protecting Our Rain Forests

5th - 7th
What does your class know about the rain forest? After reading the provided sample essay, class members compose their own essays on the rain forests. They must use evidence to support their claims.
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Music Vocabulary Game Presentation

Music Vocabulary Game

4th - 5th
Do your students know about Bach, instrument families, beats, and harmony? If they do, then they should have no problem winning this music trivial game. This game is interactive and contains nine questions, sound, and animation.
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The Call of the Wild: What Makes a Book Great? Lesson Plan

The Call of the Wild: What Makes a Book Great?

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Close up your unit on The Call of the Wild by Jack London with an examination of what makes a book memorable and effective. During discussion, students apply general qualities of a great book to The Call of the Wild and touch on the...
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Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, Moanin,' Payin' Your Dues Lesson Plan

Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, Moanin,' Payin' Your Dues

6th - 8th
Students examine the musical styles of call and response and the blues while delving into the difficult lives of many jazz musicians. Travelling in the South was challenging for black musicians during this time and the difficulties are...
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Project 7a B-b-b-Ballad! Worksheet

Project 7a B-b-b-Ballad!

6th - 12th
In this ballad composition worksheet, students compose a ballad in any key as they write a 12 line rhyming poem and continue to follow the other 6 steps to create their original ballad.
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Learning to Become: Taking the Risk Lesson Plan

Learning to Become: Taking the Risk

9th - 12th
Young scholars identify themes in literature. In this literary elements lesson, students consider the composer's purpose as they analyze the provided song lyrics. Young scholars then identify characterization and themes in the provided...
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African Composition Worksheet

African Composition

6th - 9th
In this music activity, students compose their own African music. First, they decide which instruments they are going to use. Then they create a pattern and make a variation to it. Finally, students add a timekeeper and different layers...
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Song Writing Worksheet

Song Writing

6th - 10th
In this music worksheet, students identify specific tips for composing a song. They use strophic form where each verse has the same melody. Students also select a chord sequence and use cadences at the end of each phrase and modulations...
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Clicking Your Way to Poetry: Composing Word Association Poems with the Visual Thesaurus Lesson Plan

Clicking Your Way to Poetry: Composing Word Association Poems with the Visual Thesaurus

4th - 12th
Use a Visual Thesaurus to compose word association poems. Discuss poetry and word association, create word maps, then practice creating poems based on playful word associations. A perfect way to celebrate "Poem in Your Pocket Day" (April...
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Interview The Artists Lesson Plan

Interview The Artists

9th - 12th
High schoolers examine athe role of art, music and film in Russian society.
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Musical Families Activities & Project

Musical Families

K - 5th
Planning a trip to the symphony? Prepare first-time attendees for the experience with overheads that identify the roles played by the concertmaster, conductor, musicians, and even the audience. The musical families are introduced and...
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The House on Mango Street: Letters/Unsent Letters Activities & Project

The House on Mango Street: Letters/Unsent Letters

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Class members conclude their reading of The House on Mango Street with an assignment that asks them to compose letters to characters using their own voices or that of another character in Cisneros' story.
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Student Composers with Music Ace Lesson Plan

Student Composers with Music Ace

3rd - 4th
Students compose short compositions using Doodle Pad.  In this Musical composition lesson, students a clef and note lines to prior knowledge of the treble clef and note lines to write short songs on the computer.  Students use Music Ace...
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Tornadoes Lesson Plan

Tornadoes

4th - 8th
Students create a tornado tube and compose a safety brochure for tornadoes. In this tornadoes lesson plan, students also use maps to approximate tornado alley, review a cloud chart, and devise a plan for action if a tornado hits.
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Famous People of the Twenties Presentation

Famous People of the Twenties

6th - 8th
Meet some of the people who made headlines during the 1920s. You'll be introduced to names of famous musicians, politicians, bad guys, athletes, reformers, and writers of the time. Images of each individual along with a brief about their...
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Singing en espanol Lesson Plan

