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Introduction to the Orchestra

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Gail Claus

Students will gain a basic knowledge of acoustics, the families of instruments in the orchestra, an instrument’s pitch range, and how sound is produced by an instrument.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Technology

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Acoustics, Brass, Composer, Concert, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , Pitch, String , Tempo, Vibrations , Vocabulary, Woodwind

This is a series of lessons on Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, and is the culmination of a science unit on animals. During the animal unit, students learned about the different ways animals move. As an extension to the concept of how animals move, they were introduced to the book that accompanies the music of Carnival of the Animals. Each day we read and listened to one selection from the book and CD. We discussed various musical elements such as dynamics, tempo, and orchestration.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2

SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Science, Technology, Visual Arts

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Animals, Art, Composer, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Reading, Story, Tempo, Vocabulary

Learning Adjectives through the Duke

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Rachel Belmon

The students will describe the life of Duke Ellington and his contributions to the field of jazz. The students will create "nick names" similar to jazz performers of the 1920's by using adjectives that describe themselves. The students will create an original poem using a variety of popular vocabulary from the 1920s as well as adjectives that describe a mood they feel from listening to the musical selection. The students will create an illustration to decorate an adjective word wall in the room.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

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

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Composer, History, Jazz, Orchestra, Poetry, Vocabulary, Voice

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

Music: It’s a Matter of Opinion

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Stefanie Perkins-DeMoulin

This lesson utilizes Classical and Disco music to teach about Beethoven's life while integrating many language arts standards at the same time. Music, art, and math were also incorporated into the theme unit. The main objective of this unit is to teach fact and opinion. There is no right or wrong answer to what makes music, music. It's a matter of opinion.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Math, Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts

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TAGS
Beethoven, Composer, Dynamics, Fractions, Tempo

Oiseaux exotiques (Exotic Birds)

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Adele Sato

Students will be able to identify Olivier Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques. Students will acquire some knowledge about the composer and how he replicated real bird calls musically in this composition. Students will be able to create a drawing of their own exotic bird and describe it in great detail so that another student will be able to recreate the drawing. Students will learn the importance of accurate description in writing and following directions in drawing.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5

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

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TAGS
Animals, Art, Composer, Dynamics, Instruments, Pitch, 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

Ode to Beethoven

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Lisa Gatewood

After learning about the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven and listening to a variety of musical selections, the students will create an Ode to Beethoven to express their appreciation and knowledge for his life and musical talent. In addition, the students learned about the artist Andy Warhol, and will use this knowledge to create an art piece of Beethoven in the style of Warhol.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8

SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Performing Arts-Other, Technology, Visual Arts

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TAGS
Art, Beethoven, Composer, Poetry

Quilt Making and Copland's Rodeo

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Nancy Potts

Students will listen to Rodeo, Saturday Night Waltz by Copland, and discuss the dynamics and tempo of the composition. They will understand why quilt making was very important in pioneer life.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5 6-8

SUBJECT
Math, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science

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TAGS
America, Composer, Copland, Dynamics, History, Tempo

Romantic Pictures in America

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Sonya Fergeson

Students will improve vocabulary and writing skills by writing a sensory/descriptive story utilizing elements of both art and music as their inspiration. Students will pay close attention to the six traits of writing - editing our first drafts and making improvements in ideas and content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions. Students will demonstrate an understanding of general musical terminology.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8 9-12

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

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TAGS
America, Animals, Composer, Dynamics, Melody, Pitch, Rhythm, Tempo, Vocabulary, Voice

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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TAGS
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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TAGS
Art, Composer, Literature, Story, Stravinsky, Voice

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