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Storyline Drum Circle

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students perform story songs. In this rhythmic motives lesson, students practice melodies, variations, and accompaniments as they read Peter Seeger's Abiyoyo and create compositions to present it as a story-song.
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Where Blues And Jazz Started

For Students 4th - 8th
In this music history worksheet, students will read five paragraphs about the history of blues and jazz music and respond to 10 short answer questions.
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Rhythmic Expression

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover movement and expression to music/sound through a series of teacher-led exercises and role plays. This lesson is ideal for the middle school drama class with possibilities for adaptation to any level of drama or general...
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Le Rejouissance

For Students 6th - 7th
In this music worksheet, students read about "Le Rejouissance" by Handel. The story begins with King George II of Great Britain in the Spring of 1749.
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K-2: Dino-Rhythms

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read rhythm notation and combine four-beat rhythms. In this rhythms lesson, 2nd graders read quarter notes, eighth notes, and quarter rests in rhythms that are written on dinosaur shapes. They clap, snap, or stamp out the...
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Tally and Graph

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this survey and graphing worksheet, students take a survey of 10 friends by asking them to vote for their favorite musical instrument. They fill in a tally chart, track the tally marks, and develop a bar graph with the information.
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Spanish Instruments, Zim, Zim and La Tarara

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Spanish instruments. In this Spanish music activity, students observe how to play castanets, guitars, tambourines, drums, and bells. Students then listen to and create music featuring the instruments.
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Minuet And Canon

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders sing, move, pat, clap, and drum in this Music instructional activity about Minuets, Canons, and "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". The instructional activity is for the 3rd grade classroom and includes the use of J.S. Bach's...
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Above and Below Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this above and below instructional activity, students name the musical instrument that is above and below the other. Students complete 2 problems.
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Sharing the Beat

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover what it means to be a giver. In this service lesson, students create a story and art project to be shared with a local preschool or nursing home. They reflect on the impact of this experience on their own lives and on...
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GarageBand

For Students Pre-K - Higher Ed
Imagine there's a recording studio on your smart phone or tablet. Its easy if you try this tool. Imagine all the instruments you can play. Imagine there's no charge. You may say it's a dream, but you can join this band with just a touch.
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Rhythm in Poetry: The Basics

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
What makes a great poem sound so good? Learn the rhythmic secrets of poetry with an explanatory online lesson.
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Sounds Like Science-Kazoo

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students demonstrate how energy is used to make a sound. In this sound lesson, students construct a kazoo from a comb and identify how a sound is made by using force.
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Hole Hole Bushi

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders play a written rhythm pattern. They state when a rhythm pattern varies from a given pattern by listening to an ostinato. They state reasons why people migrate to different lands.
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Our Class Band

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students play percussion instruments that have been divided into four groups and perform to 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm'. For this percussion performance lesson, students identify percussion instruments divided into four categories....
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Preschool Lesson Ideas: Human Body Lesson Plan and Five Senses Activities

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore their five senses. In this human biology lesson, students participate in various learning centers that include activities such as creating a Q-tip skeleton, feeling play dough, creating "goop" and listening to drum beats.
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Bum, Bum, Beat the Drum

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experience practicing sorting words and pictures to build letter and sound recognition. They identify /b/ in spoken words and learn how to write the graphemic representation of /b/. Each student also practices with the tongue...
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Music

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study sound waves and vibrations. They sing a silly round in three parts.
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Whitman and Lincoln

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students determine if Lincoln and Whitman ever met and write a dialogue between the two men. In this Whitman and Lincoln lesson, students read Whitman's poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" and connect it to the events of Lincoln's presidency....
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Rock Till You Drop!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars study rhythmic patterns and phrases on percussion instruments. They form a drum circle and take turns playing the beat. After listening to styles of rhythms, students compare styles of music. They compose a short piece...
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Wipeout (Dancing Legs) Tag

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in physical education activities such as dancing or completing stationary swimming movements. They perform various actions to specified instruments such as guitars and drums. Students attempt to stay away from...
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A Guide Through the Culture of the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the history of blues music and discover how it relates to the music of today. As a class, they listen to the drum songs of Africa and compare it to the use of drums in pop music today. Using the internet, they research...
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Drumbeats and Heartbeats

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore some of the battles of the Civil War through music, literature, and art. The use of the drum on the battlefield and the reflections and emotions of the drummer boys are examined.
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Little Einsteins -- A Christmas Wish

For Teachers K
Students watch a video of the series "Little Einstiens." After watching the video, they explain the characteristics of each character. They develop music to add to the video and listen to music of Beethoven. They examine a painting by...

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