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Triple Meter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners chant "Mabel, Mabel, Set the Table" in beats grouped in 4's using a percussive pattern. They repeat using 3's. Students sing a song in 4's and in 3's. they move to recorded music to practice threes. Learners create Orff...
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Hong Kong Symphony: Heaven, Earth, Mankind

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students complete a unit on the reunification of Hong Kong with China in 1997. They watch and discuss a documentary, write an essay about unification, conduct Internet research on three artists from the film, complete a data sheet, and...
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Concerto for Recorder, Oboe and Bassoon by Antonio Vivaldi

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the life and music of Antonio Vivaldi. They analyze and practice playing the various parts of Concerto a la Vivaldi on recorders. They record themselves and compare their performance to that of the same composition...
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Mahler: Ruckert Lieder: ‘Urn Mitternacht' [1905]

For Students 7th - 12th
In this music worksheet, students examine their general knowledge and musical knowledge of Mahler's "Urn Mitternacht" as they respond to twenty-seven short answer questions.
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The Little Prince: Picture Book Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Picture books aren't just for children; they carry strong, valuable messages for adult as well. Explore the audience for Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince with a instructional activity that compares picture books to...
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VH1 Road to Fame: Harry Connick Jr.

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine musicians of the past and examine their music.
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A Level Notes

For Students 6th - 9th
In this music worksheet, students identify and define musical vocabulary terms from the Neo-Renaissance period of time. They research about Palestrina and the Mass. Students also identify what is meant by the term 'Leitmotif.'
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Teaching Serialism with Technology

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compose serialistic tone-row melodies using music notation software. This lesson includes an email address to receive all materials and worksheets involved in the week-long study.
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Mahler: Ruckert Lieder: ‘Urn Mitternacht’ [1905]

For Students 10th - 11th
In this music instructional activity, student analyze an extract of the given piece of music by answering a series of 11 questions about the music in general. They then answer 16 questions about the structure of the two specified...
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Alcatrazz

For Students 4th - 6th
Use this resource as a way to practice important skills. Learners can use this 10-question quiz to promote Internet researching skills. This could be used as a center activity.
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Every Day Edit - George Frederick Handel

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about George Frederick Handel. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Self-acceptance

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students assess the importance of acceptance of self and others via the development of self-worth and the looking for the good in others not the bad. They explore the task of looking at the world through the eyes of others. In addition,...
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Art and Culture of Germany

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Germany is a country with a rich and interesting history that can provide a wealth of teaching opportunities.
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KEYBOARDS

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with appearance and characteristic sound of piano, identify piano as part of percussion family, find middle C on the keyboard, observe scale, chord, and "broken" chord, and listen to a well-known classical...
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Wolfgang Mozart

For Students 4th - 6th
In this famous people activity, students read a selection about the life of Wolfgang Mozart, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Celebrate The Four Seasons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate cause and effect and compare and contrast how recurring cycles are evident in multiple aspects of their education. They answer questions in the chosen field. Students model each aspect by interpreting, perceiving and...
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Values of Peace and Gratitude

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students engage in a lesson that focuses on the character trait of being grateful. Its connections to becoming a peaceful person are emphasized by reading a story that helps students to make cognitive connections to the subject.
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Halloween 2

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen carefully to songs and identify specific things. They demonstrate knowledge of songs by sing- along with class.
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Anne Frank Diorama

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a diorama of the Secret Annex in which Anne Frank and her family hid during the Holocaust.  In this Anne Frank diorama lesson, students brainstorm a list of ideas about the Secret Annex.  Students create the...
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Monsters

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the idea of 'monsters' in society. In this character lesson, students define what a monster is, what purpose they serve and why they are necessary. They will go on the read Beowulf and Grendel and design their own...
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Caring

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate the concept of developing the social skill of caring for others and self. The lesson plan includes a silent time of reflection on how one can care. Then students read a story that illustrates the concept of...
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Queen's University Belfast: A Bach Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
A COMPLETE bibliography resource on Bach. Click on the type of resource you are looking for: periodicals, books, Q & A, and much more! This is a wonderful resource on this composer.
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Speaking of Faith: On Being: Bach's Bible

For Students 9th - 10th
Presented is an illustrated narrative slideshow that talks about the Bible's influence on one of Bach's compositions "Mass in B Minor." [ 3:48]
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Del Mar College: Bach's Method of Transcription

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a comprehensive account of how Bach's BWV 964 method of transcription was derived with particular interest for interpreting what musical ideas were deemed important by Bach. Especially handy for guitarists who are...

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