Generations and Their Music: History of Music through the Ages - FULL LESSON

This lesson and supporting resources provide an extremely detailed account of music, technology, and society across the generations and how this has changed over time. Starting from the Lost Generation in the very early twentieth century and all the way through to the latest Alpha Generation. This all-in-one teaching package invites educators and students to explore the evolution of music across generations, unlocking the unique sounds, styles, and cultural influences that have shaped our musical landscape. See more of my teaching resources like this HERE!

This resource is perfect for teachers looking to incorporate modern cultural elements into their music curriculum while also helping students develop skills relevant to the wider music industry.

Goes perfectly with "Music and Society - GROWING RESOURCE BUNDLE!"

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• Music and Politics
• Music Censorship
• Culture Industry
• Music in Advertising
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All material, presentations and worksheets, within this resource have been recently updated and now include links to online 'Distance Learning' versions through Google Slides™. This allows extra flexibility and continued support if students are learning and engaging from outside the classroom at home.

This resource is closely related and connects extremely well with other lectures and resources from within the bundle; “Music and Sound within Society”, lessons like “Music in Society”, "Music in Politics", "Music Censorship" and “Culture Industry”.

This massive lecture/presentation, along with all the learning resources would provide a great outline of modern history, also highlighting important historic and social events and a detailed blueprint for music listening habits and music technology.

It covers major elements from each generation, these being:

• Outline and reason behind generation name
• Social Outline
• Common technology used during this time
• Audio technology of the time
• Top songs and singles of the era
• Outline of generations and their music
• Famous Artists from the generation

The material in these resources would easily cover 4 to 5 lessons over roughly 4 or 5 weeks. The presentation covers the development of music and recording technology and major historic events of each time with a total of 51 slides. Moreover, there are over 20 embedded videos throughout the lesson linking to YouTube and providing an excellent addition to the resource.

This resource also comes with 3 classroom tasks that can be completed alongside the lesson/presentation, also with integrated videos, and will aid learning and revision for learners. Moreover, there is a “Link” exercise, this tests student understanding and knowledge.

Each of these task comes in a “No Style”, black and white printout or an attractive, “Styled” version to help engage learners.

This resource also comes with TWO infographic resources to aid learning. This covers interesting facts about generations and their music and also important

events to remember from each generation.

Finally, there is the presentation in video format. This can be used to aid learning, shared with smartphones and tablets, and used as a convenient resource for learners to watch back.

In this package:

- PRESENTATION – Generations & Their Music (.pdf High quality)

- PRESENTATION – Generations & Their Music (.pdf compressed quality)

- PRESENTATION – Generations & Their Music (.pptx PowerPoint - read-only)

- VIDEO – Revision video of the presentation to aid learning and help with student learning.

- GOOGLE SLIDES™ - Resource sheet with links to Digital Learning version of material (.pdf)

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- WORKSHEET – Class Task 1-Music Research (.pdf)

- WORKSHEET – Class Task 1-Music Research (.pdf plain white - Not Styled)

- ANSWER SHEET - Class Task 1-Music Research (.pdf)

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- WORKSHEET – Class Task 2-Music Research (.pdf)

- WORKSHEET – Class Task 2-Music Research (.pdf plain white - Not Styled)

- ANSWER SHEET - Class Task 3-Music Research (.pdf)

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- WORKSHEET – Class Task 3-Music of the future: Written report (.pdf)

- WORKSHEET – Class Task 3-Music of the future: Written report (.pdf plain white - Not Styled)

- ANSWER SHEET - Class Task 3- Music of the future: Written report (.pdf)

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- WORKSHEET – Class Task 4-Link Exercise-Test (.pdf)

- ANSWER SHEET - Class Task 4-Link Exercise-Test (.pdf)

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- INFOGRAPHIC – Outline of Music through the generations (.pdf)

- INFOGRAPHIC – Important Moments in History – Pages 1 + 2 (.pdf)

WARNING – Before you buy this resource PLEASE READ!

Some of the music and video game examples and embedded YouTube videos may not be suitable for learners of all ages. It is the teacher/lecturer's responsibility to monitor and check before engaging with learners. We have tried to ensure that music examples are suitable for all classrooms, but this really depends on the learning environment and age range of your learners. Thank you for understanding!

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