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Literature: Porgy and Bess

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine the various portrayals of African-Americans in literature, focusing on the opera, Porgy and Bess. They conduct Internet research on African-American culture between the two World Wars. Students write fictional or...
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Edinburgh Festival Lessons That Teach About Culture And Art

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The Edinburgh Festival provides a way for students to explore lesson plans about opera, theater, and music.
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Summertime - Miles Davis

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the George Gershwin opera, "Porgy and Bess." The rhythms to some of the musical pieces are mimicked and identified as belonging to the music of jazz.
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Music and Interdisciplinary Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine the interconnectedness of different art forms. They listen to music and watch a video while determining the similarities of the themes. They make connections between books, movies, opera, dance, and music.
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Jobs in the Musical Theater

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Much like an iceberg, the actors you see on stage are only a fraction of the number of people involved in a theatrical production. Introduce theatre arts students to the roles played by the behind-the-scenes- personnel with an worksheet...
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Orpheus- A Greek Myth: Reader's Theatre Script

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Is this any way to treat a Greek Myth? By all means, turn the tale of Orpheus into a reader's theatre exercise.
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From Sacred to Secular: Exploration of Vocal Styles/Crossing between styles - Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify some of Aretha Franklin's vocal qualities and techniques. They have a discussion of styles of music they heard on the video, including gospel, jazz, pop, rhythm and blues, and opera.
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Inquiring Minds - Can a Human Voice Really Shatter Glass?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars watch a video of opera singers breaking glass with their voices. In groups they hypothesize how this is possible and create a test to determine whether or not a human voice can actually shatter glass. They finish watching...
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What City and Country

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this city and country worksheet, students analyze 6 labeled pictures of world landmarks. Students write the name of the city and country where they are located. Example: Eiffel Tower, Opera House, Great Wall, Colosseum.
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La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners reinforce the opera-learning experience with a student-created and produced media project. Also, students get involved in various aspects of videotape and stage production through small and large group work
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Boombox Classroom: Baroque, By George!

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music learning exercise, students circle the various types of music composed by Handel. They select the vocabulary term that refers to a mini-opera without acting.
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LA CENERENTOLA (Cinderella)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students formulate how to make puppets and realize that puppetry, like opera, is another kind of theater. They gain deeper knowledge of the characters in Rossini's La Referentially. Students use this concept to make decisions about...
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A BIOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY: USING THE LITTLE PRINCE TO EXPLORE BIOGRAPHY & CREAIVE WRITING

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars integrate Author and Biography study with Students personal perspective. They make connections between research and creative writing. Young scholars enrich research and critical thinking skills. They encourage students to...
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Interactions of Living Things

For Students 6th - 8th
Is it a producer, carnivore, omnivore, scavenger, or decomposer? Different relationships among organisms are explored here. It is a simple, multiple choice assignment. Use it as a quick warm-up or quiz.
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Every Day Edit - George Gershwin

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about George Gershwin. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - George Frederick Handel

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about George Frederick Handel. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Music of Russia

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Music around the globe may sound different, but it always tends to function partly as a mode of communicating religion, rights of passage, and oral tradition. Delve into the world of Russian music. Folk, peasant, Cossack, and orchestral...
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Mini Masks: Ceramics

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Masks have been used for many reasons throughout human history. They are also great subjects for art projects! Included here are instructions, background information, and all the supplies needed to create mini masks in your class. 
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Disasters (Natural & Man-made)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students chose a natural or man-made disaster, such as a tornado or an oil spill, to research using the assigned web sites. They choose a presentation type from a list which includes poetry, radio broadcasts, and safety brochures, to...
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Pride and Prejudice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Help your class recognize classic literature with universal themes. They will demonstrate their familiarity with Pride and Prejudice by updating a selected scene from it to the 21st century. Tip: Bring in a modern movie clip that shows...
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Wall Reading

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For this wall reading worksheet, students read ten paragraphs and answer three questions for each paragraph in how the information relates to themselves. Students then answer twenty eight multiple choice questions about the reading.
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GCSE Notes 2000: Classical Music

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Classical period music is defined by its characteristics and distinctive sound. A set of notes assists upper graders in recalling and analyzing music from the classical period based on musical terminology. An example analysis of Eine...
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Author's Purpose

For Students 4th - 5th
Find the author's purpose in this review worksheet. Fourth graders read each of the three following paragraphs and decide whether the author's purpose is to persuade, inform, or entertain. You could use this activity as a class...
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Social Class Stereotypes

For Teachers K - 6th
Encourage your students to think about how and why people and categorized in terms of social class. They decide what "class" they belong to, and then brainstorm about the indicators that society uses to define class and to categorize...

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