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PBS

Pbs: Elements of Music: Exploring the Composer's Tools

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This online lesson plan will help students understand how composers write music by engaging in a project which culminates in their own compositions.
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National Arts Centre (Canada)

National Arts Centre: Music Resources for Teachers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A storehouse of music resources and lesson plans from the National Arts Centre of Canada featuring Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, and Vivaldi.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Fractions in Music

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this instructional activity, students explore the relationship between fractions and musical pitch. Media resources and teaching materials are included.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Music and Acoustics [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this instructional activity, students will create a rhythmic composition using cups to demonstrate understanding and identification of various sounds. Musical skills addressed include improvising, composing, listening, and playing.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Composing Music Mathematically

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to motivate and challenge first year algebra learners through a fun introduction to advanced mathematical concepts. It also offers extensions for upper grade level students. Learners will recognize relationships...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Module K: Shapes

For Teachers K Standards
In this series of STEAM activities, students will discover the concepts of geometry through shape exploration and the creation of choreographic sequences. Another activity in this module will allow students to identify shapes by applying...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group work which can lead...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Brief History of Jazz!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that helps students explore the roots of jazz music and some of the important jazz musicians in history.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: What Class Are You In? [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
Drawing evidence from informational text and using it to compose text for ABA form in music, 5th graders will add onto a poem about vertebrates and how they are classified.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Carnival of the Animals [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will expand knowledge about music vocabulary through exploration of The Carnival of the Animals, composed by Camille Saint-Sains. Students will be able to use key music terms in discussions with their peers and in persuasive...
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: Creative Canjos [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Creative Canjos is an interdisciplinary unit that teaches American History through Folk Art and Folk Music. The students began the project in Art class. They were introduced to American Folk Art through a teacher made iMovie. The iMovie...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Teaching Character Traits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Inspired by the music "Free to Be. . . You and Me" by Marlo Thomas, this instructional activity, which will take several days, asks students to compose stories that teach character traits that will be shared with elementary school...

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