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Discover the History of Melody

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners connect to music resources. In this music lesson plan, students visit the websites of the Handel House Museum, the Horniman Museum, Reid Concert Hall, and the National Center for Early Music. Learners may research the virtual...
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Teaching Serialism with Technology

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compose serialistic tone-row melodies using music notation software. This lesson includes an email address to receive all materials and worksheets involved in the week-long study.
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Edward Elgar

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the music of Edward Elgar. As a class, they listen to Elgar's "Nimrod" and the "Adagio Cantabile" from Beethoven's piano Sonata. They listen to the music, write down the moods and discuss their feelings. Students compare...
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Pavane pour une Infante Defunte

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc. They identify timbres heard in "Pavane" by movement and respond by movement to timbre.
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Broccoli

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students sing a song and figure out the rhythm notation for pharases while describing the benefits of broccoli. They compose a four-measure pattern using the rhythms of these phrases. They play the rhythm patterns with the recording.
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Groovy Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compose their own eight measure melody in a D scale. Using a software program, they enter the half, quarter and eighth notes in the order they prefer. To end the instructional activity, they play their music for the class and...
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Melodic Variation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students participate in activities in which they apply various techniques of melodic variation. After reviewing sheet music for the song "Marianne", they compare lines 1 & 3, then 2 & 4 and discuss the variations in the song. ...
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VH1 Fan Club

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students connect the diversity of American culture to the music of Dave Matthews Band and then create lyrics that emphasize how diversity pertains to their own life.
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ABBA - Lesson 3

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop a deeper understanding of the connection between improvisation and inspiration. They choose a partner and take out their original poems. With their partners, have them say the poem with a steady beat.
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Mozart Tonight/ Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman Theme and Vars. 1,5 and 8

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze and practice the musical concept of contrasting segments. They view and discuss a musical whole that is described by the connections between the theme and variations and demonstrate the concept by composing...
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Manipulating Sound

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use music software to create and refine a musical composition. They use music software to create a sequence of musical phrases. Students use music software to create and refine a musical composition and adapt it in the light...
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Soundtrack to War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss the important role of music in lives of soldiers stationed in Iraq. They identify and demonstrate skills in creating compositions with limited resources, similar in concept to the soldiers viewed in the documentary.
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Lesson 3 - Songs for Soldiers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students reflect on their own musical preferences, and how those preferences may be incorporated into self-expression.
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VH1 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students compare two versions of song done as an original and as a cover. They attempt to arrange a pop song to show a different musical style.
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VH1 Road to Fame: Harry Connick Jr.

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine musicians of the past and examine their music.
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I Heard It on the Radio

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students develop a portfolio of information of contemporary musicians or individuals from the music industry.
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Ferde Grofe

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in three different activities centered around Ferde Grofe. The different lessons are used to introduce music and the artist to the class. They listen to stories that music tells, and create their own sand painting...
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Making Elisir

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the technical language used by musicians and music lovers. They study the contemporary relevance of 19th Century Italian opera and understand how it is translated into electronic media.
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Marching Band Cadence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compose an original cadence. They compose a short segment (2 measures) of a cadence on staff paper. Papers are collected and entered into Sibelius program. They compose original cadences using the Sibelius program and...
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Polyrhthm

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compose and perform polyrhythms in small groups using non-pitched percussion instruments. They enter the classroom with the recording of "The Rite of Spring" playing on the CD player. Students are asked to describe the...
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Making Progress: From Chords to Melody

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review chord progression while listening to tracks of music. They write melodies to fit a given chord progression. They sing their melodies and analyze how it compares to the original melody.
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Soul Legend Wilson Pickett

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students analyze the lyrics to the soul music of Wilson Pickett as a step towards the exploration of the life and talents of the man. The language and expressions utilized in a descriptive article about the composer form the basis of the...
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Nature and Haiku Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils compose haiku poems and recognize how cultures value nature and natural forces through the study of Japanese poetry. This lesson includes a bibliography of resources.
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The Cinquain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore writing a cinquain. Students engage in a pantomime experience. They observe and describe bubbles. Students compose a cinquain and illustrate their work with bubble art.