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Azar Grammar

Song Lessons: Never, My Love

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Here's a clever way to introduce language learners to noun clauses. After a brief exercise that provides examples of different types of noun clauses, class members listen to the Association's "Never, My Love" and identify the clauses in...
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Azar Grammar

Song Lessons: What a Wonderful World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Here's a wonderful way to learn English grammar. Class members examine the plural count nouns in Thiele and Weiss's "What a Wonderful World," reading the lyrics as they listen to Louis Armstrong's version of this classic song.
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Curated OER

Set a Poem to Music

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Fun awaits both you and your class as you embark on a musical activity. After discussing different rhythmic meters they choose a poem to set to music. The poem must rhyme and be set to a melody in the key of C Major. Because the activity...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Slavery and Freedom

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How do nineteenth-century texts by African American and Native American writers contribute to the country's ideals of freedom and individuality? Learners explore the topic by watching and discussing a video, reading biographies, writing...
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Curated OER

I See and I Think (It's A Wonderful World)

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students analyze song lyrics (by listening to the song) to pick-out descriptive vocabulary. They use this descriptive vocabulary to create a drawing of the images they "see" in the song. They compare their drawings to find similarities...
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Curated OER

25 Greatest Protest Songs - Lesson 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the lyrics of protest songs as a catalyst for social change. They discuss the influence of music on behavior and explain the use of music as a means of self-expression.
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Curated OER

Breaking the Code: Actions and Songs of Protest

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students listen to and discuss the purpose of protest music. They analyze an editorial cartoon related to Jim Crow and read questions from the literacy tests given to African-Americans. They work together to write a song about the...
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Interactive
Curated OER

A Song to Develop Listening Skills

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this listening skills interactive worksheet, students listen to a song clip by the Chipmunks and fill in the correct missing lyrics. There are 40 missing words to complete.
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Curated OER

Using Songs in the LCTL Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students in a beginning to intermediate foreign language/ESL classroom complete a variety of activities involving music and lyrics that are designed to enhance their listening and vocabulary skills. They practice grammar and making...
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Curated OER

Designing the Careers Show

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a song. In this career lesson, students form groups based on occupational interests. Student groups write song lyrics about their chosen career. Students present their songs to the class.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, students practice reading and singing the words of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
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Organizer
Curated OER

Rock a Bye Baby

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, students practice reading and singing the words of "Rock a Bye Baby".
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Organizer
Curated OER

Old McDonald Had a Farm

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images instructional activity, students practice reading and singing the words of "Old McDonald Had a Farm".
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Organizer
Curated OER

Itsy Bitsy Spider

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images activity, students practice reading and singing the words of "Itsy Bitsy Spider".
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Organizer
Curated OER

The Farmer in the Dell

For Students K - 3rd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, students practice reading and singing the words of "The Farmer in the Dell".
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Organizer
Curated OER

The Wheels on the Bus

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this early childhood song lyrics and images worksheet, learners practice reading and singing the words of "The Wheels on the Bus".
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Worksheet
Curated OER

James Taylor "You've Got A Friend"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this song lyrics activity, students use words from the word bank to fill in 15 words in a text of the lyrics of James Taylor's song "You've Got a Friend."
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Worksheet
Curated OER

James Taylor "You've Got a Friend"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verbs worksheet, students first listen to the James Taylor song "You've Got a Friend." Students fill in the missing verbs in the song lyrics by choosing the correct word from the word box.
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Curated OER

"Uncle Sam's Got Himself in a Terrible Jam": Protest Music and the Vietnam War

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
"And it's one, two, three...what are we fighting for?" Use music to assess the climate of protest during the Vietnam War, listening to and analyzing Country Joe MacDonald's "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" (lyrics included)....
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Curated OER

Who Fought for the Union?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners read New York Times articles, letters, and listen to songs written from a soldier's perspective during the Civil War in order to understand who was fighting in the Union Army. This is a great lesson, complete with weblinks,...
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Literacy Design Collaborative

Catching a Grenade: How Word Choice Impacts Meaning and Tone

For Students 8th Standards
Beyonce's "Halo" and Bruno Mars' "Grenade" provide eighth graders with an opportunity to consider how a writer's choice of words can create a very different tone even when the subject is the same. After a close reading of both lyrics,...
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Smithsonian Institution

The Vocal Blues: Created in the Deep South of the U.S.

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Bring the sounds of the deep South vocal blues to the classroom with a Smithsonian Folkways lesson. In preparation, scholars listen to and count the 12 bar blues patterns in several works and identify the I, II, IV, and V chords as well...
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PBS

Hidden Messages in Spirituals

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Slaves laboring in the cotton fields of the old South singing joyously may have convinced overseers that their workforce was happy and content, but in truth, these spirituals contained secret codes. After viewing a short video about...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sing Away Songs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the history of Bryce Canyon National Park. They identify geological features of the Park while examining its recreational activities. They work together to write lyrics to a song about the Park.

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