Students explore the music concepts of ryhthm, melody, form, and harmony in a three-lesson unit. They listen to the Viennese Music Clock and demonstrate moving to the beat, create improvised melodies, and play percussion accompaniment.

Students examine how Chinese and Japanese artists used different kinds of birds as representations of ideas that were important in both cultures and create their own birds using the technique of origami.

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Young scholars explore the five values of truth, love, peace, righteousness, and non-violence. Students read a story and a poem, sing songs, and participate in hands-on activities to investigate and reinforce values. In groups, young...

Students analyze the William Tell Overture for meter and conducting, among other musical concepts in a three-lesson unit. They practice conducting patterns and identify eighth and quarter notes and chord roots.

In this music worksheet, students read a short explanation of the symphony as a musical form for a large body of instruments before reading about the four major sections. They use a chart at the bottom of the second page but there are no...

In this adjectives worksheet, students categorize adjectives given into 3 categories and read passages that include adjectives. Students complete 5 activities.

Fourth graders improvise missing harmony accompaniment for a soloist performing "The Star Spangled Banner." Groups select several familiar melodies that they can produce while individual students take turns improvising a new harmony part.

Students write, adapt, and compose a song related to the West Virginia State Museum.  In this music instructional activity, students create a composition for a work of  visual art. Students incorporate major and minor melodies.

In this music worksheet, students identify and define musical vocabulary terms from the Neo-Renaissance period of time. They research about Palestrina and the Mass. Students also identify what is meant by the term 'Leitmotif.'

Students perform a song, identify melodies, and discuss the history of folk songs.

Students will discuss Frank Lloyd Wright's unconventional personality traits and will explore some common personality characteristics of creative artists and leaders. Students will write paragraphs describing typical personality traits...

Students learn about Frank Lloyd Wright's philosophy of architecture and will relate this philosophy to a discussion of the role of democracy in art and architecture. Students will discuss the types of architecture and new construction...

Students will develop original haiku pieces. Students will have an opportunity to explore the connection between the visual art of architecture and poetry. This will lead students to examine man's relationship to the natural world as...

Pupils are introduced to the experiences of various groups of Americans at home during WWII, highlighting race, gender, and ethnicity. They improve their ability to analyze and interpret historical documents and images.

Students discuss the composer Aaron Copland and the lyricist Ira Gershwin and their significance in/contributions to American music of their time while singing the song "Younger Generation" in the choir setting. Emphasis is placed on...

In this music worksheet, students answer 20 questions about an extract from "Stravinsky and the Rite of Spring." Students also write an essay discussing a given quote about the extract.

Students examine the style of an 18th-century compound microscope and its case. In this scientific design lesson plan, students look at Jacques Caffieri's, "Compound Microscope and Case" before comparing the design to a modern...

Students create a Mississippian-style gorget using clay and a stylus to etch a design of a stylized spider.

Students discover details regarding Olympics controversies. In this international politics lesson, students research Olympic games of the Modern Era noting the controversies surrounding Beijing Olympics. Students create brochures that...

In this World Music Day learning exercise, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey,...

First graders practice the song "Tinker, Tailor" using percussion instruments, Orff instruments, and their voices in this Music instructional activity for the 1st grade. The instructional activity is intended for use within an Orff unit...

In this Stravinsky worksheet, students answer the 20 short answer questions and write 1 essay in relation to the extract, "The Rite of Spring".

Students create a Mother's Day card with tissue paper flowers in the style of Henri Matisse.