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Music Notes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify music notes. For this music notes lesson, students toss bean bags between partners the number of times of a note (quarter, half, dotted half, etc) value.  Students also practice underhand tosses. 
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English Folk Music

For Students 5th - 8th
In this English folk music worksheet, students read an article pertaining to the history of folk music in England from the times of the Industrial Revolution until the 1970s.
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"Viennese Musical Clock"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn about musical patterns as they play a game called fudge. Students are assessed based on whether they were able to identify and play a steady beat, use the appropriate form, and clap the rythmic patterns.
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Studying The American Musical Theatre

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the group dynamics necessary to produce an American musical in this six day lesson. Themes and characterization techniques are explored during collaborative small group research projects.
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Development of Popular Music

For Students 10th - 12th
The history and marketing of pop music is the subject of this lesson. Students first read an article detailing definitions and historical shifts of pop music in society. The activity then provides students with a few comprehension-level...
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African Popular Music

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils explore popular music of West Africa. In this musicians lesson plan, students complete listening tasks that challenge them to analyze the music of Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo, and Baaba Maal.
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Signin' the Blues with Rock, Rap 'n Roll

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders listen to recordings and study jazz and the blues music. They identify the instrumentation and explore the 12-bar blues progression. After experimenting with different sound, 6th graders create their own arrangement, with...
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Indian Music Revision

For Students 3rd - 7th
In this music worksheet, students will complete 11 cloze sentences by using a word list. Then students will find the same words in a word search.
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Indian Music Revolution- Word Search

For Students 6th - 7th
In this Indian music word search worksheet, students complete 11 sentences using the terms from a word bank. They find the words in a word search at the bottom of the page. They find words which include: India, melody, and tala.
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Musical Rhythm and Pulse

For Students 4th - 5th
In this music worksheet, learners examine the use of rhythm and pulse in musical pieces. They practice clapping beats that include rests in the given rhythm boxes. They compose their own beat in a rhythm box.
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Visual Art and Music

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars examine how pop art compliments music. For this arts lesson, students explore the elements of pop art and replicate those elements in their own piece of art.
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Class Rap

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore rap music and its components. They listen to examples of rap music and discuss their common features. After selecting a topic, they compose a rap with both words and the beat and sing it to the class. As a class they...
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The Musical Alphabet-Stepping Up

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners explore the music alphabet. They step up from any letter of the musical alphabet. Students practice stepping up or skipping from various letters within the musical alphabet.
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Musical Elements Chart

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Louisiana musical landscape worksheet, students study 6 terms and their meanings as they pertain to music instruction to be used for further classroom activities.
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African Music

For Students 6th - 10th
In this African music worksheet, learners read about how family life, community music, and rhythms are part of the culture and music of Africa.
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Indian Music Test

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Indian music test activity, students respond to 10 short answer questions in part a and 5 short answer questions in part b as they demonstrate their knowledge of Indian music.
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Music in South India-Kerala

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify various instruments and styles of music from South India-Kerala. In this music lesson, students discover main languages of South India and the Kathakali dance drama. Students discuss the types of singers and dancers in...
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Native American Music and Dance Activity

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners demonstrate keeping steady beat through practice exercises and stepping to the beat using instruments such as conga drums, tambourines and rhythm sticks.
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Musical Tapestry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the terms and structure of a bluegrass tune. They participate in a listening exercise that will challenge them to identify specific elements within a bluegrass musical arrangement.
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Elements of Music

For Students 5th - 6th
In this music worksheet, students study the elements of a musical composition: silence, pitch, texture, dynamics, tempo, attack and decay and duration. Students complete 7 questions about these elements. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Elements of Music

For Students 5th - 6th
In this music activity, students learn 6 elements of music and match the names with the definitions. The elements are silence, pitch, texture, duration, dynamics, tempo and attack and decay.
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Indian Music

For Students 4th - 6th
In this music worksheet, students will read about the 3 main parts of Indian music, complete 5 short answer questions about those parts, and read descriptions of 4 common Indian instruments.
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Folk Music

For Students 6th - 12th
In this folk music worksheet, students read selections pertaining to folk music and then respond to 10 short answer questions. An extension activity is also available on the worksheet.
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Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music In America Music In America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study early New Orleans Jazz music and recognize Louis Armstrong as an early jazz artist. They recognize the elements and roots of Jazz.