Students will understand the relationship with nature reflected in Native American music. Students will understand that instruments have different voices that reflect these relationships.

In this lesson, students descirbe and express personal preference in musical styles through completion of a journal entry using criteria developed for justifying the type of music they prefer.

Students will understand how music sets the mood for movies and contributes to the movie through development of a claymation video to illustrate nuclear decay, fusion, fission, and nuclear chain reactions. Students write scripts and create story boards, create backdrops, clay characters, and add music, voice over and text to create a multi-subject collaboration.

This detailed article gives information on the most common health issues within the music world and lists symptoms and ways to prevent and treat these conditions.

Students learn about the form and function of traditional musical instruments, then use this knowledge to create non-traditional instruments that replicate the sounds of traditional instruments.

Maps, music, and video-recordings can be effectively used to discuss the present and historical incidence of the " plena" . In the way that rap music is referred to as "the people's" CNN, plena, an Afro-Puerto Rican musical form that has much in common with other Caribbean musical expressions, is sometimes referred to as "the newspaper of the people" as it expresses what is going on in the lives of working class people.

Students learn about the history of major American music genres. Then, through mock radio shows, students examine the distinguishing features of each genre and how each has changed throughout the years.

This is a link to the artcile which complements the New York Times Lesson.

Students develop an understanding of the history, development, and social influence of various types of world music through the creation of music museum exhibits.

Students will research the geographical histories of various musical genres and make maps that note important places in music history.

This detailed site give an introduction into the acoustical workings of saxophones, primarily soprano and tenor, and gives fingerings, sound techniques, and several other scientific methods into playing the instrument.

Visitors to the website will learn about the musical instruments that have been traditionally used along the Silk Road. Included is a map of the region, a reading list, and fun facts. Teachers will find an Education Kit with a Teacher's Guide and a Sourcebook of lesson plans, activities, and background materials to use in teaching their students about the Silk Road. Students will learn about the geography, economics, and history of the Silk Roads. They will discover the religions of both the ancient and contemporary cultures of the area. They will also be able to create musical instruments.

Students reflect on how and why music is meaningful in their lives and lives of people around the world. They then create a music soundtrack with liner notes that reflects the concerns of teens across time.

Students will listen to Brazilian folk music and discuss its various sounds and connections to today"™s music. They then record sounds that help define and represent the culture of their school and local community.

Students examine the language used in music reviews to describe world music and explore the relationship between music and culture. They will then write a description of a kind of American music they know well and detail its cultural roots and significance.

Students compose a statement of basic rights to protect their own health and well-being. They then research the history, power and purpose of unions in the United States before creating their own union to promote the interests of (middle school or high school) students. Copyright laws and music protection are heavily researched.

The violin, a four-stringed instrument tuned at intervals of a fifth and played with a bow, has the capability to produce an amazing array of sounds that both express and evoke a wide range of human feelings and emotions. In this lesson students research the history of the violin, its manufacture, and the musicians who have mastered the art of creative expression through this instrument.