Geography

War of 1812

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Cassandra Schlievert

Students deepen their understanding of the political and emotional events of the War of 1812 through the music of Tchaikovsky. Students will learn how different instruments are used for expressing a mood and illustrating events in history. Students will write a response to the music that informs about their own understanding of both the instrumentation and the important events of history.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Social Science

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TAGS
Biography, Geography, History, Tchaikovsky, War

Star Spangled Music as a Patriotic Symbol

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Christina Gammel

Through the use of music, students will make connections with the historical events in Colonial America and Europe during the early 19th century. Using the music of Sousa and Tchaikovsky, students will understand how music can become a patriotic symbol and help depict historical events.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Foreign Language, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science

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TAGS
America, Biography, Geography, History, Poetry, Reading, Tchaikovsky, War

Revolutionary Music

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Ann Callan

Students will gain an understanding of music’s relationship to the American, French and Russian revolutions. Students will also gain knowledge that music has changed over the last 200 years as a result of a musical revolution.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science

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TAGS
America, Composer, Geography, History, Jazz, Stravinsky, Vocabulary, War

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

Earthquake Symphonies

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Rick Carreiro

Can earthquakes write music? Using seismograms and music score sheets, students record the earth’s movements to create Earthquake Symphonies. Students listen to and analysis the music of Beethoven’s Eroica and how it relates to the movement of the earth.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Science

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TAGS
Acoustics, Beethoven, Dynamics, Geography, Physics, Rhythm, Tempo, Vocabulary