Singing en espanol

9th - 12th
Congratulations! You've been hired as a song writer! Assign your class this webquest so they can research a Hispanic musician and their country, and then write a song in Spanish!
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Music Theory Lesson Plan

Music Theory

11th - 12th
Students properly notate a short melody within a given framework. They pay much attention to rhythmic notation. Students compose and harmonize their own melodies. They work individually on composing a melody on their preferred...
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Comprise/Compose Interactive

Comprise/Compose

4th - 8th
For this comprise and compose worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose either comprise or compose to complete 9 sentences.
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Carolina Composers Lesson Plan

Carolina Composers

8th
Eighth graders utilize primary sources from the Eastern North Carolina Digital Library to research nineteenth century North Carolina composers. They conduct Internet research, complete a research worksheet, and create a rap about their...
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Composing Your Own Song Worksheet

Composing Your Own Song

7th - 12th
In this composing task learning exercise, learners read 2 pages of information regarding basic composition, backing rhythms, composing the melodies by ear and from the chord, and composing the chorus. Steps and tips for composing are...
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Composing Project Lesson Plan

Composing Project

9th - 12th
Students design, compose, and present short musical compositions for keyboard in this lesson plan meant for the high school choir class. This instructional activity can be adapted to any time frame, but the author suggests a...
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Composing Your Own Song Worksheet

Composing Your Own Song

6th - 10th
In this music worksheet, students read about composing their own song and how to get started. They identify the main features that make a good song and the various layers that make up the overall texture. Students also use the three...
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Composing Your Chorus Worksheet

Composing Your Chorus

7th - 10th
In this composing your chorus worksheet, students complete the 5 tasks explained on this worksheet to create their own catchy, repetitive melody.
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Composing the Chorus Worksheet

Composing the Chorus

9th - 10th
For this composing the chorus worksheet, students listen to and critique the song 'Fly Away'. Students compare the chorus with the verse and show how the chorus is different from the verse by circling the words that apply to the chorus.
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Composing the Chorus Worksheet

Composing the Chorus

7th - 12th
In this composing the chorus worksheet, students listen to Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz comparing the chorus to the verse as they identify the words that apply to the chorus. In addition, students respond to 1 short answer question.
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A Famous Artist -- A Noted Musician Lesson Plan

A Famous Artist -- A Noted Musician

9th - 12th
Students are introduced to new vocabulary associated with an artist. Using this information, they use the internet to create a report on the artist along with a visual or audio aid. They present their material to the class and answer...
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Composing Music Lesson Plan

Composing Music

3rd - 7th
Students explore music appreciation by reading sheet music. In this musical score analysis lesson, students utilize their individual instruments to play the song "Peter and the Wolf." Students listen to an online version of the song and...
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"Movies That Rock": Moulin Rouge Lesson Plan

"Movies That Rock": Moulin Rouge

9th - 12th
Upper graders explore musical film and the Bohemian lifestyle common in Europe during the turn of the century through the musical Moulin Rouge. After listening to (or viewing) songs from the movie, they discuss the Bohemian era and how...
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The Presidents Song Lesson Plan

The Presidents Song

3rd - 8th
Remember learning to spell “encyclopedia” by singing along with Jiminy Cricket? How about using a singing exercise to learn the names of the presidents? “The Presidents Song,” includes the names, in order, from Washington to Coolidge....
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When The Saints Go Marching In: A Lesson for Middle School Keyboard Lab Students Lesson Plan

When The Saints Go Marching In: A Lesson for Middle School Keyboard Lab Students

6th - 8th
After listening to a variety of interpretations of "When the Saints Go Marching In," partners compose and then perform their own renditions of this classic before joining a full-class jam session.
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Strong Descriptive Writing: James and the Giant Peach Lesson Plan

Strong Descriptive Writing: James and the Giant Peach

4th - 6th
Support your writers! Clear procedures and appropriate support make this a superb resource for elementary writing instruction. Ready your class to compose original descriptive paragraphs inspired by the episode in Roald Dahl's James and...
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Exploring the Irish in America Through Found Poetry Lesson Plan

