"The Planets" by Gustav Holst: Elementary Music Unit (Google Slides)
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NEW & IMPROVED! This file was completely updated in August 2020 to a GOOGLE SLIDES file with lots of new content, activities, and graphics. It is great for distance learning!
This lesson consists of 26 slides, 3 student worksheets and 10 pages of teacher notes/lesson plans and suggestions.
I like to use this lesson in 3rd grade when students learn about the solar system, but it would be appropriate for 2nd-5th grade.
Lesson Contents:
*Introduction to “The Planets,” Gustav Holst, the orchestra, and astrology.
*Colorful slide for each movement with important instruments, notable musical characteristics, astrological significance, and embedded YouTube videos with selected listening points.
*Connections to other musical compositions, including similarities between Mars & film music and later compositions for Pluto and Earth.
*Very thorough lesson plans and suggestions for introducing each part of the lesson.
*Hands on activities, including a movement activity for each of the movements, active listening questions, and connections to mood, rhythm, melody and instrumentation.
*Listening game suggestions and two student worksheets where students 1) match the planet with the correct subtitle and 2) identify the music they hear and color the correct planet.
*Interactive slides for rhythmic patterns and composition with planets and space themed words (includes modifications- the first is quarter and eighth notes only, the second adds sixteenth notes and the third adds sixteenth/eighth combinations- you choose based on the level of your students!)
*Example “Planet Speech Piece” with option to add body percussion.
*Directions and template for students to create their own speech piece for Earth or another one of the planets (students can use the interactive slides or pencil and paper).
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