Art

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

This lesson shows students where rock music really began! Students will create musical instruments with objects from nature. Using their created instruments, students compose and perform a musical arrangement, while making connects with their knowledge of life during the Stone Age.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science

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TAGS
Art, Folk songs, History, Instruments, Percussion , Rhythm

The Music of Oceans

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Sheryl Doolittle

Through this multi-sensory lesson, students are introduced to the four oceans of the world. The use of music, art and creative movement increase the experiential learning of all students.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Science

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TAGS
Art, Dynamics, Geography, Melody

'Cmon - Feel the Noise!

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Heidi Doyle and Joanne Sweet

How does someone who is deaf enjoy music? Can they hear it? Can they make it? Through exploring the life and music of Evelyn Glennie, students will understand that music is sound produced by vibrations, and will create their own instrument out of found objects to compose a musical score for presentation.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Science

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0

TAGS
Acoustics, Art, Instruments, Percussion , Vibrations

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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0

TAGS
Animals, Art, Beethoven, Biography, Composer

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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0

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

Listen to the Stories of the Four Seasons

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Sheng-Yin Lin

Students will use their understanding of narratives (character, plot, setting, beginning, middle, and end) to create their own descriptive stories inspired by the music of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, and his words to his Sonnets.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts

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1

TAGS
Art, Story

Beethoven's Thoughts

Posted Aug 13, 2009 by Sherry Matic

Students write a descriptive essay explaining their thoughts and feelings while listening to Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, learning how to describe the musical elements that cause them to feel this way, and transpose these feelings into a watercolor art piece. The students will present their essay and art work orally, and act out their responses during a physical education exercise.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

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

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0

TAGS
Art, Beethoven, Composer, Reading, 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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0

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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0

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