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Jammin' to Jazz

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify integral parts of jazz music by listening to Quincy Jones' We Be Doin' It. They note the bass and drum sounds, scat solos, and also sing parts of the ostinato and chorus.
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Your Voice

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
This is a very interesting resource that could be a helpful tool in the right context. Learners discuss the appropriate speaking volume needed in given situations. They practice one-on-one discussions, class discussions, and responding...
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'Cross the Wide Missouri

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students perform a song, identify melodies, and discuss the history of folk songs.
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The American Five - Pentatonic scales in early American melodies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Through vocal warm-ups and exercises, budding musicians will attempt to grasp the five pentatonic scales, commonly used in early American songs. They'll sing and work to identify the pitch, tone, melody, and scales being expressed in the...
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Listen Up: Antigone Rising

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Upper graders listen to and watch a documentary about an all female group Antigone Rising. They discuss how females are portrayed in the rock world, the type of music they play, their song lyrics, and what they note in the documentary....
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Sing What You Mean, Mean What You Sing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners discuss the vocal styles characteristic of different genres and composers. The explore the use of lyrics, their relation to the music, and the use of the voice to convey emotions and character.
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Strings that Sing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students listen to Isaac Stern lead a musician through steps to self-evaluating a performance. They compare their instrumental performance with a live vocal performance.
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Festival Hosanna

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sing and perform the song "Festival Hosanna" by Carole Stephens in this Choral lesson for the High School classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the National Standards for Music and singing proper Latin text in a group setting.
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Storytellers: Dave Matthews Band

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students listen to the music of the Dave Matthews Band in order to discuss and analyze the lyrics. They examine how the songs are presented and determine if the Dave Matthews Band does a good job of presenting the meaning of the lyrics...
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My Love and I - 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this Music lesson for the High School SSA choir. The lesson is part of a unit that can be used to aid the performance and practice of the song in a choir setting.
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My Love And I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson for the SSA choir. This lesson can be accomplished in under an hour and includes warm-up ideas to begin the class.
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My Love And I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson plan for the SSA choir. Emphasis is placed on proper singing techniques. This is part of a unit of lessons on this...
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Chinese Opera

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students study Chinese opera by sketching pictures of Chinese opera characters and musical instruments. They watch the film A Night at the Peking Opera, noting the elaborate costuming, the sparse staging, and the highly developed use of...
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Composing Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design, compose, and present short musical compositions for keyboard in this lesson plan meant for the high school choir class. This lesson can be adapted to any time frame, but the author suggests a considerable amount of time...
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Music - Lesson 16 - Songs

For Teachers 1st
First graders determine that Spanish is the language spoken in Mexico before singing a number of Mexicans songs. They make maracas to use while singing Mexican songs. They sing the song, "La Cucaracha," in English realizing that it is a...
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Catch the Gullah Beat: Rhythm and Percussion

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars explore the Gullah culture. In this social studies lesson, students construct and play instruments similar to those of the Gullah people.
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Loud or soft?

For Students K - 3rd
Send this cute activity home with kids, to increase family involvement. They'll consider what would happen if rice was bounced in a tambourine, and then they'll complete a sound activity by makings an instrument out of wax paper and a...
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Storytellers: Dave Matthews Band, Lesson 1

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Studentsview a video of the Dave Matthews Band and identify the various instruments used by them. They identify a variety of techniques used to produce musical sound on these instruments. finally, they discuss the function of each part...
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Rhythmic Expression

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners discover movement and expression to music/sound through a series of teacher-led exercises and role plays. This lesson is ideal for the middle school drama class with possibilities for adaptation to any level of drama or general...
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The Listening Walk

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars play instruments that reflect sounds in the story: hoots, toots, creaking, shrieks, clacking, crunching, whooshing, etc. They make vocal sounds from the story: whispered, sniffled, sigh, giggled, croaked, laughed. ...
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100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll - Lesson 4

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the genres of folk and country music and the importance of the singer/songwriter. They compose their own lyrics based on an inspiring event.
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Variations of Pain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to the song :King of Pain" by the Police. They identify different instrumentation and different rhythmic accompaniments to the opening vocal phrase and explore the text in-depth, discussing the various poetic images of...
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West Virginia Def PB Wants You!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners write, adapt, and compose a song related to the West Virginia State Museum.  In this music lesson, students create a composition for a work of  visual art. Learners incorporate major and minor melodies.
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Creating Sight-Singing Originals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create sight-singing examples for presentation in the high school choir class. Day One is used for review/introduction of the material. Day Two is used for student work time and Day Three is for presentation and evaluation.

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