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\nThe Elements of Music—How do Composers Plan?\n

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\nThe introduction to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and the finale of his Symphony No. 4 provide young musicians with an opportunity to investigate the music elements composers employ to develop the themes they want to create. They compare the...\n
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\nMood Music!\n

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\nGrouchy? Sad? Here's a great resource that shows kids how music can be used to lift their spirits. Kids collect and chart data on the effects of music on emotions. After analyzing the results of their experiment, they develop...\n
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\nCritical Listening: Music Vocabulary\n

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\nThe school band or orchestra analyzes their own performance after exploring musical terminology. They listen to a classical piece and describe it using only words. They look up musical terminology and then use those words to compare and...\n
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\nSchool of Rock the Musical: Education Guide\n

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\nThat old fashioned rock and roll comes alive as theatre arts students prepare to attend a live performance of the musical School of Rock. Packed with both pre- and post-production materials, the guide has it all. Rock on!\n
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\nUsing Music to Tell a Story or Describe a Scene\n

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\nYoung composers demonstrate their understanding of the stylistic features of descriptive music, including pitch, tempo, dynamics, rhythm, and timbre, by developing a melody and countermelody for a main character in a story. As part of...\n
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\nRomantic and 20th Century Period Music\n

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\nUpper graders explore the similarities, differences, and depth of pop music from the Romantic era and the 20th century. They listen to selections that exemplify the Baroque, Romantic, and 20th century periods, then create presentations...\n
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\nKinky Boots—The New Musical: Official Show Guide\n

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\nDrag queens in thigh-high shiny red leather boots! Welcome to Kinky Boots, the Tony Award-winning musical about a young man trying to save his family-owned shoe-making business. With an engaging story line and songs by Cyndi Lauper, the...\n
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\nSame and Different Through Music and Art\n

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\nThis lesson is intended for a music class but would be a great way to teach compare and contrast to any class. Kindergarteners dance the Hokey Pokey to four different styles of music and examine two paintings of Humpty Dumpty, then...\n
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\nComparing Values: Comparisons Between Musical Notation and Money\n

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\nStudents identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in school, specifically math, are interrelated with those of music.\n
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\nKindergarten Music Time\n

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\nLittle ones are led through a series of rhythmic songs and chants while they march, clap, and use their tummies as percussive instruments. They work on singing in pitch, chunking, and keeping a steady beat. \n
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\n1920s Variety Show\n

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\nTo better understand the cultural achievements of the Harlem Renaissance and become familiar with its major figures, class members examine a painting by Aaron Douglas and a poem by Langston Hughes and compare how the artists develop...\n
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\nWriting About Informational Text: Music and the Brain\n

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\nEven if you've never picked up a musical instrument, chances are that music has directly impacted your mental and emotional development. Sixth graders engage in a reading activity in which they read two articles on the impact of music on...\n
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\nPop Culture Icons: Medieval Music\n

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\nKids compare and contrast music from the past to the present. They listen to and review the characteristics of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Pop music. Then, they discuss the differences in each and how musical icons from the past...\n
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\nMusic and Animation: 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons\n

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\nMusic has been used to convey thoughts, feelings, and the human condition for thousands of years. Your class will analyze several songs hear in the animated classic, \"Charlie Brown.\" They will listen to several jazz pieces from the show,...\n
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\nMusical Vibes with Palm Pipes\n

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\nAncient people used musical pipes as early as the third millennium BCE. Young scientists explore the workings of musical pipes to better understand the relationship with frequency, length of pipe, and sound waves. They determine the...\n
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\nGetting the Meaning in Pop Music\n

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\nCritical thinkers compare the impact of visual versus aural perception in how they comprehend artistic intent. They consider the meaning of a set of pop lyrics first by reading them, then by listening to them orally, and finally viewing...\n
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\nHarmony Break! Finding Emotions With Music\n

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\nGather the entire family (or class members) for a fun Harmony Break! A volunteer thinks of a color from their Mood Meter that they will express by singing, playing an instrument, or performing a dance. After the performance, the audience...\n
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\nComparing Two Improvisations\n

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\nJazz improvisation can be difficult to listen to for some music enthusiasts, however there are patterns and characteristics that can be analyzed. They use this Venn diagram to aid them in comparing two improvisational pieces, where they...\n
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\nComparing Cultural Dances\n

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\nAll cultures express similar thoughts, feelings, and ideas. But, often times those things are expressed differently. Learners compare and contrast traditional dances from two cultures. They watch videos of each performance, stop to...\n
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\nLooking at different cultures and how music from differing cultures changes movements, meaning and mood\n

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\nEach of the three dance lessons included here will get your class moving. The first lesson allows learners to explore how music and movement differ in meaning depending on cultural context. Lesson two gives them an opportunity to create...\n
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\nMusical Form of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\"\n

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\nStudents use a recording of \"The Star Spangled Banner,\" to identify the AABC form of the anthem and describe the repetitions and contrasts in the piece of music. They memorize the music in eight-measure phrases being aware of the form...\n
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\nOur School Song\n

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\nShow your school spirit! Class members use instruments or sing along and employ what they have learned in the two previous lessons to perform their school's songs.\n
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\nWest Side Story Suite and In The Night Fancy Free\n

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\nWest Side Story and Romeo & Juliet—two classics in their own rights that help young literature lovers better analyze different works. Learners research and compare the characters and story elements of West Side Story and Romeo...\n
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\nMusic in the Common Schools\n

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\nStudents sing songs from the common schools era and compare music from the common schools era and today. For this music lesson plan, students look at pictures, fill out Venn Diagrams, and listen to music.\n
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