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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nos Creemos Americanos: Braceros in History and Song

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Mexican folk songs offer an authentic look at WWII immigrant workers. This study of the U.S. Bracero Program sets historians up with context information so they can write their own corrido. The class reviews themes and formulas of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Our Sun

For Students 7th - 9th
In this space science worksheet, learners use the clues at the bottom of the sheet to solve the crossword puzzle on our sun. They identify the cooler and visible surface areas of the sun, as well as what sunspots are on the sun.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Musical Imagery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners experience musical imagery. They link this musical concept to literary imagery to gain an understanding of the use of imagery in both genres. After listening to a varriety of sounds, students will compose and perform a melody.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

BASE-ic Space Travel

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this 3-day place-value lesson, upper-elementary kids investigate the base 5 and base 2 systems as an introduction to exponents and powers. They create a pocket chart to help ground their understanding of bases, exponents, and powers,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

African Composition

For Students 6th - 9th
In this music worksheet, learners compose their own African music. First, they decide which instruments they are going to use. Then they create a pattern and make a variation to it. Finally, students add a timekeeper and different layers...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Composing Your Own Song

For Students 6th - 10th
In this music worksheet, students read about composing their own song and how to get started. They identify the main features that make a good song and the various layers that make up the overall texture. Students also use the three...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Music Theory

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students properly notate a short melody within a given framework. They pay much attention to rhythmic notation. Students compose and harmonize their own melodies. They work individually on composing a melody on their preferred...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rock Till You Drop!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students study rhythmic patterns and phrases on percussion instruments. They form a drum circle and take turns playing the beat. After listening to styles of rhythms, students compare styles of music. They compose a short piece of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Musical Instruments

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students invent a musical instrument to be played by them. They invent a nonstandard notation for music and compose a short piece to preform for the class using their instrument.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Composing with Non-Chord Tones to Ornament a Melody

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop melodies based on a simple chord progression. They develop the tools need to begin to compose their own music. Students explore the qualities of each NCT and identify them in a composition. They develop listening skills...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Music in West Africa

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students listen to music at a designated website. They demonstrate how to make musical sounds with symbols and create their own musical composition. From activities on the website, students begin to train their ear to hear pitches and...
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Website
South Carolina Educational Television

South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia: Music

For Students 6th - 8th
Enter a world of music in Artopia. Here, you can become a music critic, meet a musician, play a game, and even compose your own remix music in the virtual music studio.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Shape Hunt Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Calling all Shape Detectives! In this weeklong adventure, the children will explore and search for basic shapes as they go on a shape hunt. They will describe, match, sort and compose a variety of two-dimensional shapes, and create a...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using Grouping to Count Quickly

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad helps the Fairy Tale people save their king by teaching them how to count quickly by grouping.
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Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Scoring Music: Write for Specific Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are interested in arranging your own music, you should check out the tips offered at this website. Including a history of how music was arranged, this site also gives several good ideas of how to make your arrangements interesting.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Operations on Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers how to add, subtract, multiply, divide and compose two or more functions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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Interactive
PBS

Classics for Kids: Compose Your Own Music

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive you will compose your own music in 4/4 time. Hit play to hear to hear your song then send it to your friends!
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Filling Shadows With More and Less

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders use their understanding of composing and decomposing shapes to cover a given area. Today's lesson is bringing together many of the geometric skills from previous lessons.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Area & the Distributive Property

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders develop spatial reasoning about large areas through composing and decomposing rectangles to determine area.
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Place Value and Problem Solving With Units of Measure

For Students 3rd Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in place value and problem solving with units of measure.
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide Addition, Subtraction Within 1000 With Word Problems to 100

For Students 2nd Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in addition and subtraction within 1000 with word problems to 100.
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Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide Addition, Subtraction Within 200 With Word Problems to 100

For Students 2nd Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in addition and subtraction within 200 with word problems to 100.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Reflect on Composing Work

For Students 9th Standards
Reflect on how composing your work contributed to understanding the question "Should parents limit their teen's access to social media?"
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Article
McMaster University

Mc Master University: Music Composition for Beginners

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief site on the advent of technology changing how music is written (and by whom) forever. One bad point is that for most of the links to work, you have to figure out for yourself where they go and type it in.