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2nd grade other (performing arts) cultural activities
32 Weeks of Listening Selections for Music Class (Grades K-5)
If you are turning to listening lessons with your students this is a must have! If you want to ensure your students are listening to a diverse set of composers and musicians, this set is for you. This spreadsheet has 32 weeks of selected musicians, composers and groups for Kindergarten - 5th grade (192 musicians/composers total) that represent a variety of cultures and genres. Includes name, the category they were selected for (although they may be long to more than one), country they were born
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K - 5th
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Music Cultures of the World Unit & Supplemental Materials Mega BUNDLE
Explore music around the world from inside your music classroom. Introduce your students to authentic instruments and musical styles from all around the world! This bundle of extremely flexible products can be used in many different classrooms and situations. View each product preview and description to learn more!These resources are perfect for:✅ Middle School General Music✅ Elementary General Music✅ High School General Music and/or Music AppreciationWhat’s Included With Your Download:✅Music
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2nd - 12th
Caribbean Heritage Month: Jamaica Music Virtual Field Trip + Reggae Music
Looking for a fun digital experience to learn about Jamaican music, culture, instruments, singers, and more? This is the perfect resource for you or your students to do so! In this Google Slides activity, you and your students will learn about Jamaica's wonderful music, listen to it, practice it and play it. This product contains: About Jamaica slidesTraditional Jamaican music slidesInstruments videos, facts, and rhythms to practiceAbout Bob MarleyAll about Reggae music: singers, instruments, ch
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1st - 6th
Hispanic Heritage Month Music Lesson With "Coco"!
Use these hispanic/latinx heritage slides in your music room to guide students on a lesson through history, instruments, and song. Included in the plans is a stick game with Coco's "Proud Corazon" song. Instructions are listed on the slide and the speaker's notes.What's included...Introductory/welcome slideHistory of Hispanic/Latinx heritage month with map and flag graphicsInstruments from Mexico and Latin America"Proud Corazon" stick play along with instructionsAreas of interest...Elementary mu
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PreK - 5th
Patriotic Music Program Bundle: Script, Familiar and Original Songs, Video, Mp3
Distance Learning Friendly resource with Teaching Videos.Prepare for your Veterans Day, and Presidents Day music programs with this original music and script. Students will love this patriotic Music program with script and songs to celebrate and remember what it means to be an American and honor veterans and heroes using the sing-a-long videos, sheet music and lyrics posters. Hand actions, Mp3 Vocal and Accompaniment tracks included.Please note that the audio files in the preview have been modif
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2nd - 8th
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Women's History in Music
Learn facts about women that have been important in the history of music, watch some of their performances, listen to their music, and enjoy some extras with short biography videos, read aloud books, and have your students follow dance videos to some of their music! Artists included in this presentation: Diana Ross, Dolly Parton, Etta James, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Adele, Carole King, Joan Jett, The Go-Go's, TLC, Cher, Cyndi Lauper, and Carrie Underwood. For mor
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K - 8th
Also included in: Women's History in Music Bundle
SEI SEI SEI - Japanese Rock, Paper, Scissors (Multicultural Music Singing Game)
This digital resource is a fantastic way to learn about music from Japan, while reinforcing music concepts and learning through play. Perfect for the classroom or distance learning! This game was a favorite among my elementary students. It can be used from 1st grade, all the way to 5th grade! I've adapted the way the traditional game is taught, to allow the entire class to play the game at the same time. Students learn new Japanese words, sing together, and have fun together as a class! This pro
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1st - 5th
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Chinese New Year & Chrome Music Lab Activity - Distance Learning
Hello fellow teachers! This lesson is a Google Slide presentation on Chinese New Years. Students will explore Chinese traditions and culture and then experiment with the pentatonic scale on Chrome Music Lab. This scale is common in traditional Chinese folk music.Slides are easily altered and easy to use with Google Classroom! I used this with my own students: Grades 1 - 6 and then let students share their compositions with the class.Lesson TargetsCompare and contrast students' own New Year tradi
