Visual Arts

Music, Emotion, Mood and Line

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Denise Stover

Students will understand that music communicates many thing. Students will understand that music can be represented and expressed on paper through the use of line and color.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts

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Art, Beethoven, Copland, Dynamics, Stravinsky, Tempo

Beethoven's Sixth Symphony: Pastoral

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Sonja Rivera

Students discover how music can create a visual image in one’s mind as they listen to Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony – Pastoral. As the image takes shape, the students create a visual representation of their image to include the aspects of nature which Beethoven included in this wonderful composition.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts

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TAGS
Animals, Art, Beethoven, Biography, Composer

Guess What's on My Mind?

Posted Aug 15, 2009 by Sheng-Yin Lin

Students can use music to read each other’s minds! As students learn to differentiate tempo and dynamics to interpret the mood of the music, they will express it through physical movement that allows their classmates to guess what is on their mind.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts

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TAGS
Animals, Dynamics, Melody, Tempo

Copland and Ellington

Posted Aug 15, 2009 by Sherrie Matic

Why do two composers from the same period of history compose different music? Students will gain an understanding of how culture and history influences music as they analyze and compare the music of Aaron Copland and Duke Ellington, and learn how these composers used special sounds to enhance their music.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts

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TAGS
America, Art, Biography, Composer, Copland, History, Sfskids.com

Learning Literary Terminology Through Music

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Stefanie Friesen

While gaining exposure to a wide range of music – from classical to contemporary - students will understand that music and literature share a common language. Students will understand that hearing the language of music helps us to understand the language of literature.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

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

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TAGS
Literature, Story, Vocabulary