A Noteworthy Call

Research ancient cultures with your class. They will read assigned text in class and utilize a map to identify the location of Egypt. Students complete many ancient Egypt activities including multiple choice questions, role-plays, and...

Orff musical arrangements make learning how to play music snap. The class practices playing their instruments with a focus on melody, pitch, and rhythm. They sing and pat out the rhythms of the song, "Allunde, Alluia" prior to playing...

While there is no sheet music to accompany this lesson, it does have some ideas for teaching orchestration to younger learners. Third graders clap and call back and forth between each other to understand how they should play their parts...

Prior to playing their Tutti instruments, fifth graders practice harmony, pitch, and rhythm. They sing, clap, and echo the musical pattern they are going to play, focusing on harmony and pitch. They then practice the same song on their...

Budding musicians practice keeping rhythm, playing  Orff instruments, and following musical orchestration. They work as a team to play the song "Roll on, Columbia" while keeping time. There are specific instructions for each type of...

Third graders practice and perform the song "Draw a Bucket of Water" using finger cymbals, a vibra slap, soprano and alto glockenspiels, and bass xylophones. This third grade instructional activity emphasizes small group learning and...

Fifth graders sing and play the song "Arirang" using bongos, recorders, soprano and alto glockenspiels, soprano, alto and bass xylophones, and soprano metallophones in this Orff-inspired general music lesson ideal for the fifth grade...

Fifth graders practice and perform the song "Alla¿¿ en el rancho grande", or My Ranch, using alto and bass xylophones, maracas, and claves in this fifth grade general Music lesson. Emphasis is placed on the use of the human singing...

Students identify musical sites that are worthy of being included as units of the National Parks System. They anthologize American music from primitive times to today.

Fourth graders study the stained glass produced for the Gothic cathedrals, needlework, castles, and tapestry of the Middle Ages.