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Mozart and The Magic Flute

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Cynthia Conn

This is a collaborative lesson that integrates technology, language arts, and music. It was implemented by the technology teacher, librarian, and the third grade classroom teachers.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Technology
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TAGS
Art, Composer, Literature, Story, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Nuclear Decay Series and Chain Reactions

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Jana Jean

After learning about the discovery of nuclear radiation and the development of nuclear weapons, students will create a claymation video to illustrate nuclear decay, fusion, fission and nuclear chain reactions. Student write scripts and story boards, create backdrops, clay characters, and add music, voice over and text to demonstrate their understanding of the subject.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Science, Social Science, Technology
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TAGS
Art, Copland, Story, Theater
 
 
 

Spirituals during Slavery

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Jordan Stephens

In this lesson, students are introduced to spirituals - songs created and sang by enslaved African Americans for many reasons including: expressing values, a source of inspiration and motivation, an expression of protest and coded communication. Students will listen to spirituals and sing a spiritual, then identify characteristics of spirituals. Students will decode a spiritual.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science
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America, Geography, History, Rhythm, Story, Voice
 
 
 

Stravinsky, Munch, Vivaldi, Monet and Albers

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Laurie Burghardt

Compare and contrast Stravinsky's Rite of Spring to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, La Primavera (Spring). Pair the music of Stravinsky with the art of Edvard Munch. Pair the music of Vivaldi with the art of Claude Monet. Discuss the similarities and differences. Discuss Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square entitled “The High Spring”. Discuss how color and mood are connected. Create a color square in the style of Josef Albers to represent the pairings of Stravinsky & Munch and the pairing of Vivaldi & Monet.

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GRADE LEVEL
All Levels
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Math, Performing Arts-Music, Science, Visual Arts
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Art, Composer, Literature, Story, Stravinsky, Voice
 
 
 

The Rite of Spring and Fantasia

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Karen Travis

Students will listen to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, discuss what spring time means, and create a list of adjectives for the music. Then, they will watch the part of the Disney film Fantasia that re-interprets the same music. Students will add to their list of adjectives, retell the film's story, and compare the original music to the film's story. After listening again, and moving to the music, they will write and draw a response.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts
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TAGS
Composer, Dance, Story, Stravinsky, Vocabulary
 
 
 

The Sound of Oklahoma's History

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Alice Pettit

After deep listening to Aaron Copland's Rodeo, Buckaroo Holiday, students will understand that music may add to and/or change the mood of written words, spoken words, or pictures for the listener or observer. They will also learn that music often tells its own story. Students will match historic photos to the music and learn to listen to music with open minds while visualizing what the music is depicting. Students used the photographs as models for their illustrations.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Social Science, Technology, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Art, Copland, Dynamics, History, Reading, Story, Tempo
 
 
 

A Musical Visit with Babar

Posted Mar 09, 2011 by Janet Mulligan

This lesson will introduce students to Babar, an elephant portrayed in the children's books by Jean de Brunhof. Students will listen to Francis Poulenc's musical composition of the same name, written to reflect the scenes in Jean de Brunhof's book. Students will gain an understanding of how powerful the use of simple rhythm instruments is in retelling the story. Students will also create visual works of art based on the sounds they hear in the audio performance.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Animals, Art, Dynamics, Instruments, Rhythm, Story, Tempo
 
 
 

Peter and the Wolf with Puppetry

Posted Mar 09, 2011 by Kathy Davis

This is a simplified version of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf taught in a developmental delay program for special needs students and English language learners, ages 3 to 6 years. It is easily adapted to meet the needs of older children with the same educational needs. The purpose of the lesson is to provide the students with a variety of experiences performing and telling the story of the fable that Sergei Prokofiev has set to music, and to introduce the students to various instruments of the orchestra.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Special education
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Animals, Brass, Dance, Instruments, Percussion , Story, String , Theater, Voice, Woodwind
 
 
 

Music and the Elements of a Story

Posted Mar 28, 2011 by Angie Duncan

Students will identify the character, setting, and plot of the story of Ballet of the Elephants and listen to Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant, composed by Igor Stravinsky for the ballet. Students will then listen to a piece of unidentified music to create their own character, setting, and plot diagram. They will use this diagram to create their own story that includes characters, a setting, and a plot (beginning, middle, and end).

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts
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TAGS
Animals, Story, Stravinsky
 
 
 

Dynamics and Literary Tones

Posted Apr 01, 2011 by Kari Monholland

Tone is a difficult concept for students to grasp in Language Arts because it is hardly ever specifically stated in the text. Students have a much easier time uncovering emotions in classical music even though it also is never specifically stated. By studying classical music and its use of dynamics and using words that show tone in correlation with dynamics, students will be able to gain a better grasp of the idea of tone in literature. Students will have a working understanding of musical vocabulary that describes the dynamics of a piece of music and how that relates to the overall tone.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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TAGS
Dynamics, Literature, Reading, Story, Vocabulary, Voice
 
 
 

Retelling the Story of the Three Little Pigs

Posted Apr 09, 2011 by Mary Bedient

This language arts lesson focuses on how to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs. The musical objective is for students to replace the characters in the original version of the Three Little Pigs with musical instruments. Students show their understanding of the instruments they choose by writing in the sounds and physical features of each instrument.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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TAGS
Instruments, Orchestra, Sfskids.com, Story, Voice
 
 
 

The Elements of Love: Shakespeare v Wagner

Posted Apr 09, 2011 by Minu Dave

While reading and performing Shakespeare's Hamlet, students will learn about the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia. Students will explore the idea of love further through music, specifically Richard Wagner's three-act opera, Tristan und Isolde. Students will compare and contrast the different types of love expressed (in both the opera and the play) as well as compare and contrast the way love is communicated through music and dramatic performance.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Technology
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TAGS
Literature, Story, Vocabulary
 
 
 
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