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Pocket Salsa

For Students 7th - 12th
Master the art of salsa dancing in the comfort of your own home (or classroom) with a high-quality and easy-to-follow series of videos. An instructor and his partner demonstrate all the basic steps, and a whole rhythm section gives...
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Rhythm Jam

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Groups create, memorize, and perform for the class a 4 beats per measure rhythm pattern using percussion instruments including xylophones, rhythm sticks, and drums. The pattern is recorded on the worksheet provided in the resource.
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Using Poetry As Inspiration for Composition

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
A reading of Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken" launches an interdisciplinary study of the connection between the meters of a poem and a melody. After identifying the number of beats in each line of the poem, young musicians use...
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Rhythm and Improv, Jazz and Poetry

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Connect the ideas of jazz improvisation and art to writing poetry. Learners collaborate and write different lines of poetry, imitating the jazz styles of improvisation and freewriting. Take a close look at the poems "Tenebrae" by Yusef...
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Jews and Blues

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine how American Jews affect music and entertainment. They identify problems between immigrants and their children. They relate the Jewish American issue to those of African Americans.
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Music In Your Neighborhood - Lesson 6

For Teachers K - 4th
Students demonstrate an awareness of music as part of daily life. They recognize that music is found throughout their neighborhood and see that music is found in neighborhoods of other cultures.
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Music, Culture and War

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students see that music serves as a major conduit for the transport of knowledge. As they watch video, students tabulate the variety of music artists listed by different soldiers.
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Discovering Generational Music Communities

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Louisiana musical landscape worksheet, students discover what generational music communities they belong to by answering 10 short answer questions.
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Rap as Lyrical Poetry

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners investigate the history of rap as an analysis of lyrical poetry and hip hop culture. For this rap analysis lesson, students watch a PBS NewsHour clip about the difference between rap music and hip hop culture. Learners analyze...
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Music in Other Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the musical concepts of timbre, melody, and rhythm. They listen to and identify characteristics of music from other cultures.
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Writing a Music Review

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students compose a written music review of one of today's popular bluegrass musicians after they read online essays and journals about the modern bluegrass music scene look over and discuss recent music reviews
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Music and the Media

For Students 5th - 8th
In this music and media activity, students read a brief description of theme music and music for film and then complete a graphic organizer and respond to a short answer question.
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Global Music: Steve Reich – Ghana, Bali, America and Germany

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore the music of Steve Reich. In this global music instructional activity, students compare the music compositions of Steve Reich to African and Balinese music. Students discuss their personal comparisons.
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Downloading Music

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars study the effect that downloading has had on the music industry. As a class, students discuss what they know and do not know about the laws of music downloading. Small groups create a marketing plan to help reduce the...
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Gospel Music

For Students 5th - 6th
In this music worksheet, learners read about the origin of gospel music. Students answer ten essay questions related to their reading.
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Music Terms Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle of fourteen basic music terms about instruments, beats, and performance groups.
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Gospel Music

For Students 5th - 12th
For this gospel music worksheet, students read a brief introduction to gospel music and respond to 10 short answer questions regarding it.
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Cultural Music Festival

For Teachers K - 6th
Students participate in planning a multi-cultural community event. In this cultural music lesson, parents, community members, and teachers provide time, music, advertisement, and refreshments to create a community multi-cultural music...
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Music in Nature

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research the Incan civilization. In this Incan civilization instructional activity, students study the geography of the Andes mountains and play an Andean siku. Students discuss how the sounds of nature influenced their musical...
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Introduction to musical reading for Drumset and Percussion.

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students analyze the functions of musical scores as they relate to percussion instruments. They follow an audio and video presentation as they count and follow beat patterns.
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Responses To Twentieth Century Music: A High School Art Curriculum

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore their own responses to sound by hearing the music as a regular part of the class structure. They develop an awareness that certain art evokes certain sounds and moods and develop an intuitive responses to the music.
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Japanese and American Types of Music

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this Japanese and American music worksheet, students name different types of music with a friend. They list popular types of music found in Japan, and then list types of music found in America. They write down their favorite music,...
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Medieval Music: Year 7

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Medieval music crossword puzzle, students use the 17 clues to help them appropriately complete the crossword puzzle based on the instruments and music of Medieval times.
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Realism in Music, The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 5th
Students complete a unit of 9 lessons to learn about realism in music during the time of the Underground Railroad. In this music realism lesson, students learn about coded lyrics in the slave songs. Students complete 9 lessons using...

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