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1st - 6th
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Latin Heritage Month: Cuba Music Virtual Field Trip + Printables Worksheets
Looking for a fun digital experience to learn about Cuban music, culture, instruments, singers, and more? This is the perfect resource for you or your students to do so! In this Google Slides activity, you and your students will learn about Cuba's wonderful music, culture, and more. Plus, you get the Latin Instruments Printable Activities for Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month included in your download!You can also pair this lesson with this Latin music book-based activity: Latin Music Book Base
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1st - 6th
Harry Belafonte: Music Activities- Black History Month
This File Includes: Lesson planPDF of ActivitiesInformation on Harry BelafonteInformation and link to Banana Boat SongMovement Activity to Jump in the LineBoomwhacker Play-Along with rulesLink to recent interview of Harry Belafonte with discussion points regarding activism. ** All links and videos in this document are through SafeShare, there are no adds or extra videos played**
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1st - 5th
*Canadian* Music Coast to Coast Bundle Grades 1-4
This is an AMAZING resource for Canadian music teachers and Social Studies teachers alike. Discover Canadian musicians and music history with a tour around our country. Go through each province to find out the unique and interesting musical contributions made to our collective repertoire. 55 pages!!!! INCLUDES : CURRICULUM GUIDE GRADES 1-4POSTERS BY PROVINCE & TERRITORY WITH MUSICAL FACTS SONGS & FOLK TALES FOR EACH PROVINCE & TERRITORY WORKSHEETS INSTRUMENT FACT SHEETS CANADIAN MUSI
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1st - 4th
World Multicultural Music Jeopardy Game Show with Scoreboard, Audio, Video
Introduce your students to the fascinating sounds of instruments around the world! Authentic acoustic recordings are embedded within the slides, and the scoreboard automatically updates as students earn points for identifying which instrument they heard. Students will practice ear training as they learn about musical instruments from other cultures, with the option to watch a video performance for each instrument.Here is how the game works: students choose from one of the categories (music from
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K - 6th
LET’S COLOR… A WORLD OF MUSIC
Travel around the globe to discover a world of unique musical instruments from various traditions and cultures. Each instrument has a black and white image and background information. A map and key allows students to see the region of origin of each instrument as well. The 12 coloring pages featured are: Balalaika Coloring PageBombo Coloring Page Cajón Coloring PageChapchas Coloring PageCharango Coloring PageDhol Coloring PageEgyptian Sistrum Coloring PageErhu Coloring PageGuitar Coloring Pag
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: World Music Sub Tub or Crash Course for Teachers
Make Your Own Pu’ili - Hawaiian Rhythm Sticks
Rhythm sticks are found all around the world and are great for musical play. Hawaiian rhythm sticks, called pu’illi, offer a unique twist on this musical activity that can be used in any classroom or homeschool environment. This make-your-own craft pdf gives the background of Hawaiian pu’ili and shows an easy way to create these rhythm sticks from recycled materials. The activity also shares some of the basic moves used in playing pu’ili as part of the hula tradition and shows some simple rhyt
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: World Music Sub Tub or Crash Course for Teachers
Ukulele Unit for General Music
Ukulele has become incredibly popular In the past few years and for good reason; they're inexpensive, relatively easy to learn, and don't take up a ton of space. This unit was designed to help you and your students get started with the ukulele in a general music setting. This is the only material you will need! Students can use it at their own pace, or you can present each step to your class as you see fit. This product includes: History of the UkuleleAnatomy of the UkuleleInstrument CareHolding
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K - 12th
Hip Hop Music - ANIMATED Google Slides!
Do you want to expose your students to diverse genres of music?This ANIMATED Google Slides presentation introduces students to the history, common elements and famous musicians of hip hop music! Includes audio excerpts and a Google Form for students to reflect on their feelings and reactions towards the genre.This presentation will work great as a resource for a unit about musical genres and is ideal for in-classroom or distance learning. Enjoy!**This resource is now included in a BUNDLE! To see
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Music Genres - GROWING Bundle!
