MIDDLE SCHOOL GENERAL MUSIC Mega Bundle

Teaching middle school general music for the first time? Looking for resources to upgrade your lesson plans? This bundle has months' worth of lessons, projects, and activities to engage your students. With no classroom instruments needed, you can teach your students about rhythm, pitch, world music, instruments, songwriting, the blues, acoustics, and so much more! Students will compose, read, analyze, compare, contrast, and become more capable and mindful musicians. 

Lessons and Activities include:

Pitch Lessons, Activities, and Assessments

• Intro to Pitch (PPT Presentations)
• Pitch Drag and Drop (Google Slide™ Activities)
• Pitch Worksheets (PDFs)
• Pitch Quizzes (PDFs)

Rhythm Lesson, Activities, and Assessment

• Rhythm Presentations and Flashcards (PPT Presentations)
• Rhythm Drag and Drop (Google Slide™ Activities)
• Intro to 16th Notes (PPT)
• Time Signatures Lesson (PPT and PDFs)
• Rhythm Worksheets (PDFs)
• Rhythm Quiz (PDFs)

NEW! Dynamics Bell Ringers (PPT & PDFs)

• NEW! Rhythm Bell Ringers (PPT & PDFs)
• NEW! Pitch Notation Bell Ringers (PPT & PDFs)
• NEW! Music Notation Bell Ringers (PPT & PDFs)
• NEW! Dynamics Bell Ringers (PPT & PDFs)

Music Research Projects

• Guided research projects with pre-made templates (Google Slides™ ):
  • Musician Biography Project
  • Musical Instrument research project
  • World Music Research Project
  • Music History Research Project
  • Musical Theater Research Project

• Interview with a musician 
  • Students write a script of an interview with a musician after researching their life and music. (PDFs and PPT)

World Music Units (PPTs and PDFs)

• Music of West Africa 
• Music of Ireland 
• Mariachi Music and Dance

Standalone Units and Projects

• In Google Slides™ and PDFs
  • Parady Song Project 
  • The Blues: A Brief History 
  • Write a Blues Song 
  • My Personal Playlist
  • Form in Music 

• Using PowerPoints and PDFs
  • Cover Song Project (PPT)
  • Intro to Acoustics (PPT)
  • Instruments of the Orchestra (PPT and PDFs)
  • Music Review Project (PPT)
  • NEW! Music Listening Journal (PDF)

Last-minute Activities and Sub Plans

• Music Conversation Starters and Writing Prompts (PPT)
• Music and the Brain (Google Forms™ )
• No-Prep/No-Tech Sub Plans (PDFs)
• NEW! Imaginative Listening (PPT and PDFs)
• NEW! Jobs in the Music Industry (PDFs)

Did you know? If you have already purchased a product in this bundle within the last year, you can contact TPT for a refund on your duplicate purchase!

Have classroom instruments at your disposal? Add these other bundles to complete your middle school music class curriculum:

BEGINNING GUITAR BUNDLE for Middle and High School Music Classes

PIANO BUNDLE for Beginners

BEGINNER UKULELE UNIT for Middle School General Music