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Appreciating the Men of Ballet from Dance in America: Born to be Wild: The Leading Men of the American Ballet Theatre
Young scholars examine the role of men in the American Ballet Theatre. In this ballet lesson, students watch segments of the Great Performances video "Dance in America: Born to be Wild: The Leading Men of the American Ballet Theatre."...
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Introduction to Technologies in Music Education
Students identify and define a canon. Then, they create a canon in as many parts as they can and describe the various canons. Students also identify and interpret history of canons that includes their origins in Italy and France,...
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Twelve-Bar Blues
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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The Space Between
Young scholars 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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Stravinsky and the Rite of Spring
In this music activity, students answer 20 questions about an extract from "Stravinsky and the Rite of Spring." Students also write an essay discussing a given quote about the extract.
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Ravel String Quartet in F Major, First Movement 1903
In this music worksheet, students examine sonata format by looking at various pieces of Ravel's Quartet in F major. They anser question about each section of music and write an essay base on the given quotation.
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Japanese music
Students explain music in relation to history and culture. They explore "Tanko Bushi."
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The Harmonic Minor Scale
The harmonic minor scale, including the use of accidentals, is the focus of a one-page worksheet that includes instructional information and practice exercises.
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Measuring the Effect of Adrenaline on the Heart Rate of Zebra Fish
Students investigate the heart beat of zebra fish in timed intervals. They record the heart beats and average three counts to display in their data tables. They repeat these steps increasing the adrenaline solution.
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Hebu Mandari
Students sing "Hebu Mandari" by John Parker in this High School Choir lesson. State and National Standards are addressed. The lesson emphasizes student ability to sing Major 3rd and Perfect 5th intervals in the group choral setting.
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If Love Should Count You Worthy
High schoolers sing "If Love Should Count You Worthy" by James Mulholland for SATB choir, horn, and piano and a version of "The Drinkin' Gourd" in this High School choir lesson. State and National standards for Music are emphasized.
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In A Heartbeat
Learners discuss scatter plots then create a class scatter plot using their heart rate at rest and their heart rate after a few minutes of aerobic exercises. Students copy the points plotted as a class and create individual graphs...
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Gallows Humor
Providing countless examples of gallows humor in both literature and film, this presentation explores the many instances and utilities of "black humor." While the definition is not explicitly stated, students can deduce what gallows...
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Stravinsky and the Rite of Spring
In this Stravinsky learning exercise, students answer the 20 short answer questions and write 1 essay in relation to the extract, "The Rite of Spring".
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Water Fitness
Toward the end of the school year when the weather warms up, take your high schoolers swimming! They perform various cardiovascular activities in the pool, beginning with a warm-up activity and followed by stretching, precardio,...
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Pitch Drills
Stduents reinforce pitch recognition. Changing passing tones to hums and later to just thinking them in the mind s ear, the pitch phrase is reduced to the skip or interval desir
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Music Education, Playing the Blues
This lesson enables students to gain a broader awareness of the basic blues scale and the harmonic structure of the standard blues progression. Students will be given introductory exercises on blues improvisation and will also...
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Major/Minor Chord Building and Aural Recognition in a Computer Lab
Students examine the difference between major and minor chords after hearing them played through Practica Musica. They listen to a song in both major and minor keys using headphones attached to a computer. They describe the differences...
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Honor Choir Rehearsal
High schoolers practice singing with complete vocal warm-ups in a unified tone. They perform sections of the following songs: "Lamentations of Jeremiah," "Soonah Will Be Done," and "Fairest Lord Jesus." As students sing, they practice...
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Guitar - 12 Bar Blues
Students explore the chord chart for 12-bar blues in C and then play the scales on the guitar. They play their scales at a moderate tempo and practice related arpeggios. After listening to "Band in the Box" music tracks, students...
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Scaling the Blues
Students identify musical characteristics of blues music and define the term 'scale.' They identify chromatic, major, pentatonic, and blues scales and label each key on a keyboard using letter names, sharps and flats.
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Sounds Like Science- Bottle Organ
Students investigate the relationship between pitches and notes. For this musical pitches and notes lesson, students use different sized bottles, water, and sugar to demonstrate different sounds. Students create musical notes.
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American Colonists Protest Song
Middle schoolers explore the role of protest songs. In this early American history instructional activity, students research the acts passed by the British that angered colonists. Middle schoolers then listen to protest songs from...
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Sounds Like Science - Bottle Organ
Students see that by manipulating sound we can arrange a series of notes referred to as a musical scale. They explain the relationship between pitches and notes. They compare the sounds of different-sized bottles.