Copland

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

A Fork is a Fork is a Fork ... Or is it?

Posted Feb 15, 2011 by Jana Jean

Ever see a glass tuning fork? Are some materials better suited to make tuning forks? Students will learn the history of the tuning fork and the latest technological advances. They will learn how a tuning fork works and why some materials are better suited to make tuning forks.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8 9-12

SUBJECT
Science

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TAGS
Acoustics, Brass, Copland, Instruments, Physics, Pitch, Vibrations

Washington Portrait

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Leah Nellis

This cooperative improvisation between fifth and second grade students can be planned and performed in less than one hour, but preparation for the event should include several previous experiences including viewing the famous painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze, hearing the historical details from a variety of sources, engaging in student discussions of the events surround the planning and the Battle of Trenton and identifying targeted musical concepts.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music

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TAGS
Biography, Composer, Copland, Dynamics, History, Instruments, Tempo, Vocabulary, War

Voice of the Fanfare

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Cate Malone

Students will be able to describe elements and history of fanfare music. Students will compose an essay for an important person in the "voice" of a fanfare.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts

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TAGS
Copland, Voice

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

Quilt Making and Copland's Rodeo

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Nancy Potts

Students will listen to Rodeo, Saturday Night Waltz by Copland, and discuss the dynamics and tempo of the composition. They will understand why quilt making was very important in pioneer life.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5 6-8

SUBJECT
Math, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science

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TAGS
America, Composer, Copland, Dynamics, History, Tempo

Nuclear Decay Series and Chain Reactions

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Jana Jean

After learning about the discovery of nuclear radiation and the development of nuclear weapons, students will create a claymation video to illustrate nuclear decay, fusion, fission and nuclear chain reactions. Student write scripts and story boards, create backdrops, clay characters, and add music, voice over and text to demonstrate their understanding of the subject.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Science, Social Science, Technology

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0

TAGS
Art, Copland, Story, Theater

Emotions in Music

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Kate Sequeia

Music can portray and evoke emotions. What musical elements do you hear that make you feel a certain way? How does the composer use these elements to portray emotion? Students will listen to a musical selection and brainstorm the feelings it evokes, and then move into a writing activity about that emotion.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science

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TAGS
Beethoven, Copland, Dynamics, Instruments, Mahler, Orchestra, Sfskids.com, Stravinsky, Vocabulary

Creating with Tempo and Dynamics

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Janet Rowland

This lesson uses Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid as a stimulus for creative thinking. The students will listen for changes in tempo and dynamics in Billy the Kid. Then students will create an abstract painting, and describe the tempo and dynamics they heard in a written composition.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Visual Arts

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TAGS
Art, Copland, Dynamics, Instruments, Tempo, Vocabulary

Communities: Orchestral Communities, Personal Communities

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Jeff McQueen

Students will be able to relate the similarities and differences experienced by orchestra members and students of a first grade class as connected to the idea of the interdependence within a community. They will recognize that as members of a classroom community there are expectations for jobs, behavior, and intrinsic motivation to function to the best of the individual's ability.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Special education , Visual Arts

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TAGS
Art, Copland, History, Instruments, Story, Voice