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Singing in the Round

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders experience different songs that are themed to match the seasons of the year. Each season will have a different song for the students to play non-pitched instruments, moving in rhythm and learning the pattern of a round.
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Assessment Task Assessment Task

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The learners discuss what the purposes of performances are and what different types of performances a musician can participate in. The students analyze both visually, and audibly different performances, discuss the performances, and...
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A Cappella

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review the song "Laudamus Te" while focusing on the dynamics and style of the piece. The instructional activity incorporates the appreciation of different learning styles as students use multiple sensory inputs to learn music.
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Music Accomplished Practice #4

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create their own rhythm with a time signature. They examine notes, rests, and how many beats for ech type of note. Students clap in rhythm. They perform their own rhythm for the class.
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Keep Your Lamps

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars practice their singing using the correct posture. Using music, they practice reading it and using the correct rhythm. They are introduced to a Oratorio and stretching exercises to use before beginning a song. They share...
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Hebu Mandari

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils sing "Hebu Mandari" by John Parker in this High School Choir lesson. State and National Standards are addressed. The lesson emphasizes student ability to sing Major 3rd and Perfect 5th intervals in the group choral setting.
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On a Hymn Song of Phillip Bliss

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students rehearse the first half of "On a Hymn Song" of Phillip Bliss with correct notes, rhythms, and musicality and listen to the story behind the piece enabling students to play with emotion.
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Shaker Hymns in Beginning Band

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are reminded of behaviors associated with playing music. They play various sections of a Shaker hymn using a slowed tempo with clarinets, trumpets, flutes, and baritones. They play together through key changes in other...
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Accomplished Practice # 5

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students predict what music from different nations sound like by creating short musical pieces based on their assumptions. Students listen to music from different cultures and describe how their musical creations differed as well as how...
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Accomplished Practice # 10

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders performs on instruments in an ensemble, maintaining a common tempo, blending instrumental timbres, and matching dynamic levels. They respond to the tempo and dynamics cues of the conductor.
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Illustration # 1: Source of Illustration

For Teachers K
Students play a game of imitating steady beats by mimicking the instructor. They use drums and repeat the game by echoing rhythmic patterns. The patterns may vary in degree of difficulty according to each individual's ability.
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A Shaker Hymn

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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 rhythms.
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Sakura

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders play through a duet, on part A and part B, with out stopping or giving up. Students become comfortable with playing in small ensembles. They also get more comfortable with their peers listening to them perform.
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Festival Hosanna

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sing and perform the song "Festival Hosanna" by Carole Stephens in this Choral lesson for the High School classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the National Standards for Music and singing proper Latin text in a group setting.
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Sakura

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders perform the song "Sakura" from the Standard of Excellence book for peers and are assessed based upon that performance in this lesson for Beginning Band. Emphasis is placed upon positive comments and public performance.
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My Love and I - 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this Music lesson for the High School SSA choir. The lesson is part of a unit that can be used to aid the performance and practice of the song in a choir setting.
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My Love And I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson for the SSA choir. This lesson can be accomplished in under an hour and includes warm-up ideas to begin the class.
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My Love And I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson plan for the SSA choir. Emphasis is placed on proper singing techniques. This is part of a unit of lessons on this...
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Mapping the Cold War Arms Race

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a visual representation of the Cold War Arms Race. Using a map of the world, they identify where the events where the Cold War to place. Students analyze the events and create a journal entry explaining how a...
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Postcard places

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research, discuss and analyze some of the places where Civil Rights events took place in history. They interpret information and data collected from travel cards about the significance of the site in relation to the Civil...
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Cuban Missile Crisis

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore, analyze and study all the various aspects that happened concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis. They assess documents from the Cuban Missile Crisis and make decisions about what the United States should do based on...
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Immigration in the Late 1800's

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the progression of immigration patterns in the United States. They examine how immigrants perceived and adapted to the United States culture. Students discuss how immigrants were able to perserve their culture in...
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Affects of Geography on Colonial Cultures

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the effects of geography on the development of culture. They discuss how geography can affect the lifestyles and development of a society's culture. Students examine the geography and climate of New England and the...
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Nazism

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the acts of the Nazi party and discuss how people can commit atrocities against humanity. They discuss the aspects of the Aryan race that the Nazis identified with and how they led them to think they should purify...

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