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Exploring the Night Sky with Van Gogh and Mozart

Posted Aug 17, 2009 by Kathy Davis

Throughout history, the night sky has been the object of much speculation, investigation and imagination by scientists and mathematicians, as well as the subject for creations and compositions by musicians and visual artists.  Mozart’s (12) “Variations on ‘Ah Vous Dirai-je Maman” and “The Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh will stimulate students’ interest in the art of the evening sky. 

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts, Science
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TAGS
Art, Dynamics, Reading, Tempo
 
 
 

Conociendo a un gran compositor (Meeting a Great Composer)

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Monica Suyo

Through this lesson students have the opportunity to research a classical composer of their choosing. This lesson involves the use of different skills such as: reading, translation, writing, and speaking in Spanish. Furthermore, students will be able to analyze their composer's life, and present feedback and insight on what they have learned.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8 9-12
SUBJECT
Visual Arts, Foreign Language
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Art, Beethoven, Copland, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
 
 
 

Instrument and Visual Appreciation of Art

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Kathy Smith

Students will learn to appreciate the beauty of the instruments in an orchestra, differentiate the sounds created by the instruments and relate the music to artwork Los Tres Musicos by Pablo Picasso, and the following exhibits at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum: The Guitar: Art, Artists and Artisans; The Power of Music - Photographic Portraits of Americans and their Musical Instruments 1860-1915.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Math, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Technology, Visual Arts
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Art, Brass, Copland, Dynamics, History, Percussion , Pitch, Sfskids.com, String , Tempo, Woodwind
 
 
 

Leaves in the Key of Autumn

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Adele Sato

Students listen to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Autumn, and describe emotion, tempo, and dynamics. Students engage kinesthetically as they move to the music and learn about the composer. Students learn the scientific reasons for fall leaves changing color.  Students sing the poem "Little Leaves" to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle and the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Students do a choral reading of "Colors of Fall." Students will collect real autumn leaves, then draw and paint them as their interpretation of Vivaldi's Autumn.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts, Science
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TAGS
Art, Dynamics, Poetry, Tempo
 
 
 

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
 
 
 

Getting Inside Beethoven

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Bonnie Raines

Students will develop the ability to articulate moods and imagery in music through poetry. They will be able to do this through comparing and contrasting two pieces of Beethoven's music via language and movement. They will depict Beethoven in an art piece and learn about his life.

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GRADE LEVEL
All Levels
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Art, Beethoven, Biography, History, Poetry
 
 
 

Landscape in Music and Art

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Marcia Greenwood

This unit is designed to integrate the elements of landscape design and elements of music. Students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade are asked to consider American landscapes as they learn how one musician, Aaron Copland, created music that is distinctly American - a musical American landscape. Teachers could certainly do one lesson from the unit and not the entire unit.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts
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America, Art, Biography, Brass, Composer, Copland, Dynamics, History, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , Rhythm, String , Tempo, Woodwind
 
 
 

Animal Poetry

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Jessica Grant

Using Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals as a stimulus prompt, students will generate descriptive language of several animals (with special focus on verbs), culminating in the writing of a poem about the animal of their choice.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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Animals, Art, Instruments, Poetry, Vocabulary
 
 
 

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
 
 
 

A Symphony Experience in Watercolor

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Carolyn Roberts

This lesson was designed for a 4th grade class, but is interesting and easy to adapt and use with all grade levels. The purpose of this lesson is for the students to paint their impression in watercolor of one of the experiences, following a performance of a symphony orchestra.
 

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GRADE LEVEL
All Levels
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Art, Composer, Concert, Copland, Instruments, Orchestra
 
 
 

A Walk Back In Time with Copland

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Lisa Cochrane

The lesson helps the students learn to compare and contrast their current life with the past. It is designed to help them learn to more thoughtfully listen to a composer's piece and write a descriptive paragraph of their interpretation.
 

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Technology, Visual Arts
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TAGS
America, Art, Composer, Copland, Dynamics, Geography, History, Reading, Tempo
 
 
 

An African Safari into Creativity

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Janet Rowland

In this lesson students will assign an orchestral instrument to an African animal, using characteristics which they have in common. The students will write a cinquain poem and create a poster (collage) with their African animal as the theme.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts
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Animals, Art, Brass, Instruments, Mahler, Orchestra, Percussion , Poetry, String , Voice, Woodwind
 
 
 
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