Dance

A Carnival of Animals and Children

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Kathy Davis

This lesson is designed to teach positional, directional and spatial skills, social skills, large motor skills, creative skills, and oral vocabulary using the "Aquarium" movement from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint- Saëns. The lesson is designed specifically to teach early childhood developmentally delayed students but can the challenge can easily be increased to make it appropriate for older grades or ELL classes.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Math, Special education

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TAGS
Animals, Art, Dance, Instruments

Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring: A Myth is Born

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Gail Claus

This lesson will contrast Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring (classical) and Stephane Furic's Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (jazz), and the role the poems Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman and The Bridge by Hart Crane, bring to the music.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

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

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America, Composer, Copland, Dance, Geography, History, Jazz, Literature, Poetry, Story

Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Gail Claus

This integrated lesson, focusing on United States History, incorporates learning about the Wild West and the western outlaw Billy the Kid through the music of Aaron Copland. The lesson provides musical reflection and each movement of Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid work and opportunity to experience deep listening for the elements of Dynamics, Articulation, Rhythm and Tempo (DART).

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science

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Composer, Copland, Dance, Dynamics, Geography, History, Rhythm, Tempo, Vocabulary

Stravinsky and the Firebird

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Bonnie Raines

This lesson integrates language arts with visual and performing arts. Students immerse themselves in the world of the Russian folktale, The Firebird, and then explore other avenues of appreciating the tale through listening and dancing to Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, as well as engaging in theater and visual arts activities.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

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

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TAGS
Art, Dance, Literature, Poetry, Reading, Stravinsky

Waltz by Three's

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Rachel Belmon

Students will review the life of Beethoven leading to a discussion about Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. Students will learn to waltz and will practice skip-counting by 3’s to Moonlight Sonata.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts

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TAGS
Beethoven, Composer, Dance, Tempo

First Tango in Flagstaff

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Michelle Galloway

This lesson introduces Argentine culture through the study of Tango to students taking Spanish language. The lesson focuses on the works of vocalist Carlos Gardel and composer Astor Piazzolla, as well as the use of Spanish infinitive verbs.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8 9-12

SUBJECT
Foreign Language

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TAGS
Dance, Poetry, Tempo

Copland: Life Then and Now

Posted Aug 15, 2009 by Bonnie Redfern

Copland, an American maverick, becomes a storyteller as he writes about life in the early years of America. His Appalachian Spring helps students understand how people, places and things change over time, while his musical sketch reinforces the six traits of writing.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science

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TAGS
America, Composer, Copland, Dance, History, Reading