In this lesson, students will consider how Germans resisted what the Berlin …
In this lesson, students will consider how Germans resisted what the Berlin Wall symbolized during the Cold War by examining the musical cultures that developed in East and West Germany. To do this, students will watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze primary and secondary historical sources such as newspaper articles, cartoons, interviews, and photographs.
In this lesson, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's "Ohio," …
In this lesson, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's "Ohio," Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee" and Edwin Starr's "War" articulated the divisive feelings Americans had about the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To supplement these songs, students will also watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze polling data, news articles, and photographs from the era.
In this lesson, students will identify the origins of Third Wave Feminism …
In this lesson, students will identify the origins of Third Wave Feminism and explore the diversity of the movement's demands, attitudes, and tactics by immersing themselves in three musical cultures from the 1990s: the Riot Grrrl punk rock scene exemplified by the band Bikini Kill, the female-fronted hip hop scene exemplified by Salt-N-Pepa, and the Tejano music sphere exemplified by Selena.
This lesson site explores the construction and naming of specific intervals, and …
This lesson site explores the construction and naming of specific intervals, and whether or not they fall under the major and minor categories. Audio demonstrations of each interval are contained, as well as a visual reference of what the specific intervals look like. Great for intermediate and advancing players and vocalists.
In this lesson, students are introduced to spirituals - songs created and …
In this lesson, students are introduced to spirituals - songs created and sang by enslaved African Americans for many reasons including: expressing values, a source of inspiration and motivation, an expression of protest and coded communication. Students will listen to spirituals and sing a spiritual, then identify characteristics of spirituals. Students will decode a spiritual.
While the French had kept their end of the bargain by completing …
While the French had kept their end of the bargain by completing the statue itself, the Americans had still not fulfilled their commitment to erect a pedestal. In this lesson, students learn about the effort to convince a skeptical American public to contribute to the effort to erect a pedestal and to bring the Statue of Liberty to New York.
This lesson will introduce students to Igor Stravinsky. Students will be engaged …
This lesson will introduce students to Igor Stravinsky. Students will be engaged with Stravinsky"™s music and will interpret their feelings in the form of art and poetry.
In this lesson, students will create song lyrics celebrating the history of …
In this lesson, students will create song lyrics celebrating the history of labor unions serving the entertainment industry, then create posters illustrating the importance of each union to the industry they represent.
Music and sound are two different concepts that share much in common. …
Music and sound are two different concepts that share much in common. Determining the difference between the two can sometimes be difficult due to the subjective nature of deciding what is or is not music. The goal of this activity is to take something constructed by students, that would be normally classified as just sound and have the class work together to make what can be perceived to be music. Students construct basic stringed instruments made of shoeboxes and rubber bands. This activity aims to increase student understanding of what distinguishes music from sound.
Students will learn about Franz Joseph Haydn by reading a short biography. …
Students will learn about Franz Joseph Haydn by reading a short biography. They also will be introduced to his Surprise Symphony through a fun-filled listening/activity lesson. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #6 of the National Standards for Music: listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
Students paint their impression in watercolor of one of their experiences, following …
Students paint their impression in watercolor of one of their experiences, following a performance of the symphony orchestra.This lesson was designed for a 4th grade class, but is interesting and easy to adapt and use with all grade levels.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of simple rhythms by reading and performing …
Students will demonstrate an understanding of simple rhythms by reading and performing rhythms to win squares in this musical twist on the classic "Tic-Tac-Toe" game. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.
This site from a Canadian Flute Professor give an indepth list of …
This site from a Canadian Flute Professor give an indepth list of reasons for flute tone problems and quite a few exercises to help refine tone and airstream.
Students learn to keep a steady beat in a fun-filled activity, while …
Students learn to keep a steady beat in a fun-filled activity, while drilling their math facts. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #7 of the National Standards for Music: Evaluating music and music performances.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the musical form AABA form through …
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the musical form AABA form through dance. Students learn the musical form of "Trashin' the Camp" as they dance a different step to each section.
This lesson site gives an introduction into first and second inversions of …
This lesson site gives an introduction into first and second inversions of triad chords. Useful for beginning or intermediate vocalists or instrumentalists.
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