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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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0
TAGS
Copland, Voice
 
 
 

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

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
 
 
 

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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TAGS
Art, Composer, Copland, Geography, History
 
 
 

Composing the Canyon

Posted Apr 09, 2011 by Sara Stahl

In the years following World War I, American composers like Ferde Grofé (1892 – 1972) sought new models of composition to authentically capture the American musical identity. The Grand Canyon Suite (1931) by Grofé reflects a strain of American composition in the 1930's where orchestral works depicted scenes of American life in a modern world. Inspired by the grandeur of the Grand Canyon, Grofé paints a musical impression of a day in the canyon for the listener, translating the beauty of nature into a tangible art form.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts
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0
TAGS
America, Art, Biography, Copland, Geography, Ives
 
 
 

Choosing Fonts to Describe Music

Posted Apr 09, 2011 by Cynthia Conn

This is a lesson that integrates technology and music. Through this lesson, students complete several activities, including: 1) recognizing how body language and visual images (paintings and photos) convey emotion or meaning; 2) discussing what fonts are (i.e., styles of text) 3) deep listening and describing musical pieces, including comparing and contrasting musical pieces; and 4) using a template with descriptions about each music piece, students select an appropriate font to match the music.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Technology
COMMENTS
0
TAGS
Copland, Sfskids.com
 
 
 

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

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 in the Heartland

Posted May 03, 2011 by Laura Knapp

Students will listen to Copland's Appalachian Spring while listening to a reading of Heartland by Diane Siebert. They will listen for sensory details in both the music and the literature. Students will then write their own poems and create a watercolor.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts
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0
TAGS
America, Art, Copland, Poetry
 
 
 

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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TAGS
America, Copland, Dance, History
 
 
 

Moods

Posted Jun 07, 2011 by Donna Boyes

Students will determine moods created by a piece of music and will analyze how the composer created the feelings. Students will determine the character traits/moods of story characters by analyzing the adjectives, adverbs, and verbs used by the author. Finally, students will determine which piece of music best represents the characters from a story.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts
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0
TAGS
Copland, Literature, Mahler, Reading, Stravinsky
 
 
 

Compare and Contrast Composers

Posted Jun 15, 2011 by Stephanie LaPlante

Students will create a visual representation of what they think about, or feel from the music of Copland and Stravinsky. After reading books from the series Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers, students will use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two composers (Stravinsky and Copland), their music, and the time period in which they lived to create a paragraph comparing the two composers.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts
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0
TAGS
Composer, Copland, Stravinsky
 
 
 
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