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African Popular Music
Students explore popular music of West Africa. In this musicians lesson, students complete listening tasks that challenge them to analyze the music of Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo, and Baaba Maal.
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Indian Music Test
For this Indian music test worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions in part a and 5 short answer questions in part b as they demonstrate their knowledge of Indian music.
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The Beatles Activity Worksheet and Progress Test
In this The Beatles activity and progress test worksheet, students respond to a total of 24 short answer, multiple choice, matching, and fill-in-the-blank questions pertaining to The Beatles.
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VH1 Road to Fame: Harry Connick Jr.
Students examine the life of Harry Connick Jr. and keep a journal on how they could be more successful.
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Making Use of Fieldwork
Learners transcribe, analyze, and archive fieldwork and create a team project drawn from fieldwork. They brainstorm a list of reasons why preservation of collected materials is important and explore the online archives of the American...
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Where Blues and Jazz Started
In this blues and jazz music instructional activity, students read about the origins and basic concepts of blues and jazz music in 2 brief articles. Students then respond to 12 short answer questions regarding the music with its roots...
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Listening Task: Merengue and Calypso
For this merengue and calypso listening activity worksheet, students listen to samples of each genre of music and respond to 11 short answer questions.
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Baseball Puzzle
For this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the 16 clues that relate to the game of baseball. Students then complete the crossword with baseball terms.
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Rain Dance
Students identify part of the Native American culture and perform a "rain dance".
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VH1 Ultimate Albums Bob Marley - Legend Episode #3
Students compare Reggae to other musical genres and identify rhythms. They study the history and musical significance of Reggae as a musical genre.
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Vibrating Objects Produce Sound
Pupils use many different materials and resources in order to study and identify sounds that are loud or soft, high or low, pleasant or unpleasant.
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Louis Armstrong
In this reading comprehension worksheet pupils read a biography of jazz musician Louis Armstrong. Students answer 6 questions.
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MUSICAL MYSTERIES
Students explore the concept of steady beat and develop listening skills.
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Creating Opera
Students study the how music enhances drama in opera. They work in small groups to develop a short story that would be enhanced with music, costumes and props. They perform their operas for classmates and others.
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Frere Jacgues
Second graders identify different rhythmic notation and perform simple rhythmic patterns with the group, applying them to performing the song "Frere Jacques" vocally. Emphasis is placed on meeting State and National Standards for the Arts.
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The Death of Old Woman Kelema
Students read various parts of "The Death of Old Woman Kelema". Next, they listen to the author's description of her writing process. In groups, they compare and contrast funerals in Mali with those in the United States. They also...
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Learning About Sounds
Students determine the sources of sound. For this auditory discrimination lesson, students listen to animal noises and various other noises. As students listen, they identify the sounds that they hear.
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Timbre: Identifying the Tone Color of the Saxophone
Students explore the concept of timbre. In this timbre lesson, students experience timbres produced by saxophones in contemporary music. Students explore the science behind the music.
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The History of Rock and Roll: Part 6 - My Generation Social an Cultural Influence on Music Composition
Students examine influences on the creation and development of music.
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September Following Directions Activity
In this September worksheet, pupils follow 10 steps and color in the illustrations according to the directions. Students choose colors based on their opinions about the month of September.
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Listening Task: Reggae
In this Reggae music instructional activity, students listen to several pieces of music and then answer a variety of questions about each one.
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Elements of Music
In this music worksheet, students study the elements of a musical composition: silence, pitch, texture, dynamics, tempo, attack and decay and duration. Students complete 7 questions about these elements. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Elements of Music
In this music instructional activity, learners learn 6 elements of music and match the names with the definitions. The elements are silence, pitch, texture, duration, dynamics, tempo and attack and decay.
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Listening Task: Reggae
In the reggae listening activity instructional activity, students listen to "Present Arms" by UB40 and "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley and then respond to 7 short answer questions.