Music can help us learn about history! This lesson demonstrates to your students how music of the Baroque period reflects the importance of the institutions of State and Church, and the influence both had on the
work of each composer.

With this research based webpage, students explore the benefits of music programs in schools. Students will discover that through research there have been findings that music lessons may boost the Intelligence Quotient (IQ). This website provides links to audio files, written transcript, and questions to engage students in discussion about the findings of the study and how to form and test the research as a group.

Students use music they already know and love to learn about the language and expression of music. Students will select an autobiographical piece of music that represents who they are, what is important to them, what they value, and how they would like to be perceived by others.

Experience Norwegian folk music through a journey north to the land of the fjords and
Hardanger fiddles. Students will have an opportunity to listen, discuss, and play
Norwegian folk songs

After learning about the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven and listening to a variety of musical selections, students will create an Ode to Beethoven to express their appreciation and knowledge for his life and musical talent. In addition, the students learned about the artist Andy Warhol, and will use this knowledge to create an art piece of Beethoven in the style of Warhol.

Students will learn to identify diverse musical elements, including steady beats, rhythm, melody, harmony and expressive qualities in an improvised setting. The series of lessons presented here, which draw upon a selection of Nigerian flute music, will facilitate students' creation of new musical phrases and compositions. These lessons will provide intermediate-level children the opportunity to hear improvised flute performance for solo, duet and octet ensembles.

This lesson shows students where rock music really began! Students will create musical instruments with objects from nature. Using their created instruments, students compose and perform a musical arrangement, while making connects with their knowledge of life during the Stone Age.

Students look at musical notes and determine their value in the measure in terms of rational numbers. They will figure out what the value of the note is in fractions, decimals and percents of the entire measure.

Students will gain an understanding of music"™s relationship to the American, French and Russion revolutions. Students will also gain knowledge that music has changed over the last 200 years as a result of a musical revolution.

Students will be able to identify Romare Bearden's collage technique and explain how his vision represents African American identity. Students will also be able to discuss the importance of improvisation in Jazz Music while analyzing changes in Art and Musical Style reflects changes in society.

Students experience an aural journey from the boats of the Hokkaido fishermen to their own perspective and interpretation, giving students a sense of pulse and rhythm as they compose and arrange, inspired by Japanese traditional music.Soran Bushi, a Japanese work song, allows for exploration into Japanese culture (work song/environment/nature) as well as exploration in creative composition/arranging.

Students will identify and discuss steel pans and steel and style. Students will find Trinidad on a
world map. Students will play a typical rhythmic/harmonic steel band pattern and learn to play
a sustained melody in steel band style.

Students will compare and contrast Stravinsky's Rite of Spring to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, La Primavera (Spring). Pair the music of Stravinksy with the art of Edvard Munch. Pair the music of Vivaldi with the art of Claude Monet. Discuss the similarities and differences. Discuss Josef Albers'Homage to the Square entitled "The High Spring". Discuss how color and mood are connected. Create a color square in the style of Josef Albers to represent the pairings of Stravinsky and Munch and the pairing of Vivaldi and Monet.

Students will be able to describe Benton's artisitc techniques, identify the roots of country music as well as some of the early performers. Students will also be able to discuss how changes in art and musical style reflect changes in society.

Students will sing traditional music from Botswana, listen critically to the performance practice and styling of both traditional
instruments and singing, and create a game and a composition in the style of the
culture.