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Scott Joplin’s Ragtime Musical Lesson, Activities & Worksheets
Ragtime music is steeped in history. This musical lesson plan will teach your students about the origin of Ragtime Music and one of the most famous Ragtime composers, Scott Joplin. Lesson includes digital links to YouTube videos and free audio files. There are also several writing activities, musical activities, theater (theatre) activities, dance activities and/or art activities to go along. Additionally, there is information about the composer, Scott Joplin.Packet Includes:Lesson about the or
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Also included in: Famous Composers Lessons, Activities & Worksheets Bundle
Jazz Music of the Harlem Renaissance
Guide your students through the history of jazz during the Harlem Renaissance. This vibrant, informative 20-slide Google slideshow teaches students to listen, discuss and learn about the great composers of jazz in the 1920s and 1930s. This resource includes the following:links to videos of famous jazz compositionsstudent reflection promptshistory of jazz/background information slideslinks to videos that teach about the Harlem Jazz scenevibrant photos and images from the time periodAs a bonus...a
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Song Analysis Handout - Example Song Included "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Use this song analysis handout with students to critically think about a song and its lyrics, while reinforcing the elements of close reading and literature. The song anaylsis worksheet is blank and can be used with any song, but the song "Life Every Voice and Sing" (AKA The Black National Anthem) is included. I've used this handout in English and Social Studies classes grades 7-12, but it could probably be used with lower grades also.
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Bop or Flop - Black History Month (modern music)
The following activity is a great warm up and although it was used to celebrate Black History Month, it could be used anytime of the year in the middle school and high school setting. All the music is clean and edited, but if you feel your students are too young for a certain artist (ex: Lil Wayne, Snoop Dog) feel free to delete those slides.This must be in present mode to work as a live Bop or Flop.PSA: I do not own the rights to these images or music. I just created a fun brain break for stude
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Lift Every Voice & Sing - Voice, Orff and Piano (Accompaniment Tracks Included)
Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson written in G. Two Scores and all Individual PartsScore 11st Verse and Chorus for Voice and Orff (Glock, Soprano, Alto, Bass) Score 2Complete Song for Voice, Orff and Piano3 Audio Tracks Included1. Orff Instruments - 1st Verse and Chorus (1 minutes, 12 seconds)2. All Parts - All 3 Verses (3 minutes, 40 seconds)3. Piano Accompaniment - All 3 Verses (3 minutes, 31 seconds)*Bonus 1 Page Bio for each of the Johnson brother's.Sp
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Motown Music Study
This Motown Music Study is so much fun and incorporates common core questions to go with each song. My kids start this knowing NATA and leave begging for more. My Class:-introduce the song without the video-discuss with a partner what they heard and how it makes them feel-I will then introduce the question and we will have a guided discussion-we will watch video this time and see if our thoughts change or stay the same-students will go back to the work spots and complete pageWhat they learned:-h
African American Spirituals (Orff) Swing Low Sweet Chariot & This Little Light
This unit on AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUAL SONGS is a beautiful introduction to music sung during a very harsh time in the history of the United States. This product handles sensitive content and should be taught with care. Help students celebrate black culture, build musical skills (read notes, sing, play Boomwhackers & Orff instruments) and marvel at the lyrics that helped enslaved people find their way to freedom.In these slides, you will find:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Lyrics, sheet music
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 4th Grade Bundle 30% off
Let's Write a Blues Song - Black History Month Music Genre
Are you looking for a way to observe Black History Month or enhance Music Genre Studies? This student-centered Blues resource is great to project and teach from your interactive board or assign through Easel Activities with Audio clips. Original blues lyrics are included to assist you in teaching the formula for writing blues lyrics, rhythm patterns and instrumental parts for traditional 12-bar blues songs. In this resource you will find charts for emerging musicians of any age.VoicePianoBarred
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Black History Month | Music Therapy, Music Education, Special Education
Are you a music teacher or therapist looking for fresh ideas? Well, you've come to the right place! This is a tried-and-true, goal-driven music group all about influential black musicians. It's perfect for February... Black History Month!This Purchase Includes:A detailed and goal-driven group session/lesson planHelpful hints and adaptationsAn interactive PowerPoint to guide the group and grasp attentionThematic songs and goal-based music activitiesPrintable materials and visualsMusic Group Descr
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How Music Affects your Brain and more; use with Music or English Language Arts
Do you sometimes get a physical reaction when you hear powerful music? Goosebumps or a wave-like feeling under your skin? There's a name for that, and there are fascinating biological ways that music affects your brain.In this 12 slide presentation and 15 question multiple choice google form, you'll share songs with students to see what kind of responses they get. Just click through the embedded music files and have them jot down any feelings as they listen. Next you'll give them the scienti
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Taylor Swift Quotes: Figurative Language Posters
This resource includes 9 posters including examples of figurative language. They each have a quote from different Taylor Swift songs that fit the figurative language type. Each can be printed to be hung up within the classroom and used as visual aids. SimileMetaphorAlliterationHyperboleOxymoronIdiomPersonificationOnomatopoeiaAllusionI am in no way connected to Taylor Swift or her music. All rights to music and lyrics belong to Taylor Swift.
