Curated OER
William Tell Overture
Young scholars explore the musical concepts of rhythm, melody, expression, and tone color in a three-lesson unit about the William Tell Overture. They identify dynamics and tempo and play a vocal tone color singing game.
Curated OER
Introducing the Bartered Bride
Students discuss the character, plot, and setting for Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride. The teacher begins with a "KWL" strategy map on "opera." For this "KWL, the teacher asses what students have already experienced about the opera...