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From the Heart of England:  Traditional English Songs for Children
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Featured here are three traditional songs from England that call for opportunities to sing,
move, and listen attentively. Each song offers young children the opportunity to be
creative in their physical expressions while also following direction in a sequential order.
These experiences allow the teacher a straightforward means for taking folk and
traditional songs of England into classrooms of young children.

Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Author:
Murray Taylor
Date Added:
06/24/2019
GEDB Folktales from Around the World: Culture Projects (Lesson 4 of 4)
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Students will collaborate with a group of students and select a Culture Project to complete together in school.  The group will choose, design and plan and implement what the groups roles will be and what materials are needed to complete the project.  The teacher should allow the students to work on projects in school so that equal participation is taking place and can be observed. The students may select the countries in the folktale unit to research or one of their own as long as the project goals are met and agreed upon by all members in the group.This lesson was developed by Lisa Bruet as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Subject:
Dance
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Music
Social Studies
Visual Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Melody Casey
Date Added:
11/22/2019
Grieg and Chopin: Day and Night
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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.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Kathy Davis
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Grieg and Chopin: Day and Night
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Students will gain an understanding of the difference in day and night, what causes day and night, what does da and night look like, what activities are most often related to each of these times, and what kind of animals are awake and asleep in the day or night. This integrated lesson uses the first movement, Morning Mood, from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 and Frederick Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2, to study day and night by associating musical selections that depict aspects of each time.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Kathy Davis
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Introduction to Music Unit for Grades K-2 on Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je maman" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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In this three lesson unit, the concept areas of rhythm, melody, harmony, form and tone color are used. Skills will be developed in singing, moving, listening, playing instruments, creating, analyzing, and relating music to other areas such as history and literature.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Provider:
Classics for Kids
Author:
Dr. Kay Edwards
Date Added:
02/26/2019
It's Spring, Mr. Vivaldi!
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Students are provided daily opportunities to hear, dance and move to the three separate movements of Vivaldi's Spring from The Four Seasons. Different dance and rhythm activities are used to acquaint students with the movements. The changes in tempo are discussed, as well as, musical vocabulary for fast (allegro) and slow or large (largo).

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Kathy Davis
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Kindergarten Carnival!
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This is a series of lessons on Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, and is the culmination of a science unit on animals. Students are introduced to and read passages from the book that accompanies the music of Carnival of the Animals by Barrie Carson Turner. Students discuss various musical elements such as dynamics, tempo, and orchestration. Following a deep listening activity, students create pictures and write descriptions to go along with the animal's music.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Kindergarten Carnival
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Students will learn about the instruments of the orchestra by using the CD and book Those Amazing Musical Instruments. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the musical terms forte, piano, lento, allegro, staccato and legato. They will demonstrate the ability to keep the beat by using their bodies as well as conducting batons made from popsicle sticks.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Gael Reed
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Learning Through The Duke
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In a series of three short lessons, your students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of jazz, as well as some of the factors that led to his involvement in the field. As the students explore the language of the 1920's, connections will be drawn between popular expressions and the sounds created in jazz. Your students will craft an original poem using these words and expressions. Finally, your students will have the opportunity to respond to a piece of Duke Ellington's music through movement and art.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
PBS
Author:
Heidi Lang
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Leaves in the Key of Autumn
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Students listen to Vivaldi's The Four Season, Autumn, and describe emotion, tempo, and dynamics. Students engage kinesthetically as they move to the music and learn about the composer. Students learn the scientific reasons for fall leaves changing color. Students sing the poem "Little Leaves" to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle and the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Students do a choral reading of "Colors of Fall." Students will collect real autumn leaves, then draw and paint them as their interpretation of Vivaldi's Autumn.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Adele Sato
Date Added:
02/26/2019
The Look of the Listen
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In this lesson are opportunities for teaching and learning about some ways in which music is aligned with visual art. A sampling of songs from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is presented, alongside the cover art relevant to the songs. Several well-known pieces are featured from the wide array of recordings first envisioned by Folkways Records' founder Moses Asch in the 1940s. Singing, chanting, and movement experiences are featured alongside examinations and discussion of the photographs and imaginative artwork of the historical album covers.

Provider:
Smithsonian Institution
Author:
Karen Howard
Date Added:
06/24/2019
Meet the Families
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Every orchestra is made up of families "“ four to be exact. This lesson invites you to meet these wonderfully diverse families and the members who make up the voice we hear at the symphony.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Bonnie Redfern
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Meter, Meter, 3-4-5 (Time Signature)
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Students will gain an understanding of meter by learning about 3 common patterns of accented and unaccented beats. This lesson is designed to fulfill Standard #5 of the National Standards for Music: Reading and notating music.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Making Music Fun
Author:
The Lesson Zone
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Moving to Tchaikovsky
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Students will become familiar with the form of Trepak (Russian Dance) and various combinations of locomotor and non-locomotor movements such as skipping, galloping, hopping, jumping, walking, bending, twisting, nodding, and swaying in time to music.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Elizabeth Sublett
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Music Through the Ears of Beethoven
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Using Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, students will discover how difficult it is to compose music with a hearing loss. Children will develop an understanding of overcoming disabilities and preserving through life's struggles.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Jennifer Potts
Date Added:
02/26/2019
A Musical Visit with Babar
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This lesson introduces students to Babar, an elephant portrayed in the children's books by Jean de Brunhof. Students will listen to Francis Poulenc's musical composition of the same name, written to reflect the scenes in Jean de Brunhof's book. Students will gain an understanding of how powerful the use of simple rhythm instruments is in retelling the story. Students will also create visual works of art based on the sounds they hear in the audio performance.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Janet Mulligan
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Music and the Elements of a Story
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Students will identify the character, setting, and plot of the story of Ballet of the Elephants and listen to Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant, composed by Igor Stravinsky for the ballet. Students will then listen to a piece of unidentified music to create their own character, setting, and plot diagram. They will use this diagram to create their own story that includes characters, a setting, and a plot (beginning, middle, and end).

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Angie Duncan
Date Added:
02/26/2019
The Music of the Oceans
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Through this multi-sensory lesson, students are introduced to the four oceans of the world. The use of music, art and creative movement increase the experiential learning of all students.

Subject:
Arts Education
Music
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
San Francisco Symphony
Author:
Sheryl Doolittle
Date Added:
02/26/2019