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\nRay Charles and Country Music\n

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\nRay Charles used the pain and adversity from his life to influence an entire genre of American music. Learn about the musician's daily life, struggles and success, and powerful musical style with a thorough resource.\n
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\n\"Grand\n\n
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\nGrand Canyon Suite \n

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\nTake a trip to the Grand Canyon! Lesson one explores how Ferde Grofe painted a musical landscape of America when he wrote the Grand Canyon Suite. Learners then examine art that shows the Grand Canyon in lesson two. Finally, lesson three...\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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\nMy Music\n

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\nScholars investigate how the tempo of music affects heartbeats. Groups  develop hypotheses about music and its connection to heartbeats before carrying out an experiment. They analyze and present data from their investigations.\n
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\n\"Roots\n\n
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\nRoots And Styles Of Black Music - Lesson 1\n

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\nStudents identify many genres of Black music. They identify Black music as a reflection of the culture. They study many historically influential Black music artists, producers, and other contributors.\n
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\nSing!\n

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\nWhether new to the Kodály Method of music instruction or an experienced veteran, you'll find much to make your heart sing in a teacher guide that was designed for a music appreciation project. \n
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\n\"Poetry/Music:\n\n
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\nPoetry/Music: Let It Snow!\n

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\nStudents create poems and sound compositions using instruments, sounds, and pictograph notation. After listening Debussy's Children's corner suite, they brainstorm a list of snow vocabulary words. Students write poems and in groups...\n
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\n\"Musical\n\n
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\nMusical Traditions of Southern Louisiana\n

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\nThis units gives students opportunities to * Research the history and patterns of French settlement in Louisiana * Discover three types of music (New Orleans jazz, Cajun, Zydeco) which are representative of the Francophone presence in...\n
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\n\"Our\n\n
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\nOur Own Water Music\n

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\nStudents listen to a portion of Handel's Water Music Suite and hypothesize about what would happen if you tapped on the edge of a glass with varying levels of water. They experiment with the glasses and, in small groups, compose their...\n
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\n\"Mars\" from The Planets\n

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\nGustav Holst's The Planets provide young musicians an opportunity to examine how composers can create a suite: a collection of smaller pieces grouped to explore a single topic. After listening to \"Jupiter,\" they examine \"Mars\" in...\n
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\nLes Misérables: Study Guide\n

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\nA writer has the responsibility to defend the less fortunate members of society. At least that was the view of Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserables. The novel is the subject of a study guide from Orlando Shakespeare Theater....\n
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\nSinging Pipes - Hardware Store Music\n

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\nHere is an interesting demonstration which shows how heat can create sound in a metal pipe! The principle of heat rising is the key to making this particular demonstration a success. A piece of metal mesh is lodged inside each of the...\n
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\n\"Viennese Musical Clock\"\n

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\nFourth graders learn about musical patterns as they play a game called fudge. Students are assessed based on whether they were able to identify and play a steady beat, use the appropriate form, and clap the rythmic patterns.\n
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\nJazz music, Dance and Poetry\n

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\nLearners view video and become familiar with the type of movement in jazz dance.  In this jazz dance lesson, students write a cinquain about jazz dance.  Learners recognize the elements of jazz dance and the type of music...\n
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\nPoetry and Hip Hop\n

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\nHigh schoolers compare and contrast the genres of poetry and hip-hop. They view a poetry slam and write about it in their journals. Learners view a Lauryn Hill music video and respond to it in their journals. They compare and contrast...\n
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\nIntroduce a Weather Unit\n

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\nEngage your learners by playing Water Music Suite by Handel. Different types of weather sounds play on the recording, and it's an easy lead into talking about the weather! What is weather? What kinds of weather exist? What is it called...\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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\nElectronically Composing Music\n

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\nStudents complete a worksheet and discuss components of musical composition. Students familiarize themselves with the program, Finale. Students then work cooperatively to compose a musical suite.\n
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\nLesson Ideas for Any Music\n

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\nMusic is a wonderful tool you can add to enhance the learning process for every subject. Here is a list of music selections that are categorized by subject, along with some neat teaching suggestions. You'll find songs suited to...\n
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\nTransposition\n

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\nUp a perfect fifth, down an octave. Transposing a piece to suit the range of singers, and instrumentalists, is a key skill musicians must perfect. This worksheet explains how to transpose and gives learners a change to practice.\n
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\nSymphonic Poetry\n

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\nStudents interpret the themes in Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, create a 6-line poem based on the themes in the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, and define musical terms related to the study of programmatic music in...\n
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\nOrchestra: Focus on Rhythm and Arranging\n

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\nHigh school orchestra is a great place to play music, like The Star Spangled Banner. Upper graders create new rhythms to the old song and perform them with the class. They rehearse their updated versions of the song using their...\n
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\nStudy Guide for Lelavision's Physical Music\n

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\nStudents complete activities for physical music analysis. In this physical music instructional activity, students read the biography for Lelavision musical sculptures, complete a sound and motion activity, and a making music activity....\n
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\nClothing, Shopping, and Musical Instruments.\n

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\nIn this Language Arts worksheet, students discover the definitions to 4 vocabulary lists. The lists are organized by category, such as clothing, shopping, and musical instruments.\n
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