This music lesson plan allows students to closely examine chamber music as it has changed from the Middle Ages to today. Students will work in small groups to research the composers, instruments and typical presentation of chamber music in five distinct time periods, and then individually write biographies of composers from their assigned era. Each group will create an interesting and informative display of their epoch and biographies, which they will present in a future class.

This resource is the article which is part of the lesson from the New York Times lesson of the same name.

This resource is a presentation of the time periods of music. There is an assignment for students to complete after going through the presentation.

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