History

Music and Early Man

Posted Aug 16, 2011 by Anita Ullner

When did music develop? What role did music play in pre-civilization? This lesson asks students to interact with the music and art of the hunters and gathers, and determine what role it played in their culture.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts

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TAGS
Art, History, Instruments, Reading

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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0

TAGS
Beethoven, Biography, History, Tempo

Great Gatsby's Jazz

Posted May 16, 2011 by Minu Dave

Students will understand the qualities of jazz and connect the music to The Great Gatsby, namely Fitzgerald’s writing style and his words. Students will also make a final determination whether jazz is a representation of social status and class.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12

SUBJECT
Language Arts

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TAGS
History, Jazz, Literature

Introduction to American Colonial Music and Dance

Posted May 06, 2011 by Helen Patten

Students examine the role of music and dance in the lives of early colonists. Students will begin to learn the steps to the Virginia Reel without any music. The dance is performed to many tunes. After listening to several selections, students discuss and choose one tune to which they will dance during the Fifth Grade Colonial Days Celebration. The discussion should show students' understanding of colonial life and culture and influences that shaped it.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Social Science

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0

TAGS
America, Copland, Dance, History

Comparing the Sounds of the North and South

Posted May 05, 2011 by Dolores Lopez

Students will listen to Civil War era music composed by nineteenth century composers from the North and from the South. The objective of this lesson will be for students to practice forming sentences which compare ideas using correlative conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, and/or specialized prepositions (during, while, from, to). Students will describe both pieces of music. The teacher will create a Venn diagram using the students' descriptions. Students will connect ideas using sentence frames provided by the teacher.

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GRADE LEVEL
All Levels

SUBJECT
English Language Learner

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0

TAGS
America, History

Biographical Slideshows

Posted May 05, 2011 by Sarah Fix

Students develop reading fluency and comprehension in nonfiction text as they learn about the period of time from post-Civil War to the 1930s. Students take notes and complete a finished project in the form of a slideshow to create art work, import pictures, and type text about the person they studied and music from a composer who lived during the same time period. The finished slideshow shares information and pictures about the person they studied, has transitions, and music from a famous composer.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Technology

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0

TAGS
America, Biography, History, Reading, War

Going West

Posted Apr 26, 2011 by Jennifer Potts

Students will study the pioneer life through the sounds of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. After gaining knowledge of the pioneer's daily life, struggles, and hardships, students will collaborate to create a pioneer scene using modeling clay. Students will use the flip cameras to capture a Claymation® video of the pioneer life incorporating Appalachian Spring as background music, as they learn about the trials and hardships of pioneer life as they moved west into a new frontier.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Social Science, Technology, Visual Arts

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0

TAGS
America, Copland, History, Tempo

Aaron Copland Meets the Old West

Posted Apr 25, 2011 by Maria Cruz

Students will develop the skill to write more expressively using descriptive words and phrases such as adjectives, adverbs, metaphors and similes in order to make their writing come alive, and be more visual and engaging.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12

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

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0

TAGS
America, Composer, Copland, Geography, History, Story

Native American Music and Rhythm

Posted Apr 19, 2011 by Nicole Dissinger

Students will understand the basics of rhythm and its correlation with Native American music. They will also create their own Native American and know how to develop their own rhythm.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts

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0

TAGS
History, Percussion , Rhythm, Sfskids.com

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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0

TAGS
Beethoven, Biography, Composer, History