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Global Music Lesson Plans: Singing Games - UK and Botswana
Learners perform and compare two singing games from Botswana and from the United Kingdom. In this singing games lesson, students identify and respond to singing games and their changes in meter. Learners compare the two singing games...
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Moving with the Music
Students work cooperatively to recreate the rhythms of different modes of transportation. They discuss different modes of transportation. They create movements to accompany a song.
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"Strike a Pose:" Music and Vogueing in The Winter's Tale
Students read Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. In groups, they "perform" Act 3, Scenes 1-3 by "striking a pose" that best depicts the characters in that scene and by bringing in music that would best accompany the scene.
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Musical Roles
Students watch a videotape on the musical career of Aretha Franklin and explore the different careers in the music industry.
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Language Arts: The Rise of the Operetta
Students develop an appreciation for the musical theater form, the operetta. In addition, they present parodies of songs from The Mikado. Working in small groups and accessing provided Websites, they compose their parodies. Once...
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The Sound of Music and Passage to Freedom
Seventh graders examine music examples to investigate a conflict in history about Hitler's invasions during WWII. In this music analysis lesson, 7th graders discuss vocabulary and the history for the Holocaust and Hitler's invasions....
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Face Study: Draw the Other Half
Build fine motor, spatial, and drawing skills by having the class complete the other half of a portrait. They choose an image of a face from a magazine, then attempt to draw the other half of the face as accurately as they can. Two book...
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Puzzle Trees
Elementary artists use a collage and multi-media technique to create textured trees. They study the fall trees, discussing texture and what bare trees look like. They then use a variety of materials to create a textural piece.
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Leaf People
Kids create leaf people out of sticks, glue, and leaves. They use their imagination to construct leaf people and then glue them onto construction paper. Tip: Extend this craft by incorporating writing. Have learners write a short story...
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Toothpick Sculpture
You'll be surprized at how much engineering, design, and creativity can go into a toothpick and a marshmallow. Learners make toothpick sculptures where they construct three-dimentional models by sticking marshmallows and toothpicks...
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Florida Blue Crab
Explore the extraordinary creatures of the ocean! Learners create Florida Blue Crabs (imitation of course) using blue paint and their hand prints. This is a cute supplementary project perfect for an ocean-themed unit or preschool...
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Mixing Colors with Corn Syrup and Food Coloring
Anyone who has worked with small children know that color identification and color mixing can be fun! This simple idea has a lot of potential. It suggests to mix food coloring with corn syrup to provide an opportunity for color mixing...
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Art Transitions: Morphs
Students identify artistic expression by participating in a morph activity. In this art analysis instructional activity, students identify the work of Keith Haring and examine some of his flip books. Students practice creating...
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A Melody Activity
Students explore melody. In this music lesson, students define "melody" and identify the melody line present in increasingly complex musical pieces. Students sing or hum the melody line after listening to an excerpt of music.
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Timbre Activities
Students investigate the concept of timbre. For this music lesson, students listen to several recordings of musical pieces and identify the name of the instrument playing with its picture.
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Come Together: The Music That Made John Lennon
Students form opinions about the notion of artistic influence. They research and present biographical information, read and share information about the artists who inspired Lennon's music, and create projects tracing the evolution of...
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Music from a Place Called Half Moon
Pupils read the novel, Music from a Place Called Half Moon. They are assigned chapters to analyze for literary elements and to assign titles to the book chapters.
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Treble Clef Lines - 3
In this treble clef lines worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 30 blank spaces.
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Treble Clef Spaces - 1
For this treble clef spaces worksheet, learners read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 30 blank spaces.
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Treble Clef Spaces - 2
In this treble clef spaces worksheet, pupils read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 30 blank spaces.
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Treble Clef Spaces - 3
In this treble clef spaces worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 30 blank spaces.
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Treble Clef Lines and Spaces - 1
In this treble clef lines and spaces worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 35 blank spaces.
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Treble Clef Lines - 1
In this treble clef lines worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 30 blank spaces.
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Bass Clef Spaces - 2
In this bass clef spaces worksheet, students read the sheet music and identify the letter names of the notes that are missing as they fill in 30 blank spaces.