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Other (performing arts) research for Microsoft Word
World Music Research Project (UPDATED)
This was updated on 6 September 2019! New and improved!Perfect for the upper grades, this World Music Project gives students a chance to become experts on a country of their choice! While researching the music of a specific part of the world, students will gain a better understanding of how different other cultures treat music. It's also important to learn about the context of the region, so research of geography and culture is also a requirement.This project is nicely broken up into multiple sm
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7th - 12th
Pop Music Through the Decades
This is a research project where students work in groups to research the pop music of a specified decade. This is just an outline for the project - you can adjust to your needs. The original project uses Google Slides to be a collaborative digital project, but it is not necessary.
File includes the project directions, grading scale, and list of types of pop music by decade (including historical events)
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5th - 9th
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Careers in Music Project
An interactive research project that encourages students to create and/or demonstrate. Students will choose a career from the provided list (or you can add your own) and research their career by finding the answers to the questions in the file. The students will then create a digital presentation (using any method you like i.e. Google Slides, Prezi, etc) that will teach the class about their chosen career. Finally, the students will create something or demonstrate something related to their c
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Musical Composer Research Paper
This Musical Composer Research Paper contains the following:
- Composer Biography Sheet
- Description & Checklist Page
- Bibliography Information
- List of Composers (17th - 21st Century Composers)
- Rubric
*This is a Microsoft Word document that is editable*
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6th - 12th
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Radio Station Broadcast
Grade 7 or 8 Music Lab unit that has worked very well for me. Kids are in groups of 4-5, and will develop a 30-minute broadcast that they will present to the class. Can focus on a year or a decade and will include music from the time period, as well as news, sports, traffic, weather and ads. Meeting every other day, this takes 3-4 weeks to complete.
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7th - 8th
Current Events in Music Worksheet | General Music Assignment / Sub Plans
This worksheet helps guide student exploration of current events in music and is perfect to use as an introductory activity, sub plan or standalone assignment in any music classroom!The editable .docx worksheet can be easily added to any virtual classroom or used as a printable handout. The document includes helpful links to music news web resources.Help your students explore and discuss current events in the musical world!Related Resources:Complete Full Year Music History Curriculum | Outlines
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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DSO Kids: Instrument Research Packet
This research packet accompanies the DSO Kids Instrument Research Project. Students will be filling in information on the instrument name, family, its audible and physical description, the parts, a sketch, etc. If you would like to go a step further after students have completed written research, you can have them present their favorite instrument on a poster or PowerPoint presentation with a YouTube video display of someone playing that instrument.
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6th - 12th
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Beach Boys' "Kokomo" Lesson Plan and Island Project (End-of-Year)
I have created a fun, yet educational lesson plan based on the Beach Boys' Kokomo song. This is a great lesson/project to do at the end of the year after testing or any time of year. The students research the different islands or cities on islands mentioned in the song and present in class or they can make a whole production of it.
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Favorite Music Survey
This is a simple survey to give your elementary/middle music students at the beginning of the year, or anytime you want this information. The questions are open-ended, no right or wrong answers. They will give you a better understanding of the musical tastes and training of your students.
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3rd - 6th
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Music Matrix for Early Finishers/Homework/Extension Activities
This matrix document is for the early finishers, the students wanting extension activities or a time filler. It includes 30 different activities relating to Music Life Skills or Primary Music.
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2nd - 8th
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DSO Kids: Instrument Research Project
This activity is ideal for classrooms without access to many instruments, but available technology for each student. In this project, students are exploring a virtual symphony where they are able to select instruments, listen to them play solo, and with an orchestra, learn about the instrument's family, visual appearance, how the instrument is played, and more. After introducing this project, I give students about 2-3 days in class to work on their computer/laptop/tablet and fill out the 'Notes'
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5th - 12th
Modern Music Research Project
I give my students some time to read the short, 3 paragraph introduction I created on the first page of this unit. We then spend time discussing how the past 100 years and the development of music in the 1900s and beyond has been revolutionary, experimental and outstanding. I then turn to the next page and read with students the guidelines of this project.
