Curated OER
Plodding Along: The Dan Wagoner Experiment
Students research Dan Wagoner and apply his choreographic ideas in "Plod" to dance study. In this art lesson, students discuss Dan Wagoner. Students select four shapes from "Plod" and connect in a dance.
Curated OER
Make a Statement
Fifth graders make a statement about their position on the Revolutionary War using various means of expression. One half of students remain loyal to England and the other half want a revolution for independence. They express themselves...
Naxos Digital Services
Naxos Digital Services: Composers
From a major publisher of classical music, this website provides a brief biography and picture of literally hundreds of composers of classical music. The discographies at the bottom of each biography allow you to find CDs and often...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Perfect Pitch
Perfect Pitch is an interactive learning environment that lets you form orchestras and create your own orchestral arrangements of music from the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods. Clever game design, including a...
Classical Net
Classical Net: Musical Periods
This site contains the most significant artistic output of the most important composers within each historical period.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Zoltan Kodaly
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Zoltan Kodaly, born on December 16, 1882. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Kodaly.
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Classics for Kids: Dmitri Kabalevsky
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Dmitri Kabalevsky, born on December 30, 1904. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Kabalevsky.
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Classics for Kids: Bela Bartok
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Bela Bartok, born on March 25, 1881.
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Classics for Kids: George Gershwin
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer George Gershwin, born on September 26, 1898. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Gershwin.
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Classics for Kids: Igor Stravinsky
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Igor Stravinsky, born on June 17, 1882. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Stravinsky.
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Classics for Kids: Samuel Barber
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Samuel Barber, born on March 9, 1910.
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Classics for Kids: Joan Tower
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Joan Tower, born on September 6, 1938.
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Classics for Kids: Joan Trimble
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Joan Trimble, born on June 18, 1915.
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Classics for Kids: Joaquin Rodrigo
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Joaquin Rodrigo, born on November 22, 1901.
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Classics for Kids: Arnold Schoenberg
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Arnold Schoenberg, born on September 13, 1874.
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Classics for Kids: Thea Musgrave
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Thea Musgrave, born on May 27, 1928.
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Classics for Kids: Gustav Holst
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Gustav Holst, born on September 21, 1874. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Holst.
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Classics for Kids: Jennifer Higdon
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Jennifer Higdon, born on December 31, 1962.
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Classics for Kids: Ferde Grofe
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Ferde Grofe, born on March 27, 1892.
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Classics for Kids: Aaron Copland
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Aaron Copland, born on November 14, 1900. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Copland.
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Classics for Kids: Germaine Tailleferre
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Germaine Tailleferre, born on April 19, 1892.
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Classics for Kids: Libby Larsen
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Libby Larsen, born on December 24, 1950.
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Classics for Kids: Leonard Bernstein
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Leonard Bernstein, born on August 25, 1918.
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Classics for Kids: Charles Ives
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Charles Ives, born on October 20, 1874.