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).

While studying ecosystems, students will focus on the changes that occur in deciduous forest throughout the seasons. With that knowledge, they will listen to and analyze Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. As a culminating activity, students will use oil pastels to show what a deciduous forest would look like during each season.

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.

It is hard to imagine any movement more important for understanding the meaning of freedom and equal rights in the U.S. than the civil rights struggle in the post-World War II era. Yet, as Julian Bond succinctly argued, in most textbooks and the media, the popular understanding of that movement is reduced to: "Rosa sat down, Martin stood up, and the white kids came down and saved the day."

The student will have a an understanding of (1) the difference in day and night, (2) what causes day and night, (3) what does day and night look like, (4) what activities are most often related to each of these times, and (5) what kind of animals are awake and asleep in the day or night. The student will be able to express these activities in dance and to decide which music best fits daytime and nighttime. The student will also be able to visually depict the different times of the 24-hour day in dramatic play and on paper.

Students can use music to read each other"™s minds! As students learn to differentiate tempo and dynamics to interpret the mood of the music, they will express it through physical movement that allows their classmates to guess what is on their mind.

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.

Play or sing rhythm using voice, instruments or body.Recognize by sound half rest and half note.

Play or sing rhythm using voice, instruments or body.Recognize by sound half rest and half note.

Play or sing rhythm using voice, instruments or body.Recognize by sound half rest and half note.

This site from the University of New South Wales is a fantastic resource for woodwind players. Visual and audio examples of woodwind acoustics are given, and give the student a scientific insight on to how their instruments produce sound, and the differences between reed and non-reed woodwinds. Recommended for advancing players.

This diagramic PDF shows the user the proper way to assemble and hold a flute for the best tone production.

Part 1 or a 3 part video series on playing the upper notes correctly on the clarinet. This video start with "above the break" notes and addresses fingers, airstream, embouchure and good sound production.

The 3rd of a 3 part series by Michelle Anderson on playing higher clarinet notes. This final video instructs on airstream and finger tricks to improve altissimo range.

Students will learn about Johannes Brahms and his music through a fun-filled lesson on musical form. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #6 of the National Standards for Music Education: listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

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

About a century has passed since the events at the center of this lesson-the Haymarket Affair, the Homestead Strike, and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. In this lesson, students use primary historical sources to explore some of the questions raised by these events, questions that continue to be relevant in debates about American society: Where do we draw the line between acceptable business practices and unacceptable working conditions? Can an industrial-and indeed a post-industrial-economy succeed without taking advantage of those who do the work?

A interval generator that allows the user to either practice, or assess, knowledge of written intervals. Exercise is customizable for use at home or in the classroom. Audio examples are given of the interval after the correct answer is placed.

This listening map is designed to support listening lessons/activities in the music classroom. This lesson resource is designed to fulfill Standard #6 of the National Standards for Music: listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

This lesson starts with the building blocks of basic chord construction, in both major and minor. Audio and visual representation is present to help the learner.