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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale :Interpreting the music of Raphael Mostel's Dance/Movement exercise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how dance/movement tell a story. They analyze the elements of dance through interpretation of the story. Students exercise how the feelings and moods of the music suggest certain body movements and actions.
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Musical Concept

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice musical forms to be able to recognize similar and different sections to a song. They review that music has a beginning, middle and an end and discover this process through the "Viennese Musical Clock" that...
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Music Time

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore several different music-related jobs by role playing activities that portray each job. In this music careers lesson plan, students plan a performance where all of them have a specific music related job.
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Musical Chairs Review Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review material by playing musical chairs. They identify shapes, colors and vocabulary. They give the definition of the new vocabulary words while playing the game as well.
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Listen to Music

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars listen to, analyze, and describe music. They identify examples of music forms including such as motive phhrase, 4-bar phrase, canon, and rondo. In addition, they perform a dance called a partner mixer and model the pattern...
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Musical Instruments

For Teachers K
Students identify a guitar, piano, trumpet, flute, drum, and a violin by sight and sound. They view pictures of each instrument as they are played on a recording, discuss how each instrument makes their particular sound, and listen to...
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Music to My Ears - Figures of Speech and Stylistic Devices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students know the meaning of a given list of figures of speech and stylistic devices. They identify examples of these terms in the music and songs with which they are familiar. They examine how to apply the knowledge of these terms to...
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Music: Individual and Group Practice

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups and individually, perform various musical pieces on their instruments. After demonstrating how to play steady beats, they also play counter melodies to songs such as "Peace Like a River." While some students...
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Twelfth Night-The Musical!

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In groups, they divide Act 2 and add a new character or direction to the plot. They reinterpret the scene as a musical, using contemporary songs.
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Rhythm-Music

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify and keep a steady beat by playing instruments and playing the game stated in the lesson. Then they use what they know about rhythm and apply it to the use of instruments. Students also perform on instruments, alone...
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Strange Brew: The Musical Concoctions of Cream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers distinguish between two styles of music, construct a definition of genius and describe its characteristics, critically analyze and evaluate quotations, and conduct research and present the results.
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Music/Craft

For Teachers K
Students develop an appreciation of melody. They gain enjoyment from singing. They participate in an art activity.
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Mural to Music 1

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars experiment with making a mural to music.
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Planning a Trip to the North Carolina Art Museum

For Teachers K - 5th
Students navigate the North Carolina Art Museum website and find answers to questions needed before a visit.
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The Art Miles Mural Project

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create over twelve hundred miles of themed murals for an art project. They discuss what they want their theme to be and practice drawing the pictures before painting the mural.
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Rhythm Patterns

For Teachers 4th
Fractions can be tricky. Why not have kids think of fractions like they think of eighth, quarter, and half notes? In teams, the class creates four-measure patterns with their percussion instruments. They need to explain their rhythm...