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Sounds Like Science - Jamboree

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students create a delightful-sounding ensemble. They explore the subjective distinctions between noise and music. They use jars, buckets, boxes, strings, rackets, frames, string, rubber bands and bottles to make their own jamboree.
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American Indians

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the American Indians and the music from their culture. They discuss the music of American Indians and compare that music with the music that we listen to today. Students create rainstick and perform their own...
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The Sound of Calm

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the relationships that exist between ocean currents, wind and climate. Using those relationships, they discuss how they affect the oceans. They create their own music to represent the sounds of the ocean and share them...
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The Remarkable Farkle McBride

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze and practice the musical concept of sound and assess how the quality of sound is affected by the way the sound is produced. They identify how a sound is produced from an instrument by relating it to an instrument...
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners study family structure. In this family structure lesson plan, students read the book The Family Book and discuss families. Learners create a bulletin board of family photos and draw their families on paper. Students dance and...
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WebQuests

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students work together or individually to complete a WebQuest. They gather information on topics related to music. They also practice their piano lessons in class.
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Repetitive Song Form

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover different concepts for identifying musical structure and song form.  In this Music History lesson, 8th graders compare and contrast a Red Hot Chili Peppers song to an Andrea Bocelli's song. 
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A Shaker Hymn

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers listen to and note the differences between two pieces of music. Using each piece of music, they note the difference in instruments and the style. They practice playing the music in different pitches with the correct...
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Pottery

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create an original piece of pottery. They produce a repeating pattern on their pottery piece and reproduce their pattern either linguistically or musically. They determine the meaning of various idioms about mud and write an...
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Folk Rock Singers and Songwriters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars listen to and analyze songs of folk rock musicians of 1970 and then compose and perform a song in a popular or folk style for acoustic guitar and voice or for two acoustic guitars.
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VH1 Classic Presents: Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard, Lesson 3

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students in a guitar class perform the Beatles song, Eleonor Rigby and study it's melodic and harmonic structures. They discover the process of arranging the song for a 4-part guitar ensemble.
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The Beatles Activity Worksheet and Progress Test

For Students 6th - 10th
In this The Beatles activity and progress test activity, students respond to a total of 24 short answer, multiple choice, matching, and fill-in-the-blank questions pertaining to The Beatles.
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DO YOU REMEMBER?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore where a melody and melody fragments enter different voice parts, and adjusts dynamically to enable the listener to perceive these events. Each student uses a rubric to make critical evaluations of the performances.
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Rhythm

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen to a song from a compact disc called "Talking Spirits" and discuss whether they have ever heard music like that before and who might be playing the instruments and the music. They try to identify the instruments...
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Simple Gifts

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the concepts of half notes, quarter notes, whole notes, and musical phrases by performing the Shaker song "Simple Gifts". Emphasis is placed on movement with music and meeting national standards for the arts.
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Ooooh, The Oud

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to a performance of the instrument, oud. After watching a video, they discover how many parts of the world it is used in and locate the countries on a map. They compare and contrast the oud with other instruments from the...

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