Visual Arts

Fairy Home, Fairy Play

Posted Apr 25, 2011 by Gael Reed

The students will have a deeper understanding of the vocabulary words: gather, exciting, cooperate, activity and exhausted. Students will be able to compare and contrast two pieces of music, distinguish between real and fantasy, fiction and non-fiction. Students will be able to sequence a story, telling about main events and using vocabulary.

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PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts
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Dance, Instruments, Literature, Story, Vocabulary
 
 
 

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

Composing the Canyon

Posted Apr 09, 2011 by Sara Stahl

In the years following World War I, American composers like Ferde Grofé (1892 – 1972) sought new models of composition to authentically capture the American musical identity. The Grand Canyon Suite (1931) by Grofé reflects a strain of American composition in the 1930's where orchestral works depicted scenes of American life in a modern world. Inspired by the grandeur of the Grand Canyon, Grofé paints a musical impression of a day in the canyon for the listener, translating the beauty of nature into a tangible art form.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts
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America, Art, Biography, Copland, Geography, Ives
 
 
 

Music and the Elements of a Story

Posted Mar 28, 2011 by Angie Duncan

Students will identify the character, setting, and plot of the story of Ballet of the Elephants and listen to Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant, composed by Igor Stravinsky for the ballet. Students will then listen to a piece of unidentified music to create their own character, setting, and plot diagram. They will use this diagram to create their own story that includes characters, a setting, and a plot (beginning, middle, and end).

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PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts
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Animals, Story, Stravinsky
 
 
 

Greek God of Music, Apollo, in Classical Music

Posted Mar 28, 2011 by Megan Byrum

In this lesson, students will learn about the ancient Greek god of music, Apollo, through two pieces of classical music. The students will discuss the role of music in ancient Greece. The students will analyze two musical compositions, Apollo by Igor Stravinsky and Apollo et Hyachinthus by Wolfgang A. Mozart.

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6-8
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts
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Composer, Stravinsky
 
 
 

Walking with Beethoven

Posted Mar 10, 2011 by Karen Morgan

Students move and listen to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, second movement Andante molto mosso, known as Scene by the Brook, as they imagine taking a journey with Beethoven along a path. They focus on the dynamics and tempo of the music and work to build their own personal image of what it might look like and feel like to take a walk with Beethoven beside a brook. As they listen to the entire Symphony No. 6, students will work in teams to create a visual representation of each movement using oil pastels.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts
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Art, Beethoven, Composer
 
 
 

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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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
 
 
 

A Musical Visit with Babar

Posted Mar 09, 2011 by Janet Mulligan

This lesson will introduce students to Babar, an elephant portrayed in the children's books by Jean de Brunhof. Students will listen to Francis Poulenc's musical composition of the same name, written to reflect the scenes in Jean de Brunhof's book. Students will gain an understanding of how powerful the use of simple rhythm instruments is in retelling the story. Students will also create visual works of art based on the sounds they hear in the audio performance.

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PK-2
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts
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Animals, Art, Dynamics, Instruments, Rhythm, Story, Tempo
 
 
 

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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Art, Composer, Copland, Geography, History
 
 
 

Four Seasons of a Deciduous Tree

Posted Feb 15, 2011 by Laura Knapp

While studying ecosystems, students will focus on the changes that occur in deiciduous forests throughout the seasons of the year. With that knowledge, students will listen to and analyze Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. As a culminating activity, students will use oil pastels to show what a dedicuous forest would like like during each season.
 

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PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts, Life Science, Science
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Art, Dynamics, Tempo
 
 
 
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