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Global Music Lesson Plans: Britten and Japan – Japan and the UK
Students explore the links between Japanese and British culture. In this Japanese music lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding Gagaku music and then perform "Te Lucis Ante Terminum" with Japanese...
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Music's Speed Zone
First graders read the story of the Tortoise and the Hare and relate it to tempo in music.
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Musical Roles
Students watch a videotape on the musical career of Aretha Franklin and explore the different careers in the music industry.
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Musical Instruments
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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Musical Phrase Completion
Students get to encounter simple musical notations, basic keyboarding and improvisation. Students exercise on creative thinking skills. Students create their own musical notes.
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Grouping Musical Instruments
Students study about musical instruments and group them into these categories: percussion, strings, woodwinds, and brass. After discussing these instruments, they independently complete the worksheet.
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Steady Beat and Form with Bluegrass and Fiddle Tunes
Students utilize listening skills, singing, movement and rhythm instruments in various combinations to reinforce lesson concepts. They develop the ability to identify a steady beat and AB patterns found in a variety of traditional...
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Caribbean Music
For this music worksheet, students identify and describe various famous dances and music of the Caribbean. They respond to questions about each of the three types described in the activity.
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Things I Know About Generational Music
In this generational music worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer with information about music that appeals to various age groups. Students further explore generational music by answering seven short answer questions .
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Elements of Music
In this music worksheet, 7th graders fill in the blanks in 7 sentences that describe the elements of music such as tempo, pitch, decay, and duration. They use the words from a word bank at the bottom of the page. They make a word search...
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Medieval Music (c500 - 1450)
In this Medieval music worksheet, 8th graders read about the instruments and parts of the music, including harmony, melody, and unison. They answer 7 homework questions based on the reading.
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Caribbean Beats and Blends: A Global Sound Lesson
Learners listen and respond to various forms of Caribbean music. In this music and culture lesson, students clap rhythms and respond to a sung call. Lyrics are analyzed for language blends and repetition. Music and culture from Puerto...
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The Sound of Music: Do-Re-Mi
Seventh graders create a simple melody using the Solfedge syllables. In this melody activity, 7th graders watch the movie The Sound of Music and focus on the "Do Re Mi" clip. Students examine solfege syllables and create a melody...
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Activities Using Music From Saint-Saens & Moussorgsky
Student create a fish and listen to music while imagining their fish are swimming. In this music lesson plan, learners identify instruments played and move their fish to the movement. Students work with kangaroos and...
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Sounding out accuracy, Musical Chairs
Here is a great spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs! Instead of fighting to get the last chair when the music stops, learners will need to read a CVC word to stay in the game. They walk around, whoever is near the word bucket when...
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More Folk Songs
First graders explain that texts of folk music are handed down by tradition. They sing two folk songs.
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Music Technology
Students use their practice book to complete their piano lessons. They examine the history of music and complete pages in a workbook. They create their own music by using the computer.
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Musical Rhythms
Students listen to music and bounce a tennis ball to the eat. Students close their eyes and listen to the rhythm. They switch hands on beats where they hear a new percussion sound. Students compose their own pieces using Oranga's band...
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Language Arts: The Rise of the Operetta
Learners develop an appreciation for the musical theater form, the operetta. In addition, they present parodies of songs from The Mikado. Working in small groups and accessing provided Websites, they compose their parodies. Once...
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Boombox Classroom: Music and Language
In this music activity, learners identify ways music and language are similar. They answer two multiple choice questions about music. Students think of other languages they use each day. they write the letters used in music notation.
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Writing Bug- Not Music to My Ears- Writing Worksheet
In this writing worksheet, students write an essay about the type of music that they do not like. They are given pre-writing tips in a box at the bottom of the page which include make a list of musical types, think about types of music...
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Compas, The Popular Music of Haiti
In this Caribbean music learning exercise, 8th graders read about the background of and musical instruments used in Compas music which is the popular music of Haiti. They answer 4 questions based on the reading. They complete an...
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Screening Coleridge’s Fantasies: Using Popular Music as a Bridge to Literacy
Twelfth graders use music to aid them in interpreting poetry. In this poetry lesson, 12th graders analyze the lyrics, figurative language, and literary devices of selected music. Students compare the music to the poetry of Samuel...
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Irregular Word Fluency, Musical Chairs
Learners study language. For this word fluency lesson, students play a version of Musical Chairs in which they must correctly say an irregular word, pulled from a bag, to keep their chair. The game is played with a small group of...
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