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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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America, Art, Biography, Copland, Geography, Ives
 
 
 

Poetry Inspired by Music

Posted Apr 19, 2011 by John Schneider

Students will learn the structure of "March of the Trolls" by Grieg and compare it to the structure of a poem. Students will write a poem that has stanzas inspired by the themes in the music. Student will learn key vocabulary that is similar to or related between classical music and poetry.

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8
SUBJECT
Language Arts, English Language Learner
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TAGS
Poetry, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Comparing the Sounds of the North and South

Posted May 05, 2011 by Dolores Lopez

Students will listen to Civil War era music composed by nineteenth century composers from the North and from the South. The objective of this lesson will be for students to practice forming sentences which compare ideas using correlative conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, and/or specialized prepositions (during, while, from, to). Students will describe both pieces of music. The teacher will create a Venn diagram using the students' descriptions. Students will connect ideas using sentence frames provided by the teacher.

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GRADE LEVEL
All Levels
SUBJECT
English Language Learner
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TAGS
America, History
 
 
 

The Poetry of Present Progressive Verbs

Posted Jun 15, 2011 by Cate Malone

Students will be able to create lists of different parts of speech after listening to Rodeo, Hoe-Down by Aaron Copland.  Students will use these different parts of speech to create a free verse poem.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, English Language Learner
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TAGS
Copland, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Elephants in Tutus

Posted Jul 06, 2011 by Debra Hoiem

Students will understand how three famous people made a significant contribution to the performing arts. They will read a timeline, demonstrate map skills, learn and perform a simple rhythmic pattern using various percussion instruments. Using adjectives and verbs, students will describe the animal that they have selected for their ballet performance. They will listen to an historical account of the event as well as listen and dance like elephants to Stravinsky’s Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, English Language Learner, Foreign Language, Performing Arts-Other
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TAGS
Animals, Stravinsky
 
 
 
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