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Exploring the Continents Through the Arts

For Teachers K
Students examine the continents and explore geographic components in the fifteen lessons of this unit. The location of the continents, the equator, the four major oceans, and the music, food, literature, dance, and drama from each of the...
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Having a Ball With Cinderella

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read and discuss two versions of the story, Cinderella. They complete a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two stories and move to music based on the two versions. They use the internet to gather more information about...
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Pizzeria (reading Encouragement)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a pizzeria atmosphere in the classroom with Italian music, pizza menus and checkered table cloths. They compare their different tastes in pizza toppings to different tastes in reading. Then they use a reading menu to...
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City Quiz Series

For Students 11th - 12th
In this ESL activity, students answer 20 questions about Iron Gate, Derby. For example, "Name a shop that sells musical instruments."
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Melody II

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, learners identify melody as a string of notes that has a rhythm. They identify which notes given are melody and/or harmony. Students also map the contour of "Sweet Georgia Brown."
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Homophone Story

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this homophone worksheet, students read the story and then determine which word best completes each sentence. Students select the words from the homophone choices: there/their, bail/bale, Aunt/ant, bee/be, beets/beats, horse/hoarse,...
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Alphabetize Letter M words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this alphabetizing words worksheet, students alphabetize the words that begin with the letter M. Students alphabetize the following words: myself, music, mouse, made, milk, man, moon, mud, and melt.
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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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Reinforcing Alphabet Names/Sounds

For Teachers K - 1st
Students reinforce knowledge of the alphabet essential to beginning reading by pulling random letters out of a hat and identifying the letter's sound.
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Requiem The Song of the Murdered Jewish People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read poem The Song of the Murdered Jewish People, listen to Requiem based on poem, work on reading poem as music plays, discuss reasons for composer's musical choices, and investigate possibilities of performing a reading for an...
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Lose the Lute!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use Shakespeare's plays to add modern music to match the mood in the play. They assign adjectives to the original songs of the play and find a song with the same mood. They work together to role-play the play with new music.
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The Brit Awards 2006

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify different artists and genres of music celebrated at the Brit Awards. They conduct surveys of their classmates music preferences and aspirations. Students examine the nominees and predict winners in each category.
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Define My Own Destiny: Using Arrested Development and Lauryn Hill to Teach Hansberry's Raisin in the Sun

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Literary themes don't just belong to literature. High schoolers listen to the lyrics of modern songs by Arrested Development, Lauryn Hill, and others to enhance their study and to connect to characters, conflicts, and themes of Lorraine...
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Letter Dance

For Teachers K
Students identify the shape of the letter their name begins with, then use their arms to trace the shape of the letters with their hands. They do this to the movement of music.
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Nautical Terminology

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students read excerpts from Gulliver's Travels and note the nautical terminology. While listening to ocean-themed music, students complete worksheets about sea and boat terms and create their own semaphore system. They challenge fellow...
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Celebrating Diversity

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students gain a better understanding about cultures. They find similarities and differences between cultures. Various resources ranging from web sites to trade books to email addresses of people are provided. This lesson incorporates...
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Using Poems, Quotations, and Proverbs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore activities to practice saying words, sounds, and music in English. They read short poems and famous sayings of philosophers, historians, and politicians. They select proverbs and tongue twisters to practice reciting them.
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All About Me

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write a story of their life. Using digital pictures and other photographs, 7th graders create a storyboard of their life. They create a video containing pictures, music and a recorded summary of the events depicted.
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What Is Hot?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore why: Schools are hotbeds of popular young opinion about what to wear, which music to listen to, and what TV shows to watch. In this activity, students extend their fascination with "what's hot" to the books they read by...
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Langston Hughes & Madam and the Rentman

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students to link Jazz music to Langston Hughes' poetry through analysis and recitation. They examine tone and demonstrate uses of tone and voice in everyday life. Students develop their own dialog, similar to that of Madam and the...
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Printing Practice Letter M

For Students K - 1st
In this writing activity, students print 4 rows of lowercase and uppercase M's. On the last row, students print, "Music mime."
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Moo Who?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read the books Moo Who? and Boo Hoo Moo and do language arts activities with them. In this language arts lesson plan, students are assigned activities based on the two books given. The activities include onomatopoeia activities,...
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Sight Vocabulary

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students read the words body, music, color, stand, sun, questions, fish, area, mark, and dog. Students then practice tracing the words.
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Celebrations

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this celebration worksheet, students complete the graphic organizer for a celebration they've participated in. Students write about the guests, food/drink, games, special clothing, music and other features.

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