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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Rhythm and Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This curriculum unit from the Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge program presents an introduction to the concept of visual rhythm and explores the intersection of visual and auditory rhythm. The unit is divided into six lessons focusing on...
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University of South Florida

Usf: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Art and music were not exempt from receiving Hitler's influence during the holocaust. Here you can view Nazi approved art, art considered "degenerate," art from inside the camps and ghettos, and art inspired by the holocaust. This is a...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Art Critiques Made Easy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A tipsheet giving ideas on how to encourage students to think and speak critically about visual arts, music, dance, and even literature.
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TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: The Tudors Their Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource focuses on the music of the Tudor era including harpsichords and drums. Students listen to various pieces of music and try to copy them.
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PBS

Pbs: Defining Jazz Music

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will develop a definition of jazz. Through biographies and interviews of jazz musicians, students will learn what jazz music is about.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Picturing the 1930s

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter a virtual movie theater and learn about art of the 1930s in the United States. Exhibitions include: The Depression, The New Deal, The Country, Industry, Labor, The City, Leisure, and American People.
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Albright Knox Art Gallery: Personified Sculpture

For Teachers K - 1st
After learning about Fernand Leger's sculpture, students will learn basic concepts of modern dance, create their own movements, select sounds or music, and combine all of these in a modern dance performance.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Dreams and Musical Feet

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Learning Musical Elements Through Listening

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a site created for teaching children the art of listening to music. Includes sections on the elements of music, composers, and genres with more under construction.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Strength of Native American Music (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan about analyzing and discussing the relationship between Native American music, culture, and history in which students learn how music can be a tool for cultural survival. Requires access to an episode from "American Roots...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Yo Yo Ma, Master Cellist

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site explores the cello and the artistry of Yo-Yo Ma. Be sure to visit the suggested web sites, especially Yo-Yo's site at Sony.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Middle Ages: Arts & Entertainment

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the entertainment that occurred during the Middle Ages. Types of instruments and involvement in religious life discussed.
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Emory University

Emory University: Odyssey Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Building Blocks of Language: The 8 Parts of Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the 8 parts of speech straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson, including a...
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Other

Pat Cramer: Totem Poles: An Exploration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Come listen to the music, then learn all about totem poles. Information about totem poles includes where to find them, their age, history as well as beautiful photos.
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California State University

California State University: Colors and Mural Painting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Each student will create a nonobjective painting using a straw. The class will then combine each painting into one large mural. Selected poetry and music accompanies this lesson plan.
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Other

The Expressionism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a comprehensive overview of expressionism in art, literature, and music.
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Other

Guide to Writing Lyrics

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete guide to writing lyrics for songs and jingles. Provides good advice and insight in the art of writing lyrics.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Making Rain

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Your students will enjoy making their own rainstick while learning about poetry and expressing their feelings about rain. This three-part lesson gives step-by-step instructions, as well as an assessment rubric.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson Plan: Monsters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Following a reading of the epic poem Beowulf and the contemporary text inspired by it, Grendel, young scholars create their own monster. Lesson plans provide assessment criteria, extension ideas, and a list of resources.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: Activity Starters

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Be deliberate when inviting your student to watch a PBS KIDS show. These resources can help by adding meaningful conversation and easy activities to their experience.
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BBC

Bbc Four: Audio Interviews: Wystan Hugh Auden 1907 1973

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief biography of writer W. H. Auden. Discusses the influence of Marx and Freud on his poetry, the didactic nature of his work, the aim of the arts, the importance of fun, recognizing great art, and the musical treatment of poets' work.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Was So Depressing About the Great Depression?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan focuses on the effects of the Great Depression on American life in the period from 1929-1940. Students learn about changes in art, music and literature that symbolize life of the everyday man. Students also learn about...
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University: For Oboe Players: A Brief Intro to the English Horn

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers detailed information on the English Horn and the ways in which it is the same as and different from the oboe.

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