In facilitating this unit, we spend 2-3 days gathering research in Research Packet (another purchase, listed under Modern Music Research Pr
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Music Class Student Survey
Do you teach an elective? This survey is helpful given at the beginning or end of any music, chorus, or band elective class. This survey captures student interest levels for many typical music activities and song genres, and provides information on why students may sign up for or leave the elective. This useful information helps maintain a student oriented, highly motivational elective class. Three pages include two charts and five simple questions.
Adaptations allowed to fit your own elect
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Tools for Music Classroom Management Bundle
Rock and Roll research
Students,
For our final Music project you will be researching a group or musician inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. You will be required to do the following:
1. Cover Page
2. Report
a. 5 paragraph minimum
i. Introduction
ii. Early Life, before their music career
iii. Beginning stages as a musician
iv. Major accomplishments
v. Conclusion
3. Chart
4. Compare/Contrast
5. Picture Page, i.e. poster board
6. A minimum of two songs to share with class.
This will be a cross subject grade,
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5th - 9th
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South African Freedom Songs Worksheet
South African freedom songs have a fascinating history. I suggest accompanying this worksheet with some recordings of well-known freedom songs such as Siyahamba or Singabahambayo. They can easily be found on any streaming audio service or YouTube. This worksheet is a great option for any sub who is not musically trained or for remote learning days. I suggest having the students take turns reading aloud for the class, or partnering up and having the students read out loud to each other before ans
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6th - 8th
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Grade 5-8 Music Assignment - Instrument Family Slideshow
In this simple but effective activity, students research about different instrument families and create a slideshow to learn about different types of instruments and how they are classified. This activity is suitable for grades 5-8 students and can be used for both virtual and in person learning. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Looking for more music resources? Check out these popular bundles:Grade 6-8
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5th - 8th
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Music Theory "Scavenger Hunt": Vocal Music
This assignment was designed to make music theory more practical, as it deals with a piece of repertoire the students are working on at the time. It is also fun and interactive, and gets the students moving around the classroom and gaining information from their classmates. Although this worksheet contains some questions that were specific to the piece we were studying at the time, it can be easily tailored to suit any piece of choral repertoire you are working on with your class.
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9th - 12th
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Orchestra Research Project
This is a great research project for orchestra and music classes from middle and high school students.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Modern Music Research Project: Research Packet
Please read description under 'Modern Music Research Project' for a complete understanding of how this Research Packet and the Modern Music Research Project work together in this unit. As the other parts of this unit, you can modify it to fit your classroom in any way you'd like. This has been an extremely successful unit for my 8th graders, and this amount of written work is usually good for my group of kids.
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7th - 12th
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Famous Performer/Piece Assignment - Band
Responding/Connecting assignment that involves students doing a minor amount of research on a famous performer on and famous piece for their instrument. It also provides tips for researching/googling these subjects and short example biographies with citations.
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9th - 12th
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Concert Makeup Assignment
When a concert is required, but students do not attend, there must be an assignment to makeup those missing grades. This particular assigment gives students two choices, one of which involves attending a separate concert, and another research project. Both require 500 word essays. There are very specific guidelines for each choice.
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6th - 12th
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World Music Cultures
Emphasises the importance of African, Indonesian and other types of World Music genres. Includes information, activities, and worksheets to help develop students' understanding of how different instruments are interpreted in World Music genres.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Musical Genres Mini-Project
This project encourages students to explore their favorite genre. Great as an introductory activity for a Music Appreciation or General Music class.
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6th - 12th
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Choosing a Musical Theatre Solo: Student Worksheet
This worksheet will help your vocalists brainstorm and research a Musical Theatre solo to perform for evaluation. Includes a portion for teacher approval and response.
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9th - 12th
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