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Creative Folk: Women's History Through Folk Music
Personal site devoted to folk music concerned with the role of women throughout history. Feminist perspective in interpretation of this music.
PBS
Pbs: Black and Blue: Jazz in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison was a musician who later became a writer. His book Invisible Man is written like a jazz composition. In this lesson, students will interpret key themes and concepts in Invisible Man that are also found in jazz music.
Other
Art Criticism: Four Stages of the Critical Process
Provides a brief description of each stage of art criticism using music as an example: description, analysis, interpretation, and judgement.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 40: Rock and Poetry: A Thematic Project
Rock music can serve as a way to increase student interest in the curriculum, and a way to help students make sense of who they are and what their place is in the world, so asking students to bring in their own music to teach each other...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 23: The Poetry of Jim Morrison
This lesson is designed to help students recognize how lyrics by the rock-poet Jim Morrison connect with themes from diverse and respected traditional works. While William Blake's influence on Morrison is often noted, this lesson focuses...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 27: The Faust Theme
The Faust theme, that of risking eternal damnation by selling one's soul to the devil in exchange for magical powers, can be found in virtually every genre of music as well as in literature and the visual arts. Examples utilizing this...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 38: Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
Many adolescent boys are consumed by theLed Zeppelinsong 'Stairway to Heaven.' The analysis of this song can be used to interest young scholars in the music of the Renaissance minstrels. It will also serve as a means of making students...
Curated OER
History Matters: Making Sense of Documents
Designed to help teachers and students make effective use of primary documents. There are well written section on how to make sense of numbers, ads, music, diaries, and more. included are interactive activities for students to help them...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Masks and Aesop's Fables
This multi-media visual and language arts lesson offers intellectual, creative, and interpretive opportunities through use of books, music, and the internet. It offers complete grade-leveled lesson plans for grades k-4 which include...
Other
Del Mar College: Bach's Method of Transcription
This site provides a comprehensive account of how Bach's BWV 964 method of transcription was derived with particular interest for interpreting what musical ideas were deemed important by Bach. Especially handy for guitarists who are...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Working the Battery!
This lesson focuses on teaching the final percussion number in a band performance. Students practice the technique of marching while playing instruments. The lesson also focuses on rhythmic interpretation, timing, and musicianship....
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Realizing the Power of Your Own Creativity [Pdf]
In this lesson, students interpret a poem called 'The Little Blue Engine' by adding music, movement, visual art, and drama. After performing their creation, they will discuss any mathematical and/or scientific connections that have a...
University of Virginia
Psychedelic 60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
This exhibition is an attempt to revisit, share, and interpret the 60s.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Global Shakespeare
Discover how Shakespeare's work was influenced by other cultures, and how in turn it's been interpreted in other nations over 400 years.
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Gefunden/johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
A translation of Goethe's poem "Gefunden" accompanied by interpretive music and artwork.
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Der Wandrer/johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
This site features a translation of Goethe's verse play "Der Wandrer" as well as interpretive music and artwork to enhance our enjoyment of the play.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
Curated OER
Interpretive Arrangement Left View
Complex but rich history of player pianos and their function in music. Studies pianola and assorted organ music in detailed analysis.
Curated OER
Interpretive Arrangement Right View
Complex but rich history of player pianos and their function in music. Studies pianola and assorted organ music in detailed analysis.
Kentucky Educational Television
Ket: Lincoln Bicentennial: I, Too, Am a Kentuckian: A Lincoln Travelogue [Pdf]
Learners prepare for and present a play, I, too am a Kentuckian: A Lincoln Travelogue. The play showcases stops on the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail, incorporates music and dance, and shows the strong influence of Kentucky and...
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Der Schatzgraber/johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
An English translation of "Der Schatzgraber" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe accompanied by interpretive artwork and music.