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Digital Resources: ELA Song Analysis Activity--Days of Future Passed
Teach the literature of music. Teach English Language Arts. Teach the core standards.... while listening to "Days of Future Passed" album by The Moody Blues.This resource is a packet of the lyrics with directions AND my 8 slide introduction to the activity. I've compiled all of the lyrics to the seven songs on the album and put them in a handy student packet. Lyrics are on the left and in the margins on the right, students will note literary devices and other scholarly things (Directions l
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The Great Gatsby Kill and Run ch 7 activity: music and art
Students read, annotate, and connect the lyrics of Sia's "Kill and Run" from the 2013 film soundtrack to the end of chapter 7. As they do, they'll better understand the complexities of Myrtle's death including who shoulders the blame and what her death symbolizes. This also includes a scaffolding activity to decode symbols in the novel, specifically the Eyes of T. J. Eckleburg. You can use this as an assessment at the end of chapter 7. It could be a chance to prove students read the text. It cou
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Also included in: Gatsby Bundle: Highly engaging activities for chapters 5-7.
Down By The Riverside - A Song For Peace
Now, more than ever, we need more songs about beating swords into plowshares and creating more peace and justice in the world. This is a great song for classroom singing or concert presentations. Down By The Riverside is rooted in the African-American tradition of gospel music, but it’s message is universal and it's video features kids from all over the world working and standing up for peace.Cover art and an mp3 is included in this zip file. WAV file available upon request. OTHER PEACE AND S
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Writing Song Lyrics: The Patchwork Quilt method
This is a super easy activity from your perspective as a teacher, and a fun little project for students. It's much like the concept of "Blackout poetry" but students will use song lyrics instead. From a list of 35 songs (on the handout) they will choose 2 lyrics from ~10 of the songs and then write their "own" song around those lyrics. This takes the pressure off of the daunting task of just writing a 100% original song, and it also challenges the students to make meanings and connections amo
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I HAVE A DREAM Song Bundle For Choir, Chorus or Classroom Singing
This is a bundle of resources for performing DARIA's I HAVE A DREAM song - one of the most popular classrooms songs about MLK both in the USA and around the world. This song was originally released as part of a multicultural children’s music cd that received special honors from NAPPA – The National Parenting Publications Awards. The song video was also chosen for inclusion in first and second grade curriculum by Harcourt, Brace, Harcourt. This bundle includes the I HAVE A DREAM song as an mp3
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Je suis chez moi - Black M - song analysis and cultural activity
This lyrical analysis of Black M's "Je suis chez moi" is perfect for so many things - vocabulary, reading and writing practice, diverse French studies, Black History Month, and more! With French and English versions included in the download, you can personalize this fun activity for students of any level.
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Black Mathematicians Music Video
In honor of Black History month, celebrate some of the pioneers in the field of mathematics with this music video that will be sure to have your students singing along.Host a Music Notes concert at your school! Click here to request information.Be sure to check out some of our other free videos:I Did My HomeworkBack To SchoolImage Credits:Kelly Miller: https://www.biography.com/scientist/kelly-millerBenjamin Banneker: https://www.wsfa.com/story/220183/benjamin-banneker/Mary Jackson: https://www.
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Song Analysis: Lyrics that are Lies-- Close Reading Trivia based on Song Lyrics
I started thinking about making this resource as I was listening to "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac and the lyrics are "Thunder only happens when it rains." Well, that's just not true. :) Or what about when U2 gets MLK's time of death wrong? Yeah, there are tons are lyrics out there that are just lies. This is a soft brain-stretching trivia activity for your students. It's an organized handout with 20 lyrics excerpted from songs. Have them jot down what they believe is the inaccuracy/untruth.
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Guess the Song Lyrics: Yellow Ledbetter, using Music to teach ELA
Do you actually know what Pearl Jam is saying in their "Yellow Ledbetter" song? This is a super easy no-prep activity where you simply play the song (on any music stream) and give the students this handout where I have made fill-in-the-blanks for guessing. After giving them a couple listens through the song, ask them to share what they think the words are--in full class or in small groups. Then you can read (or sing!) through the song as you say the correct lyrics (provided).If you love using
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Cloze Listening Activity- Encanto's "We Don't Talk About Bruno" ESL
This cloze listening activity uses the hit song, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from Disney's Encanto. In addition to listening practice, students can use context clues and rhyming words to help figure out the missing words. This activity is perfect for English Learners and comes with suggestions for how teachers can extend the lesson in an ESL classroom. This activity also includes an answer key.
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Strategy for Answering Questions - Hit the QUAN
Are you ready to help your students answer tough questions? Get ready to ...
HIT THE QUAN
Q - read the entire question
U - underline important words or phrases
A - answer the question
N - note evidence
Check out our song to go along
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCKwvlrh930&feature=youtu.be
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Backlash Blues! Protest Song by Nina Simone
Another classic song from the legend that is Nina Simone. This can be given as a listening activity (students listen and use the 12 given words to complete the song lyrics). Answer sheet is included! The themes of the song - equality, racial prejudice, the power of using music as a form of protest and expression - are all in this song. It can therefore be used as a starting point for deeper discussions, e.g. how have things changed since the song was written? Has the language changed? (are
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Song - Something Just Like This - Chainsmokers and Coldplay
Song worksheet - Students fill in the missing words as they listen. After this, there are various questions/exercises to do with vocab and grammar (3rd conditional), jumbled sentence, discussion questions and a word find. They will learn about the theme and meaning of the song.
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