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California State University

Island Maracas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great multicultural art instructional activity that also connects visual art to music. Pupils create a set of paper mache maracas emphasizing rhythm and expression in the painting details. Upon completion students will have the...
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Quia

Quia: 2003 Music Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Play musical Jeopardy! Test your knowledge of sound, instruments of the orchestra, music elements, music notation, and rhythm. Play this interactive game by yourself, or with a friend!
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Music of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a part of the About Music site of the BBC, and this interactive site lets you explore various parts of Africa, their music, their instruments, their sounds. Requires Real Player.
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Other

Vic Firth: Educator's Resource Library

For Students 9th - 10th
This website is a cornucopia of resources for percussion instruction. There are videos, audiocasts, podcasts, interviews with talented percussionists. Please check out this website is you are interested in any aspect of percussion.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Bass Drum

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read about the percussion family of the orchestra. Find out how the bass drum helps the sound of the orchestra. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to listen to the bass drum.
Activity
ESL4kids

The Efl Playhouse: Songs for Young Learners

For Students 3rd - 5th
Music, songs and dance have always been instrumental in teaching students. This site offers fun and entertaining activities along with teaching tips that enhance the students' awareness of sound, numbers, body parts and more. Intended...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Sid the Science Kid: Sandbox Symphony

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Make an interesting musical composition by choosing from a menu of traditional and nontraditonal instruments.
Website
BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Gcse Music

For Students 3rd - 8th
GCSE Music provides links to a variety of music topics including composers, composing music, music theory, music technology, performing and evaluating music, music styles, world music, and traditional music from the UK.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Hexadecimal Drum Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Create rhythms on this 4-instrument hexadecimal drum machine and see what your rhythms look like in the binary, decimal, and hexadecimal number systems.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How to Read Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Like an actor's script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm). Sheet music may look complicated, but once you've gotten the hang of a few simple elements like notes, bars and...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
Lesson Plan
California State University

Csu: Arts Education K 6 Music Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Several wonderful lesson plans for teachers seeking to incorporate music into the curriculum.
Handout
San Diego State University

Sd State: Elements of Music Part Five

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive website on other musical elements; but "accents" is thoroughly covered. You must scroll down to "dynamics."
Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Influence of Folk

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site, which explores the influence of musical folk traditions in the poetry of Langston Hughes and Nicolas Guillen, provides lesson plans, a biography, examples of Hughes' poetry, and details about his meeting with Nicolas Guillen.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Musicians Playing

For Students 9th - 10th
This block shows a musical party. The left side of the block shows six girls holding musical instruments. To the right, two men are playing a harp and others are keeping the rhythm by clapping their hands.

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