In this lesson, students learn about sound. Girls and boys are introduced to the concept of frequency and how it applies to musical sounds.

In this very detailed lesson plan, students explore and create a stringed instrument that demonstrates their understanding of sound waves and how energy is transferred. Multiple videos are included showing this lesson in action in a...

An in-depth look at guitar playing. Includes exercises, lessons, resources, and much more! Whether you are a beginner or more advanced, this site is definitely worth seeing.

Following a reading of the epic poem Beowulf and the contemporary text inspired by it, Grendel, students create their own monster. Lesson plans provide assessment criteria, extension ideas, and a list of resources.

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...

In this instructional activity, students will develop a definition of jazz. Through biographies and interviews of jazz musicians, students will learn what jazz music is about.

By using music and various writings, students will explore the advantages and disadvantages of conforming to society's expectations at this site.

Presented in this web page is a great lesson on determining musical form. Comparing musical form to a city and its neighborhoods, this site provides insightful information. Also included are several self checking problems to see if you...

Engage your students in a lesson that uses music to identify multiples and fractions. Your students will enjoy participating in this activity as they learn and explore music and math.

Two Christmas carols are taught in this lesson plan, Silent Night and O Tannenbaum. Students will learn the carols in German and English. They will also learn the background and history of each of these well known carols.

In this lesson, students will communicate their emotions through drama, art, and poetry. Mouse Paint, by Ellen Stohl Walsh, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, by Mary O'Neill, and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" will be used during this engaging...

Watch and listen to a recitation of the order of operations set to hip-hop music. This video focuses on PEMDAS as the acronym for order of operations and demonstrates the concept by walking through a problem in the correct order.

You will find many free games that will help you develop your music theory knowledge. Learn rhythmic dictation, key signatures and intervals as well as several other topics concerning music theory.

In this lesson for third though fifth grade, students walk in circles traveling in opposite directions as music is playing; when the music stops, one of the opposing students says a noun and the other says an adjective to fit the noun.

In this activity, students are divided into two or three teams; one person from each team goes to the board, the teacher says one of the spelling words, and the team members write the word spelled correctly while trying to beat the...

Your students will enjoy making their own rainstick while learning about poetry and expressing their feelings about rain. This three-part lesson gives step-by-step instructions, as well as an assessment rubric.

This lesson will help learners determine whether the notes on a staff appear on a line or on a space. Students also will recognize how many lines and spaces are on a staff.

This curriculum unit from the Kennedy Center's ArtsEdge program presents an introduction to the concept of visual rhythm and explores the intersection of visual and auditory rhythm. The unit is divided into six lessons focusing on...

Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...

A great multicultural art instructional activity that also connects visual art to music. Students create a set of paper mache maracas emphasizing rhythm and expression in the painting details. Upon completion students will have the...

A learning module with twenty-four links to websites, images, texts, and videos to use while learning about figurative language.

This impressive lesson plan incorporates listening to music, critical thinking, collaboration and community participation for students to understand good citizenship.

A lesson plan where students look at how the sudden movement in an earthquake causes a building to collapse, and how to design a building that can withstand it.

Arts Edge at the Kennedy Center provides this lesson plan for teachers of ESOL students that integrates music into language arts. Students create their own poetry while listening to music about bugs and birds.