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The World Through Art

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a multimedia report comparing a favorite form or work of art with those from other cultures around the world. In small groups they research the cultural influences on art in different regions of the world using an Encarta...
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Orfeo: Sinfonie e Ritornelli

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the dramatic expression made by performance and how it relates to the content of the story L'Orfeo. They determine the form of orchestra and each instrumental group within the orchestra for this piece.
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Ta he thaw nu ha la tu-Traditional Oneida Song

For Teachers K - 12th
Students practice singing a traditional Oneida song. They discuss the meaning in both the English and Oneida languages and how the words to this song demonstrate important feelings for the Oneida people.
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"Laideronette, Empress of the Pagoda" from"Mother Goose Suite" by Maurice Ravel

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students are introduced to the active teacher, composer and pianist Maurice Ravel and his masterpiece "Laideronette, Empress of the Pagoda", from Mother Goose Suite by Maurice Ravel. They utilize aural skills to notate the rhythm of the...
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Dance

For Teachers K
Students participate in different types of dances in which they explore time, action and other elements of dancing. They dance with a group or a partner and explore how to work together.
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No Man is an Island

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students sing the melody of the song, "No Man is an Island," in the Oneida native language. They memorize the song and discuss how the words demonstrate important feelings of the Oneida people.
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Tapping the Trees-Traditional Oneida Song

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice singing the song, Tapping the Trees. They discuss the meaning in both the English and Oneida languages and how the words to this song demonstrate important feelings for the Oneida people.
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Exploring Film Genres for Telling Hero Stories: Animated Shorts

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students will create short movies. The integration of technology into the curriculum is important for learners to apply in various ways. This lesson is an example of that kind of integration.
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Breaking News English: Kate Moss Best Dressed and Undressed

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Kate Moss Best Dressed and Undressed," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Palestrina's Alma Redemptoris Mater

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigates the concept of singing in a chorus and practice reaching certain notes. They sing correct pitches in four parts on a neutral syllable while also using correct phrasing for the lyrics to carry the tune. The students...
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Other

Dr. Brian Blood: Music Theory and History Online

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive resource with everything concerning music theory. From ear training to music history, this site covers it all.
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BBC

Bbc: Music Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a fun and interactive way to learn all about the elements of music. It offers links to information, definitions, assessments, and examples of melody, harmony and tonality, structure, tempo, metre and rhythm,...
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Other

Creating Music

For Students 3rd - 5th
This online, interactive environment for music creation and exploration includes games and puzzles and interesting activities that teach about music in a visual way.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Dynamics in Music

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This lesson focuses on the use of dynamics in music. Learn what the most common terms mean. Includes several activities to use with your class.
Handout
San Diego State University

Sd State: Elements of Music Part Five

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive website on other musical elements; but "accents" is thoroughly covered. You must scroll down to "dynamics."
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Musical Elements

For Students 3rd - 5th
A great matching game to reinforce music vocabulary and an understanding of the elements of music.
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Learning Musical Elements Through Listening

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a site created for teaching children the art of listening to music. Includes sections on the elements of music, composers, and genres with more under construction.
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Tomas Howie Drumming Web: Reading Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Tomas Howie and Drumming Web. Although originally written for the drummer, any aspiring musician could benefit from the explanation of how to read music and the examples it contains. Drummers will want to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Forte and Piano

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plan where students learn what forte and piano mean and idenitfy them in music and pictures that represent sounds. Students also will demonstrate forte and piano while singing a song that they learn from a video.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Dynamics and Accents in Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To define and provide an overview of dynamics and accents
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San Diego State University

Ritardondo

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Played in the style of "UNO," this music card game is suitable for students in their second year of music theory for piano. The game's purpose is to identify musical key signatures and their respective primary chords and will be able to...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Interactive Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
Three interactives in an online exhibition about the Wright Brothers. The first is an engineering activity on the forces of flight, and is accompanied by a lesson plan for Grades 6-8. The second is a gallery of original artifacts related...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Bulgarian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bulgarian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Cambodian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Cambodian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)

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