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Jan Ken Pon

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore components of Japanese language, song, instruments, and music. Dotted eighth and sixteenth notes are practiced, the pronunciation of words for the song taught, and chords for tone chimes played in this lesson.
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Swing Your Partner! It's A Virtual Square Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the Wessels Living History Farm website and research how to do a square dance. They read a story, listen to an explanation of barn dances, and participate in various square dances.
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A Great, Crazy Sailor

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders become acquainted with the basic facts of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America through singing the following chant.
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Storyline Drum Circle

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students perform story songs. In this rhythmic motives lesson, students practice melodies, variations, and accompaniments as they read Peter Seeger's Abiyoyo and create compositions to present it as a story-song.
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Carl Orff Music Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource describes the innovations in music instruction and education of Carl Orff. Details how Orff technique is applied specifically in performance oriented projects.
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What Is Orff Schulwerk?

For Students 9th - 10th
A short bio, part of a resource about an American group that advocates the use of Orff's Schulwerk to teach music, the link back to that site is at the bottom of the page.

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