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Tony Bennett VH1 Storytellers for VH1 Save the Music
Students explore what messages lyrics give to their listeners. They use music from Tony Bennett and the Backstreet Boys.
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Tony Bennett VH1 Storytellers for VH1 Save the Music
Students compare two recordings of Tony Bennett's music.
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Teaching Adjectives with Music
Students explain syncopation and how it can be related to the role of adjectives.
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Understanding Primary and Secondary Sources
Students identify legends in Tennessee and U.S. history, and differentiate between primary and secondary sources. They list examples of primary and secondary sources, participate in a field trip to the Country Music Hall of Fame, and...
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Under the Sea
Students culminate a science and language arts unit by participating in a performance. In this performance lesson, students make costumes and scenery before performing a play entitled, "The Mystery of the Missing Jewel Fish."
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Indian Ragas
Young scholars explore Indian ragas and learn the differences between an Indian raga and the Western scale. They sing the familiar song "America," first in the Western major scale and then in two Indian ragas (bhairavi and purvi) on a...
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African Art: Ntan Drum
Students study African history, anthropology and culture using the lens of the art object, Ntan Drum. Lesson and instruction is differentiated for elementary, middle and high school students.
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Learning Math with Music
Students work in groups to create their own rhymes and songs for an entire family of math facts. They record their math facts creations using an iPod and a voice recorder for future use.
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THE FLOW OF MUSIC AND POETRY
Young scholars describe their feelings through writing, art or music.
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Write to Music
Students improve their creative writing skills. In this writing skills lesson, students learn about picture captions, story writing, critiques, poems, reports, letter writing, creative writing, and a rap poem.
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The Power of Music
Students analyze the music Shakespeare chose for his play The Tempest. They seek to research why he alluded to popular music and contemporary artists. Students make connections between their own musical knowledge/tastes/interests and the...
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Teaching Adjectives with Music
Third graders identify adjectives and how adjectives are related to syncopation.
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Meet the Instrument Families
Fourth graders listen to a recording of a string quartet and ask questions about what kinds of instrument they think they are listening to and describe what they think the instruments look like. Then they discuss musical ideas such as...
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Arbor Day Lesson Plans
Arbor Day provides a great way to teach students about trees, plants, and why we need to protect our planet.
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Animals of Asia
Students explore three animals indigenous to Asia. They dress up like an Asian animal, listen to Asian music and explore the countries the animals are native to.
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Interdisciplinary Unit Planning II
Students create playground maps and identify means of using these maps to enhance social studies learning of elementary students. They develop elementary-level interdisciplinary unit plans using social studies content for the primary...
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Original Band Compositions
Students create and perform original band compositions using their own band instruments. This two day lesson requires student compositions to be done at home. Students evaluate performances using a checklist for composing (included).
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Vocal Awareness
Students explore the human voice through teacher-directed exercises and experiments in the Kindergarten or 1st grade general music classroom. Textbook references are mentioned and an assessment pattern is given.
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A Power Point Slide Show for Third Graders
Third graders explore PowerPoint. In this technology instructional activity, 3rd graders select a topic of interest and follow a guided instructional activity researching their topic. Students complete storyboards,...
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Poetic Devices in Songs
By teaching about poetic devices in music teachers can provide a creative way to practice reading, writing, and language skills.
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The Reality of Life in the 1930s
Students examine the life style of the 1930's using art, music, the Internet and interviews as resources. They complete worksheets including a Venn diagram comparing two pieces of artwork. They determine what life during the Great...
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Style Myself Batisse
Third graders explore the artwork of Henri Matisse. In this Matisse lesson, 3rd graders recognize the characteristics of Henri Matisse. Students create a pastel collage self portrait in the style of Henri Matisse.
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Christmas Around the World
Students demonstrate an understanding of how different cultures celebrate Christmas by participating in artistic, musical, culinary and role play activities.
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Earth Day
Young scholars complete a variety of Earth Day activities. In this recycling and the environment lesson plan, students listen to Earth friendly music, create a car out of juice boxes, use soda cans and bottle caps to create a...