Language Arts

Music Reflects History

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Anita Ullner

Music can help us learn about history! This lesson demonstrates to your students how music of the Baroque period reflects the importance of the institutions of State and Church, and the influence both had on the work of each composer.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Social Science

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TAGS
Composer, History, Reading, Sfskids.com, Vocabulary

Mr. Lincoln Through the Eyes of Aaron Copland

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Jill Humrich

Learning about this nation’s twelfth president is fun when we combine music, writing, and performing to your lessons. Mix together a little Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, with historical facts and opinions, books, videos and even the Gettysburg Address. Your students will astound you as they create a class performance piece using their words, accompanied by Mr. Copland’s composition.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other

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TAGS
America, Art, Biography, Composer, Copland, History, Reading, War

Dear Mr. Copland and Mr. Ellington

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Sonja Rivera

After gaining familiarity with the lives and music of Copland and Ellington, students write each a formal letter expressing how culture is reflected in music. Students create a bio-poem about the composer’s life and music.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other

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TAGS
America, Art, Biography, Composer, Copland, History, Jazz, Poetry, Reading, Vocabulary

Which Instrument Are You?

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Bonnie Redfern

To accomplish goals, members of families must cooperate, just as members of the orchestra must cooperate to create beautiful music. Similarly, students in a classroom have similar constructs; everyone must do their best for themselves as well as for the good of the whole. This lesson helps students understand that an orchestra, a family and a classroom must work together to accomplish great things.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music

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TAGS
Brass, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , Reading, Sfskids.com, String , Tempo, Vocabulary, Woodwind

The Voices of Beethoven

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Kimberly Spotts

Voice is distinct in writing and music. How do students put their own voice into their writing so the reader will know who is speaking? Students will draw connections between the voices in music and voices found in literature to increase their understanding of how to use voice in their writings.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts

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TAGS
Beethoven, Biography, Composer, Vocabulary, Voice

Meet the Families

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Emry Gensler Hromec Wojcik

Every orchestra is made up of families – four to be exact. This lesson invites you to meet these wonderfully diverse familes and the members who make up the voice we hear at the symphony.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Math, Performing Arts-Music

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TAGS
Brass, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , Reading, Sfskids.com, String , Vocabulary, Woodwind

Lucha Music

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Cassandra Schlievert

The four styles of music within the Mexican culture are the backdrop for this lesson which provides students an opportunity to create percussion instruments and recognize the difference while playing each style. Lucha Libre masks are also part of the culture and students gain a deeper understanding of it by creating their own masks.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts

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TAGS
Art, Folk songs, History, Percussion , Vocabulary