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John F. Kennedy Center

Harriet Tubman: Secret Messages Through Song

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A lesson all about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad introduces scholars to African American spirituals. By way of reading, speaking, and listening, learners discover, analyze, and decode African American spirituals. They...
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Academy of American Poets

Teach This Poem: "Violin" by Nikki Wallschlaeger

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Nikki Wallschlaeger's Violin is the featured poem in a lesson that uses music and multiple readings to delve deep into its analysis. After a writing warm-up, learners watch and listen to a video that showcases Regina Carter...
Organizer
Fun Music Company

The C Major Scale

For Students 2nd - 12th
Your young musicians will take note of this worksheet that asks them to mark the half steps in a C major scale and then write the scale in both treble and bass clef. 
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California Department of Education

Tension and Release: Creating Mindful Harmony (CTE)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Perhaps the Doobie Brothers said it best when they sang, "Listen to the Music." With the third of four lessons from the Changing One's Tune: A Music Therapy STEM Integrated Project series, pupils discover the connection between music and...
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John F. Kennedy Center

Harriet Tubman: Retelling History Through Dance and Drama

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars listen to several pieces of music in preparation for a discussion about how instruments and lyrics convey emotions. With Harriet Tubman as the focus, small groups create an original song or dance. A reflection piece concludes...
Activity
Digital Public Library of America

Women and the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A 12-piece primary source packet sets the tone for a study of the role women played in the origins, development, and impact of blues music. Legends like Bessie Smith, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Mamie Smith, and Ida Cox are featured, as are...
Activity
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

West Side Story Suite and In The Night Fancy Free

For Teachers 8th - 12th
West Side Story and Romeo & Juliet—two classics in their own rights that help young literature lovers better analyze different works. Learners research and compare the characters and story elements of West Side Story and Romeo...
Interactive
Classics for Kids

Composers and Their Countries

For Students K - 12th
How many of the world's greatest composers were born in Austria? Or Germany? Or the United States? An interactive map provides young musicians with information about prominent composers in the last few centuries, as well as the periods...
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Curated OER

Music Conducting: Classroom Activities

For Teachers K - 8th
Turn the class into a percussive orchestra and let the kids take over as conductor. You'll explain a few ins and outs of what a conductor does. Then you hand over the baton and let your budding Beethovens conduct each other as they...
Unit Plan
Honors College at Scholar Commons

From Start to Strike: A Lesson Plan for the Whole Theatre Experience

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Introduce young thespians to all aspects of the theater. A syllabus for a one-semester drama course provides lessons that take learners from the history of drama to the many facets of play production.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Musical Notes on a Score

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this music notes worksheet, students cut out 9 music notes and paste them correctly on the lines and spaces of a music staff. There are hints for where to place each note.
Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

CodeMaker! | Music Theory Worksheet - Bass Clef Note Names

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music notes activity, students create as many words as possible using only the letters in the musical alphabet. They then turn the letters into code by writing the words in music notes on the staff above the word.
Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

It All Adds Up | Free Music Rhythm Worksheet II

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music note activity learning exercise, students identify the music notes and add them together to complete the music note equations.
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Curated OER

Music: The ABC's

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this music reading instructional activity, students study a diagram of the notes on a music staff and draw the 3 groups of notes on a blank staff included at the bottom of the instructional activity.
Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Ready, Set, Go! Note Name Speed Test II - Music Theory Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music notes worksheet, students name 10 notes in a timed activity. Students then repeat the activity and try to better their times.
Worksheet
MakingMusicFun.net

Ready, Set, Go! Note Name Speed Test IV - Music Theory Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music notes worksheet, students name 10 notes in a timed activity. Students record their times and try multiple times to improve their scores.
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MakingMusicFun.net

It All Adds Up | Free Music Rhythm Worksheet V

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this musical facts activity, students play the musical notes while racing the clock. Students complete 30 musical facts in a set time limit.
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Curated OER

Elements of Music

For Students 6th - 10th
In this elements of music worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer as they add 4 elements of music along with their symbols and descriptions.
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Curated OER

Music Terms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars review and define music terms. In this musical vocabulary lesson, students are given a list of terms, asked to unscramble them, then write the meaning of each term.
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Curated OER

Music: Identifying Notes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the note names in the treble clef staff, including the use of ledger lines above and below the staff. Using Music Ace II, they discover the note names in the treble clef, view examples, and answer questions about...
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Curated OER

Lesson Exchange: Musical Mathematics (other, Music)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explain note values and relationships, especially dotted rhythms and tied notes by giving them a visual, hands on representation
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Curated OER

Music to Your Ears

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how the sounds made by everyday objects can be transformed into musical experiences, composing and performing musical pieces using non-traditional instruments.
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Curated OER

"Musical Food

For Teachers K - 6th
Students review the idea of healthy foods and examples of these foods. They play the game "Musical Food" performing a designated locomotor movement around the playing area until the music stops.
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Curated OER

Lucha Music

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers listen to four styles of Mexican music, and create percussion instruments which they use to play each style. Additionally, learners create Lucha Libre masks which are also a part of the colorful culture of Mexico. These...

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