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  • LESSON PLANS

    Rhythms and Body Percussion

    Students in grades K-4 echo short rhythms and melodic patterns by using their bodies.

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    Music National Content Standard 2
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    Selecting Song Materials

    Use these criteria to choose age-appropriate songs for your classes.

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    Instruments and Melodies

    Use chords to help students in grades 5-8 play simple tunes on a melodic instrument and simple accompaniments on a…

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    Music National Content Standard 2
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    Teaching Rhythms Through Echo

    Help students in grades K-4 with rhythm and melody by using the echo technique and basic percussion instruments.

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  • Native American Song: 0 Hal'Lwe

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    Native American Song: 0 Hal'Lwe

    Words and rhythm notation for a Nanticoke women's dance, in Native American call-and-response form.

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    Native-American History (American Indians)
    Music
    Native American Music Resources
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    Defining Jazz Music

    These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.

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    Interactive Timeline

    Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to jazz. They will also…

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    Language Arts and Writing
    Twentieth Century
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    Appalachian Riddle Song

    Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on "The Riddle Song" to show the pentatonic scale and…

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    Music
    Multicultural Music
    Music National Content Standard 1
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  • Regional Music Styles of Native American Tribes

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    Regional Music Styles of Native American Tribes

    Reference this chart of the regional music styles of Native American tribes.

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    Chinese Percussion Music

    Teach students about Chinese percussion instruments and ensemble performances. Use this music lesson to celebrate Asian…

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    Asian History
    Music Styles
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    Musical Roots

    Teach the relationship of today's pop vocal music and other American vocal genres.

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    Music National Content Standard 6
    Music National Content Standard 9
    National Standards for Music Education
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    Improving Expression and Accuracy with Handbells

    Have students in grades 9-12 perform a varied repertoire of instrumental literature with expression and technical…

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    Music National Content Standard 2
    National Standards for Music Education
    Music
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    Melody of Tearin' Up My Heart

    The melody of the *NSYNC song Tearing up My Heart is examined in detail by listening to the recording, reading sheet…

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    Music National Content Standard 1
    Music National Content Standard 5
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    Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #8

    Demonstrate relationships between music and other arts with these student activities and teacher strategies for music…

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    Music Education Strategy
    Music National Content Standard 8
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    Rhythm and Melodic Phrase in Little Birch Tree

    Students will listen to and describe the variations of a theme in a classical selection, The Little Birch Tree.

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    Music National Content Standard 1
    Music National Content Standard 6
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  • Native American Pronunciation Guide

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    Native American Pronunciation Guide

    Distribute a guide that is helpful with the transcriptions of Native American lyrics and vocables.

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  • Guide to the Symphonies Activities

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    Guide to the Symphonies Activities

    Creative writing, drawing, and listening extension activities for Anna Harwell Celenza's children's books on classical…

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  • LESSON PLANS

    Harmony of Tearin' Up My Heart

    Learn about the harmony with *NSYNC's Tearin' Up My Heart.

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    Music National Content Standard 5
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    Suggested Titles for Song Materials

    A list of MENC recommended books for children's music.

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  • REFERENCE

    Contemporary Native American Music

    Find out some of the many ways in which Native American influence is heard in popular genres of modern music.

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    Native-American History (American Indians)
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    Chinese Music

    Introduce your class to the musical styles, vocal music, instruments, and tradition of the Han Chinese culture.

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    Asian History
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  • Reggae - True or False

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    Reggae - True or False

    This true or false worksheet will test your pupils' knowledge of reggae, a genre of music that originated in Jamaica in…

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    Social Studies and History
    Caribbean Islands
    Music Styles
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    Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #4

    Incorporate technology with music education. These student activities and teacher strategies explain how to use software…

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    Music National Content Standard 4
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    Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #6

    Connect technology and music education in your classroom. These student activities and teacher strategies use…

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    Music Education Strategy
    Music National Content Standard 6
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