In this lesson plan, students will become familiar with the music of Rimsky-Korsakov in fullfillment of the National Standards for Music (listening to, analyzing, and describing music).

Students will develop an understanding of the mode of Namdo Korean folksongs, as well as the call-and-response musical form. To illustrate these features, this lesson focuses on the 5,000 year-old Korean dance known as "Ganggangsullae" ("Kang-Kang-Soo-Woo-Nae"). This dance is typically performed by women under the full moon, and it incorporates singing, dancing, and playing. Within the cultural unit are various activities such as drawing, exercising melodic skills, singing the song form, writing lyrics, and dancing in a circle.

Students will be introduced to the music of India with a focus on introductory terminology, elemental concepts, and instrument identification through various singing, listening and playing opportunities.

Students will discuss emotion words. They will look up synonyms for emotion words. They will then listen
to the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and discuss the emotions they hear. Discussion about
instrument families and dynamics will take place to help students decide why the song gives certain
emotions. After several times listening to the music students will create a graph of the emotions they hear in
the music.

Students will learn same/different through a movement activity choreographed to Erik Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1 for piano solo. This music lesson plan is designed to fulfill Standard #6 of the National Standards for Music: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

This lesson was designed for a third grade unit on immigration and heritage. It can be adapted for other grades with an emphasis on culture in social studies. Students are encouraged to seek out information about specific traditions, culture and music from their heritage. The teacher will pick two pieces that have contrasting images. The students will listen to contrasting pieces of music and identify which one seems to connect with the student's family heritage.

This lesson introduces students to hymn singing and allows them to participate as singers in the choir and as accompanists in the bell choir.

In this three lesson unit, the concept areas of rhythm, melody, form, timbre/tone color, and harmony are used. Skills will be developed in singing, moving, listening, playing instruments, creating, and relating music to other subject areas.

Students will gain a basic knowledge of acoustics; the families of instruments in the orchestra; am instrument"™s pitch range; and how sound is produced by an instrument.

Students will gain a basic knowledge of acoustics; the families of instruments in the orchestra; an instrument's pitch range; and how sound is produced by an instrument.

Students discover the island cultures of the South Pacific and their musical expressions with songs, crafts, and games. Lesson also uses recordings of Hawaiian slack key guitar, rhythmic games songs from the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea flute playing.

In a series of two short lessons, your students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of jazz, and the creativity expressed in his music. As the students explore the language of the 1920s, connections will be drawn between popular expressions and the sounds created in jazz. Your students will create an original poem using these words and expressions. Finally, your students will have the opportunity to respond to a piece of Duke Ellington's music through the use of adjectives (or metaphors and similes).

In a series of three short lessons, your students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of jazz, as well as some of the factors that led to his involvement in the field. As the students explore the language of the 1920's, connections will be drawn between popular expressions and the sounds created in jazz. Your students will craft an original poem using these words and expressions. Finally, your students will have the opportunity to respond to a piece of Duke Ellington's music through movement and art.

In this lesson are opportunities for teaching and learning about some ways in which music is aligned with visual art. A sampling of songs from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is presented, alongside the cover art relevant to the songs. Several well-known pieces are featured from the wide array of recordings first envisioned by Folkways Records' founder Moses Asch in the 1940s. Singing, chanting, and movement experiences are featured alongside examinations and discussion of the photographs and imaginative artwork of the historical album covers.

Moccasin Game songs of the Navajo and Mescalero Apache tribes are little known outside
these cultures, but hold intrigue and understanding for those who pursue the experiences
noted here. Students will learn the cultural significance, key traits, and pure joys of playing
Moccasin Game songs through an exciting process of listening, singing and playing.

Your students will astound you as they create a class performance piece using their words, accompanied by Mr. Copland"™s composition. Learning about this nation"™s twelfth president is fun when we combine music, writing, and performing to your lessons. Mix together a little Aaron Copland"™s Lincoln Portrait, with historical facts and opinions, books, videos and even the Gettysburg Address.

Explore rural nomadic life in Mongolia and the highly impressionistic music and arts of
the Central Asian steppes. Students learn to imitate sounds of the natural environment
through improvised dance, instrumental performance, and throat-singing.

Students will be able to demonstrate the difference in pitch and dynamics that can be produced on various intruments through vibrations.

The North Carolina Symphony's Musical Meditations series offers moments to be calm, present, and mindful, supporting stress-management during the busy school day. Each short video features the NC Symphony playing musical excerpts from famous composers set to the breathtaking visuals from North Carolina State Parks.

Students examine and listen to a variety of forms of music to learn about the cultural, geographic, and stylistic diversity available within the United States.