Groundbreaking Black Hip Hop Musicians w/ Google Slides
This is a Google Slides presentation that features DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Eric B & Rakim, Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill. YouTube links are included right in the presentation and have been edited with appropriate start and stop times for convenience. It includes NAfME music essential questions, has definitions for DJ and turntable skills (as well as Breakdancing at the end) and highlights methods for turntablism, how rhyme and rhythm have been used in rap, how women were breaking gr
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K - 9th
Also included in: Groundbreaking Black Musicians - Jazz & Hip Hop
Music Ice-Breaker Cootie Catcher
Help your students to reflect upon their own personal preferences and to learn about others through this ice-breaker. Students can share:my favorite songmy favorite instrumentmusician I would like to meetsong I sing the bestwhat I listen to when I am sadwhat I listen to when I am happywhy music is important to memy favorite performerOur school has celebrated Start-With-Hello week. We have used this as a response to music activity. Free locomotor movement during a greeting song, and freezing a
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2nd - 6th
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Over the River and Through the Woods- Mini History Lesson
Use this during Thanksgiving to teach your students a mini history lesson about an old song that is traditionally known as a Christmas song. Make sure to check out the freebie that goes along with this mini lesson!
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K - 5th
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African American Jazz Musicians
Spotlight on African American Jazz MusiciansSpotlight on African American Jazz Musicians unit is absolutely perfect for Black History month in February and/or Music in Our Schools Month! There are 6 Jazz musicians that are included in this bundle, as well as the companion worksheets for each composer.This pack includes information files and worksheets for the following musicians:(1) Louis Armstrong(2) Ella Fitzgerald(3) Thelonious Monk(4) Bessie Smith(5) Etta JamesNat King ColeThe Companion Work
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2nd - 6th
Australian Instruments - Make Your Own Bilma (Clapsticks)
Although you can find clapsticks – two sticks used as percussion - in various countries around the world, this version from Australia is a wonderfully creative music craft that can be used as part of any music, geography or world cultures curriculum. Included in this pdf are background of the instrument, playing ideas and suggestions, supply list for the activity and several craft variations suitable to kids of different ages and abilities. SAVE 10 – 15% This product is also part of a Music In
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PreK - 3rd
Also included in: 24 Amazing Folk Instruments You Can Make At Home - Teacher Bundle
Dancing Hands Book-Based Music Worksheets Activities & Song
Dancing Hands is a beautiful and meaningful book written by Margarita Engle and illustrated by Rafael López. It tells the story of young Teresa, a Venezuelan pianist that after emigrating to the United States, was invited to play for President Abraham Lincoln. This book opens many discussions and SEL conversations in the classroom, and it is perfect for Latin and Hispanic Heritage Month, to explore Venezuela and this amazing Venezuelan pianist.This product contains:-Comprehensive questions works
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1st - 4th
Music from Spain virtual field trip Spanish culture world music history
Truly an incredible, rich music lesson that features Music from Spain. Share with your general music classrooms Spain's culture and world history with a 35 minute narrated google slides, virtual field trip through this melting pot of cultures. Music of Spain includes music worksheets and activities to reach multiple grade levels and compose, perform and learn rhythm and folk songs. You will love ❤️ this audio book (narrated google slides) in comic format! Save your voice and travel with Isabel
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2nd - 8th
Digital Music Game | Listening and Identifying Instruments from Africa
Engage your learners with this digital, interactive resource that explores the culture and unique sounds of instruments from Africa! Perfect for the classroom or for distance learning. Audio recordings are included for each instrument. This would be a fantastic activity to supplement a lesson about African history, musical instruments, world music.Students will learn to aurally and visually identify:kora, kalimba, mbira, juju shaker, djembe, shaker, sistrum, balafon, talking drum, rainstick, udu
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K - 8th
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