Exploring the Irish in America Through Found Poetry

7th - 9th
What was life like for Irish immigrants settling in America during the late 1800's? Learners examine primary source documents, such as lyrics, poems, and letters, to understand the immigrant experience. They then use those primary source...
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Writing Cinquains Lesson Plan

Writing Cinquains

4th
A couple of days before presenting this lesson, have your class use their cameras outside to take pictures of nature. Their pictures are downloaded onto individual discs to be used in the computer lab later. In class, 4th graders explore...
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Did Shakespeare Write His Plays? Video

Did Shakespeare Write His Plays?

4 mins 6th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Can we test whether lines ascribed to William Shakespeare were actually written by someone else? Science and linguistics join forces in this fantastic TED-Ed video to help us investigate the theory of whether history's greatest writer...
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The Concept of Diversity in World Literature Lesson 5: The Tragic Hero Handouts & Reference
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The Concept of Diversity in World Literature Lesson 5: The Tragic Hero

10th - 11th
CCSS: Designed
Should identifying a tragic hero be based on a universal definition or a definition based on the morals and values of a specific culture? As part of a study of Things Fall Apart, class members read Sylvia Plath's "Colossus" and then...
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Gary Allan Worksheet

Gary Allan

9th - 12th
Even if your class may not be familiar with the country singer Gary Allan, this resource could be used as a filler activity, or as a research project. Learners could practice their research skills by searching for the answers to the 15...
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Where Am I: How to Read a Map Lesson Plan

Where Am I: How to Read a Map

3rd
Third graders develop an understanding of maps. They explore what a map is, who uses maps, and how to use maps. Students investigate the compas rose. They create a compose rose which illustrates the cardinal directions. Students practice...
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Musical Composers-Research and Write Worksheet

Musical Composers-Research and Write

3rd - 4th
In this composer learning exercise, students read about what composers do, then research 3 famous composers from the 18th or 19th century, writing a few sentences about each composer.
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Composing questions Worksheet

Composing questions

3rd - 5th
In this composing questions worksheet, students compose questions to answers that are already given to them. Students compose 14 questions.
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Mary Lou Williams: Composer, Arranger and Pianist Lesson Plan

Mary Lou Williams: Composer, Arranger and Pianist

9th - 12th
Students study the life of Mary Lou Williams.  In this investigative lesson plan students develop an understanding of jazz and the career of Mary Lou Williams. 
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Can You Compose? Lesson Plan

Can You Compose?

4th
Fourth graders investigate musical notes. In this music lesson, 4th graders compose a short song while clapping the rhythm and singing the syllables using the appropriate notes or rests.
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Passe Compose Lesson Plan

Passe Compose

6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss past weekend activities. They become familiar with the Passe Compose. New vocabulary is intertwined into this lesson. Students apply new knowledge to a relevant, but different situation.
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Classical Music Appreciation Lesson Plan

Classical Music Appreciation

K - 2nd
Students, using excerpts from Bach's 'The Hunting Catata', examine the folk traditions of singing lullabies.
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Comparing Composers: Beethoven and Mozart Lesson Plan

Comparing Composers: Beethoven and Mozart

3rd - 12th
Students read brief biographies of Mozart and Beethoven and identify the composer identified in each of 15 statements on the student work sheet.
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Native American Song Characteristics and Composing Project - Lesson 7 Lesson Plan

Native American Song Characteristics and Composing Project - Lesson 7

9th - 12th
Students transfer their composed rhythm with melody into standard notation and add vocables beneath for text. They work individually to transfer their composition onto the staff in standard notation.
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Bessie Smith Interactive

Bessie Smith

8th - 12th
In this jazz history worksheet, students respond to 7 essay and short answer questions about the life and accomplishments of Bessie Smith.
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Malambo Lesson Plan

Malambo

9th - 12th
Students use appropriate terms to reflect a working knowledge of the musical elements and use terminology from music and dance to analyze and compare structures of musical and other artistic works. They also identify the purpose of the...
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Practice Boards Worksheet

