Social Science

Music and Early Man

Posted Aug 16, 2011 by Anita Ullner

When did music develop?  What role did music play in pre-civilization?  This lesson asks students to interact with the music and art of the hunters and gathers, and determine what role it played in their culture.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts
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Art, History, Instruments, Reading
 
 
 

Music through the Ears of Beethoven

Posted Jul 07, 2011 by Jennifer Potts

Using Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, students will discover how difficult it is to compose music with a hearing loss. Children will develop an understanding of overcoming disabilities and preserving through life's struggles. Students will learn how to compose four bars of music using 4-4 time.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Social Science, Special education
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TAGS
Beethoven, Biography, History, Tempo
 
 
 

Introduction to American Colonial Music and Dance

Posted May 06, 2011 by Helen Patten

Students examine the role of music and dance in the lives of early colonists. Students will begin to learn the steps to the Virginia Reel without any music. The dance is performed to many tunes. After listening to several selections, students discuss and choose one tune to which they will dance during the Fifth Grade Colonial Days Celebration. The discussion should show students' understanding of colonial life and culture and influences that shaped it.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Social Science
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America, Copland, Dance, History
 
 
 

Going West

Posted Apr 26, 2011 by Jennifer Potts

Students will study the pioneer life through the sounds of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. After gaining knowledge of the pioneer's daily life, struggles, and hardships, students will collaborate to create a pioneer scene using modeling clay. Students will use the flip cameras to capture a Claymation® video of the pioneer life incorporating Appalachian Spring as background music, as they learn about the trials and hardships of pioneer life as they moved west into a new frontier.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Social Science, Technology, Visual Arts
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America, Copland, History, Tempo
 
 
 

Aaron Copland Meets the Old West

Posted Apr 25, 2011 by Maria Cruz

Students will develop the skill to write more expressively using descriptive words and phrases such as adjectives, adverbs, metaphors and similes in order to make their writing come alive, and be more visual and engaging.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts
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America, Composer, Copland, Geography, History, Story
 
 
 

Native American Music and Rhythm

Posted Apr 19, 2011 by Nicole Dissinger

Students will understand the basics of rhythm and its correlation with Native American music. They will also create their own Native American and know how to develop their own rhythm.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts
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History, Percussion , Rhythm, Sfskids.com
 
 
 

Ragtime with Scott Joplin

Posted Mar 09, 2011 by Dana McBurney

This lesson was created for primary age students but can easily be adapted into an intermediate or middle school social studies lesson. Students will explore a period of time when African Americans were striving to make their mark on American music. Ragtime music will be experienced through listening to classics, observing performances, researching the life of Scott Joplin, learning dances, and wearing self-made costumes of the era. They will reflect on the Ragtime music, the struggle of African Americans, and the life skills of successful people who persevere.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5 6-8
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts
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America, Art, Biography, Composer, History
 
 
 

Heritage Song

Posted Feb 15, 2011 by Debbie Perry

Students listen critically to two distinct compositions by composer Aaron Copland to help them connect with their own family's traditions and cultures. Through interviews, art and writing, students will gain a better understanding of their own heritage.
 

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8 9-12
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Art, Composer, Copland, Geography, History
 
 
 

The Sound of Oklahoma's History

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Alice Pettit

After deep listening to Aaron Copland's Rodeo, Buckaroo Holiday, students will understand that music may add to and/or change the mood of written words, spoken words, or pictures for the listener or observer. They will also learn that music often tells its own story. Students will match historic photos to the music and learn to listen to music with open minds while visualizing what the music is depicting. Students used the photographs as models for their illustrations.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Social Science, Technology, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Art, Copland, Dynamics, History, Reading, Story, Tempo
 
 
 

Spirituals during Slavery

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Jordan Stephens

In this lesson, students are introduced to spirituals - songs created and sang by enslaved African Americans for many reasons including: expressing values, a source of inspiration and motivation, an expression of protest and coded communication. Students will listen to spirituals and sing a spiritual, then identify characteristics of spirituals. Students will decode a spiritual.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science
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TAGS
America, Geography, History, Rhythm, Story, Voice
 
 
 
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