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High school Valentine's Day informational text songs for Microsoft PowerPoint
Vietnam War: Musical Reactions of the 60s and 70s
In this Unit, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s “Ohio,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” and Edwin Starr’s “War” articulated the divisive feelings Americans had about the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To supplement these songs, students will also watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze polling data, news articles, and photographs from the era. By the end of the unit, students will know seminal events during the Vietnam War, including the Gulf of Tonkin Reso
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Vietnam War Unit
HANUKAH STORY
Powerpoint tells the story of Hanukah. Includes:Religious Freedom, Feast of Lights, Special Foods, Hanukah Gelt and lyrics to "I Have a Little Dreidel" with link to you tube video piano music so students may sing along.
Slide 11 has six summary questions that check for understanding. Slide 12 has extra pics for students to discuss and/or write about.
Matching quiz available as freebie:
Hanukah Quiz Freebie
Additional Hanukkah resources:
Happy Hanukkah Coloring Banner
Hanukkah Coloring
Happy
Grades:
7th - 12th
Beatlemania, Mass Hysteria, and the Commercial Machine - Unit Bundle
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Valentine's Day Figurative Language Songs
This fun-filled educational resource allows multiple methods in which students can practice or review identifying figurative language examples located in song lyrics associated with Valentine's Day or with the theme of love.
This resource contains a presentation of nine different song lyrics that contain at least one example of figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification or hyperbole) in the lyrics.
As students examine the lyrics, they will identify and classify all examples of fi
Grades:
7th - 10th
AIDS Epidemic of the 80s and 90s - Art, Music, and the LGBTQ Community
The Essential Question for students during this unit is: How did the LGBTQ community creatively respond to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s, and protest government inaction in addressing the epidemic? First, students will share what they already know about AIDS - do a KWL chart if you are familiar. Review the Overview slide with students to provide background information and front load before beginning videos and activities. Students will watch a video clip and look at documents that expla
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
80s Heavy Metal and the Censorship Debate
In this lesson, students will investigate the connection between the popularity of Heavy Metal and the emergence of the parental advisory system. They will consider who should have the power to declare a song “offensive” and whether or not access to such material should be regulated. They will debate the merits of the labeling system, which is still in place, and consider whether or not labeling certain recordings is censorship.The Essential Question for students is: How was Heavy Metal involved
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Canción para hablar de la amistad
The idea of this activity is to discuss love as friends and love as a couple. To begin with, students watch the video of the song "El tesoro" by El mato a un policia motorizado, a contemporary Argentinean band. It is important that they watch the linked video (click on the image) and not the original video of the band, so as not to "spoil" the answers. During the video, they can write down all the words they don't understand. It is also possible to print out the song to go with the video. After
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Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Beatlemania - Hysteria and the Commercial Machine
We all love the Beatles, we can all sing along to their songs...but this lesson is much more than an excuse to listen to great music in the classroom. The timeline, video clips, article excerpts, analysis questions, photographs, magazine covers, writing tasks, and activities embedded throughout this slideshow, force students to think deeply about the causes of Beatlemania, of mass hysteria in general. Students will think about the intense power of the "Commercial Machine" that was responsible fo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Heavy Metal, Parental Advisory Labels, and the Censorship Debate UNIT
In this Unit, students will investigate the connection between the popularity of Heavy Metal and the emergence of the parental advisory system. They will consider who should have the power to declare a song “offensive” and whether or not access to such material should be regulated. They will debate the merits of the labeling system, which is still in place, and consider whether or not labeling certain recordings is censorship.The Essential Question for students is: How was Heavy Metal involved i
Grades:
8th - 11th
French Valentine's Day - Vocab, Cards, Bingo and More!
This PowerPoint presentation teaches and practices 14 French vocabulary words related to Valentine's Day, plus 9 expressions of love and friendship. Fun PowerPoint activities for the whole class include Matching, "Mets un Cercle," as well as lyrics and link to a kids' song about a girlfriend, printable Bingo cards, and directions / illustrations for students to make Valentine's Day cards. Pick and choose what works best for each of your grade levels!
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Grades:
1st - 10th
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