Students demonstrate dance activities and rhythm activities to whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes. They clap and move to notes individually and in 16 count metric phrases. As they create different 16 count metric phrases and...

Young scholars discover African musical rhythms by performing Ancestral Spirit Dances.  In this musical activity, students research Willis "Bing" Davis and the abstract work he created.  Young scholars listen to Yoruba drum...

Students examine the importance of the drum and drumming in the cultural context of the Native American. Musical insturments and native dance is employed to support the focus of the lesson.