Beethoven

Take a Walk with Beethoven

Posted Aug 01, 2011 by Janet Henderson

After studying the life of Ludwig van Beethoven, students will listen to, become familiar with, and identify distinguishing characteristics of Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, the "Pastoral". Selected landscape art will be explored and correlated with specific movements of the symphony. The sonnet, On Hearing a Symphony of Beethoven by Edna St. Vincent Millay, will be interpreted. Student poetry elicted by an imagninary walk in the meadow with Beethoven will be illusutrated with their art.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts

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Art, Beethoven, Poetry

Nature’s Adaptations Join Beethoven’s Ode to Joy Variations

Posted Jul 07, 2011 by Donna Natseway

Students will recognize and identify the sounds of different orchestral instruments; learn and use the tempo markings from the fourth movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9; research the similarities between adaptations in nature and variations in music/visual art; and create visual art which illustrates the connection among natural adaptations and music variations.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Visual Arts, Life Science

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Animals, Beethoven, Instruments

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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Beethoven, Biography, History, Tempo

Un Poema Musical

Posted Jul 06, 2011 by Monica Suyo

Students will create a poem in Spanish using different adjectives and emotion descriptors inspired by a classical music listening experience.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8 9-12

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Foreign Language

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Beethoven, Poetry, Tchaikovsky

Musical Polygons

Posted Jul 06, 2011 by Scott Nielsen

Drawing upon prior knowledge of polygons - their attributes and area - students will understand that music has a pulse which can be counted and related to geometric shapes.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Math

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Beethoven, Copland, Rhythm, Tempo

Sequencing with Beethoven

Posted Apr 26, 2011 by Angie Duncan

In this lesson, students will continue practicing sequencing (putting events in a logical order) after listening to the opening of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, first movement, Allegro con brio. Students will create a storyboard with pictures and captions to describe the events that developed as they listened to the music. This lesson will encourage students to listen to music to develop a story. They will complete a storyboard to draw and then write the sequence of events that occurred throughout the music.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Language Arts

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Beethoven, Composer, Story

Exploring Story Elements in Music

Posted Apr 26, 2011 by Megan Byrum

In this lesson, students will analyze and explore story elements while listening to the first movement, Allegro ma non troppo, of Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony. Students will be able to define setting, plot, theme, and imagery (figurative language) and identify the above elements in a story. Students will apply their knowledge and create their own story elements.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Language Arts

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Beethoven, Story

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

Mozart vs. Beethoven - Real Classical Composers

Posted Mar 10, 2011 by Adele Daw

This lesson is designed to help students understand that Classical music can refer to music composed during a period in music history known as the Classical Period rather than the style of all symphonic music. The students will be given a brief overview of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern Periods of music. Next, students will learn about the lives of two famous composers of the Classical Period, Beethoven and Mozart.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts

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TAGS
Beethoven, Biography, Composer, History

Ode to Beethoven

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Lisa Gatewood

After learning about the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven and listening to a variety of musical selections, the students will create an Ode to Beethoven to express their appreciation and knowledge for his life and musical talent. In addition, the students learned about the artist Andy Warhol, and will use this knowledge to create an art piece of Beethoven in the style of Warhol.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8

SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Other, Technology, Visual Arts

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Art, Beethoven, Composer, Poetry