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A County Fair Can Lead to an Exploration of Math, Science, and Literature

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
A county fair can provide an educational experience for students.
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Naval Warfare in the American Revolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to and identify styles of music popular during the American Revolution. They recognize songs identified with the Royal Navy and analyze how music was used on board ship.
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Lesson Connections

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to, analyze, and describe music. They are assessed as to whether they are distinguishing between A and B sections through different types of music. Students imitate echo, motive, phrase and AB or ABA. Finally,...
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Soundtrack to War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the important role of music in lives of soldiers stationed in Iraq. They identify and demonstrate skills in creating compositions with limited resources, similar in concept to the soldiers viewed in the documentary.
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Name That Tune

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen to different types of music, then categorize them into two different areas of classification.
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See What I Hear

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the link between music and visual art by applying principles of design to convey the emotions/expressions in different types of music.
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The Chicken Dance

For Teachers All
Introduction of a modern folk dance that emphasizes the coordination of both fine and gross motor skills within the melodic structure of the song. The pupils will be able to identify the main parts of an accordion and discuss the...
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Simple Sequencing

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a stand up version of musical chairs to find their sequencing partners. In this music and language arts lesson, 4th graders enjoy a game that requires them to organize a series of three pictures, then write sentences...
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Puppet Frogs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils identify the elements of line, shape, and color and expressive qualities of pictorial representation. Students create their own puppet frog using emotion and perform in a reader's theater. Pupils listen to various pieces of music...
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Water

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study different bodies of water and how they fit into the water cycle. They explain that materials exist in different states (solid, liquid and gas) and change from one to another, that there are systems, order, and...
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Boombox Classroom: Ensembles

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music worksheet, students identify types of ensembles. They order duet, quartet, solo, and trio by the number of performers in each. Students complete a word search, looking for ensemble related words.
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Strong Verb Image Makers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars use description language to clarify ideas and create vivid images in an essay focusing of strong verbs. They discuss weak verbs and explore that the better image the words create, the better the reader understands the text.
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AC/DC Music Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
Motivate your learners using this resource. Learners answer 15 questions related to the band AC/DC. They can do research to find the answers to these questions.  
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AC/DC - One of the Greatest Rock Bands Ever!

For Students 9th - 12th
High schoolers can hone their research skills by employing the Internet to find the answers to the trivia questions presented in this on-line activity. This activity focuses on questions about the band AC/DC. There are ten questions posed.
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Questions for Traditional Musicians

For Students 6th - 8th
In this classroom applications and fieldwork basics worksheet, students utilize the 15 interview questions listed once they locate someone in their community who plays traditional music. An oral release is included.
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What's the Difference?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the differences between acoustic and digital pianos. In this music instructional activity, students listen to an acoustic piano and digital piano. Students play both types of pianos and discuss the differences.
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Reading - Identifying Skill Requirement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars discuss the different types of reading styles. They are then given situations in which they are to assign it a reading style.
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Locomotor Locomotion

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice and reinforce seven different types of locomotor movements in a game-type situation.
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Bob Marley - Legend Episode #3 - Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars perform using rhythm instruments with accurate tempo a given syncopated ostinato pattern to accompany a played audio recording of reggae music. They discuss the use of music to express religious and political beliefs.
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Babar's Travels

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the story The Story of Babar and have a class discussion about his travels, discuss their families, design a map, pick music, and more. In this cross curricular musical lesson plan, students create a music map for each of...
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Loudspeaker

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the different types of loudspeakers and how they work.  In this sound lesson plan students create their own loudspeakers.
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Learning and Conditioning

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this psychology worksheet, students write short answers to 5 questions on learning, types of conditioning and response to stimuli.
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What's Wrong - Intensive Reading

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss the different types of reading and when to use each type. They read passages and try to find the mistake in each sentence.
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The Hatsiatsia

For Students 6th - 9th
For this music worksheet, students read an excerpt about the Hatsiatsia, a traditional piece of music from Ghana. They respond to eight short answer questions related to the excerpt read. Students also draw their own picture of the two...

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