Practice Boards

K - 8th
FACE it. Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit! (And so do girls.) Provide young musicians with music worksheets that enable them to practice musical notation. The six boards included in the packet are templates that focus on notes, rests,...
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Women of Music Video
1 In 1 Collection

Women of Music

2 mins 3rd - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
There were a lot of firsts for women in music. From being the first to sing and write about birth control to speaking out about issues of their time, female singers represent a voice that had not been heard by many before. Young viewers...
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Compare and Contrast Composers Lesson Plan

Compare and Contrast Composers

9th - 12th
Students identify various pieces of music that are familiar to them and define how the music made them feel. Then they select their favorite piece of music heard and the activities in which they like to do. Students also attend a...
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"Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" (The town musicians of Bremen) Lesson Plan

"Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten" (The town musicians of Bremen)

9th - 12th
Students engage in a variety of activities while reading "Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten". They generate questions abut the story and answer them. Drawings of events in the story are drawn and groups skits are created for acting.
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Reviewing Good Playing Habits Lesson Plan

Reviewing Good Playing Habits

5th - 8th
The string section of your school orchestra can get a proper form make-over by incorporating this lesson. They reestablish proper playing form, posture, and sound as they compose an essay on how to maintain good playing habits during...
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Notating Friedrich von Schiller’s Theme to “Ode to Joy.” Lesson Plan

Notating Friedrich von Schiller’s Theme to “Ode to Joy.”

6th - 12th
To demonstrate their skills with traditional and computer-assisted notation, young musicians notate and perform the first eight measures of Friedrich von Schiller's theme to "Ode to Joy."
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"Mars" from The Planets Lesson Plan

"Mars" from The Planets

5th - 6th
CCSS: Adaptable
Gustav Holst's The Planets provide young musicians an opportunity to examine how composers can create a suite: a collection of smaller pieces grouped to explore a single topic. After listening to "Jupiter," they examine "Mars" in detail,...
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—1812 Overture Projects Activities & Project

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky—1812 Overture Projects

7th - 12th
Imagine being commissioned to compose a work for a huge celebration that should be exciting and patriotic. A work that would commemorate a dramatic battle victory. What instruments would you use? What melodies to tell the tale and echo...
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"Spring" From The Four Seasons Graphic Organizer

"Spring" From The Four Seasons

4th - 6th
By utilizing this classical music learning exercise, upper elementary children listen to "Spring" from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. They will read a biography of the composer and answer four multiple choice questions. Students...
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Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven Video

Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven

4 mins 7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Math will resonate with your young artists and musicians when they learn that a mathematical formula describes a musical sound that is pleasing to our ears. Beethoven uses the certainty of mathematics to convey emotion and creativity. In...
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Tube Kazoo Activities & Project

Tube Kazoo

1st - 3rd
Little musicians make a kazoo out of a cardboard tube, wax paper, and a rubber band. This is a terrific activity to use for enriching a lesson on sound, vibration, or musical instruments.
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Using Garage Band to Enhance 2nd Grade Composition Lesson Plan

Using Garage Band to Enhance 2nd Grade Composition

2nd
Your second graders can become composers with a little help from the Garage Band software. You pre-select several drum, piano, and guitar loops for the groups to choose from, then they put them together following an ABA looping pattern....
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Requiem "The Song of the Murdered Jewish People" Worksheet

Requiem "The Song of the Murdered Jewish People"

9th - 12th
Music and poetry are vehicles that can tell many stories. Learners read the poem "The Song of the Murdered Jewish People" by Itzhak Katzenelson, then listen to the requiem it inspired; composed by Zlata Razdolina. Excellent background...
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Music History: Venice and Vivaldi Presentation

Music History: Venice and Vivaldi

9th - 12th
Venice, the birthplace of classical music and amazing composers. Discover a bit about life in Venice and the contributions of the composer, Vivaldi. Information regarding his life, his musical contributions, and a break down of his piece...
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