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The Sound of Music and Passage to Freedom

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine music examples to investigate a conflict in history about Hitler's invasions during WWII. In this music analysis lesson, 7th graders discuss vocabulary and the history for the Holocaust and Hitler's invasions....
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Study Guide for Lelavision's Physical Music

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete activities for physical music analysis. In this physical music lesson, students read the biography for Lelavision musical sculptures, complete a sound and motion activity, and a making music activity. Students also...
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Music Walk

For Teachers K
Students walk to music in a circle and learn colors.
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A Chorus For Us

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine "serious" choral music written for student choirs and the composers who write it. They reflect upon the notion of "serious" music, and examine the trend of concert composers writing pieces for student chorus
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Create a Composition

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students select an instrument and create a musical composition. In this musical composition lesson, students invent an original piece of music that is 16 measures long. Students hum and record their pieces.
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Phonemic Awareness through Music

For Teachers K
Students listen to a song and identify the rhyming words. After listening to the song, Down By the Bay by Raffi, students identify at least 5 rhyming sets of words
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Habari Gani: What is the News?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Display creative works of art after learning about Kwanzaa. Kindergartners hear stories about the history of Kwanzaa and its celebrations. They then create artwork, practice African dances and listen to African music.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students analyze classic children's stories by creating story maps.  In this children's literature instructional activity, students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and practice retelling the story with picture cards that need to be...
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Japanese Music-Some Songs for Children

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners explore songs from Japan. In this music lesson plan, students listen to four Japanese folk songs and identify the characteristics of the music.
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Generational Music Communities

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students focus on age-related generations to assess how traditional music is transmitted from one generation to another and how music functions for people within a generation. They compare/contrast and explore music in their own...
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Creating Musical Notation

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
In this creative music activity from Scientific American, students learn about musical notation and then design their own notations. Great web resource links are alsp provided
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American Culture in a Musical Setting

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discover the significance of similarities and contrasts of three separate cultures of the United States through music. They take out maps and trace the expedition of the Spanish along the coasts of Mexico and North and South...
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GUNS AND MUSIC

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the role of the Advertising Standards Agency, the image of crime portrayed by some rap artists, the reality of crime, media influence, and society's influences on the media.
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Movie Books- Children's Stories

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use iMovie to write, illustrate, and narrate a movie book to bring their story alive visually and capture the interest of and inspire nonreaders at their school.
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Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a lesson about literary devices. As class...
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Music

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders incorporate two formal music lessons into the core curriculum. They study whole notes and rests, syllables of the musical scale and practice singing.
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Folk Songs, Instruments of the Orchestra

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study Folk Songs and instruments of the orchestra in these lessons. They recognize the difference between folk songs and classical music.
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Lee & Low Books

First Come the Zebra Teacher’s Guide

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Accompany a reading of First Come the Zebra written and illustrated by Lynne Barasch with a teacher's guide equipped with before reading, vocabulary, and after reading activities. Additional social studies, science, music, art, math, and...
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Rhythm in Motion

For Teachers K - 8th
Any age of elementary student can demonstrate their understanding of the connections of elements of art and music by creating their own slit song. You will investigate and study the Melanesian Slit Song with Kindergartners through Junior...
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The Glenn Miller Story (Film) - Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Anthony Mann's 1953 film biography, The Glenn Miller Story, is the focus of a series of activities that introduce class members to Miller's life and music. Of particular interest to music students will be the cameos by many famous...
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MUSICAL MYSTERIES

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine how music can influence our feelings, describe things, and create special effects.
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Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program

Dinosaurs Before Dark

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Young readers travel back to the time of the dinosaurs in this literature unit based on the story Dinosaurs Before Dark. Intended for use with upper-elementary special education students, this resource provides reading comprehension,...
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MUSICAL MYSTERIES

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore the orchestra and identify the sounds of common musical instruments.
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Music - Dancing To the Beat

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover the rhythm in music. Students walk around in a circle, swinging a ribbon to the beat of music. While keeping a steady beat, 2nd graders respond to suggested alterations to their rhythm.

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