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Behind the Movie Chicago - Lesson 1

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the genre of the musical film. They become aware of the music and dance trends of the 1920s. They identify musical motive as a basis for unity in composition.
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Spooky Notes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders move to, sing, compose, and interpret various musical techniques through the use of "America", Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers", and a song called "Skin and Bones". Emphasis is placed upon identifying names and values...
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Music - O Brother, Where Art Thou?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing with correct posture. They sight read music and sing in choral harmony. Students identify the characteristics of a melody and examine the style of Southern Baptist hymns.
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Movement and Music: An Introduction to Slavery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a slavery timeline. They identify key leaders in the anti-slavery movement. Students are asked what they can recall about slavery. They review the following vocabulary words slavery, spirituals, abolitionists, and...
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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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Bingo Worksheet 1

For Students 5th - 12th
In this "Bingo" sheet music worksheet, students read the sheet music and record the names of the 37 notes in the spaces provided.
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Intervals Within the Scale

For Students 5th - 12th
In this intervals within the scale sheet music worksheet, students identify the intervals and write the correct notes for each interval in the spaces provided.
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Diggin' Deeper - Poetry Made Relevant: Poetry And Poetic Devices

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What do Beethoven, Bob Dylan, and Pharrell all have in common? Works by these three musicians are used to launch a study of poetry. Class members listen to passages from the music and craft a quick write about how the music makes them...
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Shoot the Whole Notes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice underhand throwing skills, identify values of musical notes, and add values of notes (adding fractions). students should be familiar with the names of notes and their values in 4/4 time.
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Music Mania

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this music activity, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to basic music. There are 23 words located in the puzzle.
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In My Dream

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students listen to recordings of early jazz and identify examples of ostinato and syncopation. They discuss important personalities from jazz cultures and take a quiz on aspects of jazz.
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Twelve-Bar Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine blues music. In this music genres lesson plan, students discover details about the history of the musical genre and compositional techniques. Students then compose melodies of their own with 12-bar blues chord progression.
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Writing Lyrics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine the themes and structure of a bluegrass song and identify the common themes in bluegrass music. They practice songwriting by rewriting the lyrics of "Oh! Susanna" as a bluegrass tune.
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Wyclef Jean for VH1 Storytellers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use recordings of Wyclef Jean's music to study and explore different styles and techniques.
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The Motown Dynasty (1969-1980) Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students connect achievements of noted artists with their roles in the music industry. They identify many Black music industry leaders and their contributions with the Motown Sound.
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The Space Between

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore major, minor and perfect intervals and watch the PowerPoint presentation "The Space Between." They identify the various intervals by sight and differentiate major, minor and perfect intervals. Students perform the...
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First Rhythmic Composition

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars apply fractions to counting rhythm in music. In this algebra lesson, students interrelate the concept of math into music as they fill out a chart identifying the names and symbols of music notes and their equivalent values...
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Medieval Music

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this music worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to Medieval music. They select the best response for each multiple choice question. Then, students draw some notes the way they were written in the...
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Treble Clef Spaces-2

For Students 5th - 12th
In this treble clef spaces worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the treble clef notes that are missing as they fill in 63 spaces.
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Visual Art and Music

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine how pop art compliments music. In this arts activity, students explore the elements of pop art and replicate those elements in their own piece of art.
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Classical Music

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the history of music written during the classical era. They compare the melodic contours of specific thematic music, identifying the trills, slurs and articulations. As a class, students discus the characteristics of...
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The Energy of Music

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover how engineers use sound energy. They participate in hands-on activities in which they discover how we know sound exists. They identify different pitches and frequencies as well.
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Treble Clef Spaces

For Students 5th - 12th
In this treble clef spaces worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the treble clef notes that are missing as they fill in 63 spaces.
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Treble Clef Lines-3

For Students 5th - 12th
For this treble clef lines worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the treble clef notes that are missing as they fill in 71 spaces.