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3rd grade Black History Month songs
Black History Music Activities Song Bundle with Orff Accompaniments
Do you need engaging Black History Music Activities for your K-5 elementary music classroom? These authentic civil rights songs each include leveled biographies of a civil rights leader and differentiated Orff accompaniments that are perfect for your classroom or performance at any time of the year. Save over 20% when you invest in the no-prep Bundle.✅ Click the preview button above to get a better look at these versatile resources.No-Prep Black History Song Bundle with Orff AccompanimentsOh, Fr
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K - 5th
Freedom in Congo Square Lesson Plan, Original Song and Percussion Activity
Use the song Melody to Freedom and percussion activity Congo Square with the book Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie.This download includes:1. Lesson Plan2. Congo Square Percussion Activity (PDF)3. Congo Square Additive Percussion Parts (PDF) 4. Melody for Freedom (PDF)5. MP3 Accompaniment Track This lesson and coordinating musical activities were created to bring the spirit of Congo Square into your classroom. Use the teaching process included in the le
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3rd - 6th
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Music Lesson: "Martin Luther King Jr." Song, Activities, Form, Orff Arrangement
Help students learn about Martin Luther King Jr. using this original song and music lesson with Call and Response singing and an Orff instrumentation too. Sing, Play, learn about notes, Form and Martin Luther King Jr. using this catchy Orff arrangement and lesson resource. Mp3 Vocal and Karaoke Tracks. Perfect for MLK celebrations and Black History month. Please Listen to the Music in the PREVIEW VIDEO CONCEPTS:FORM- CALL & RESPONSERHYTHM: Quarter, Eighth notes, quarter rest MELODYMELODIC O
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K - 5th
Black History Month Orff Arrangement, African American Spirituals, Growing Bund.
Perfect for Black History Month - February - and all year round!!!This is a great GROWING BUNDLE of 12 African American Spirituals. Each song comes with sheet music, lyrics page, 4-5 rhythmic ostinatos, and 2 melodic borduns/ostinatos. The price will go up as I continue to add more spirituals to this growing bundle. Buy now at its lowest price!Spirituals Included:* All Night, All Day* Chatter with the Angels* My Father's House* Amazing Grace* Every Time I Feel the Spirit* He's Got the Whole W
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K - 6th
Black History Song and Music Activities - Martin Luther King Jr
Do you need engaging Black History Music Activities for your K-5 elementary music classroom? Oh, Freedom is a traditional spiritual and authentic civil rights song that's perfect for your classroom or performance any time of the year. Differentiated activities will have students actively engaged in singing, playing instruments, reading pitch, rhythm, treble clef note names, and more. Save over 20% when you invest in the no-prep Bundle.✅ Click the preview buttons above to get a better look at thi
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K - 5th
Also included in: Black History Music Activities Song Bundle with Orff Accompaniments
Black History Song and Music Activities - Spotlight on Ruby Bridges
Do you need engaging Black History Music Activities for your K-5 elementary music classroom? This Little Light of Mine is a traditional spiritual and authentic civil rights song that's perfect for your classroom or performance any time of the year. Differentiated activities will have students actively engaged in singing, playing instruments, reading pitch, rhythm, treble clef note names, and more.Save over 20% when you invest in the no-prep Bundle.✅ Click the preview buttons above to get a bette
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K - 5th
Also included in: Black History Music Activities Song Bundle with Orff Accompaniments
3-part Round Song "The Change Is You" Companion to Amanda Gorman's Change Sings
Integrating music and children's literature, Amanda Gorman's book, "Change Sings," inspired this new 3-part round song with Orff arrangement that uses an African proverb to begin the journey of a call to action to be the change in the world. Core values in character education and (SEL) social-emotional learning are reinforced through the book and the music activities using Orff and Kodaly approaches and instruments.This resource includes:a 50-slide PPT presentation utilizing ukulele, Orff, and
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3rd - 6th
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Follow the Drinking Gourd | African American Spiritual Song Unit
Celebrate Black History Month with this book-based music lesson on the African American Spiritual "Follow the Drinking Gourd" unit that showcases the brilliant lyrics that helped people find freedom! These editable Google Slides use the music & book to connect to history & culture, constellations & maps, writing & decoding, & more!Included: Read aloud link to YouTube if you do not have access to the bookBook rhythms digital / printable worksheet & answer keyDiscussion que
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3rd - 8th
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Every Little Thing Book-based music lesson for Bob Marley's Three Little Birds
Jamaican musician Bob Marley's song "Three Little Birds" is beautifully adapted by Cedella Marley & illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton in the book "Every Little Thing." These editable Google Slides offer elementary music students a change to sing, play, listen, read, & dance.Included pages:Read the book - aloud or embedded YouTube videoLyrics to sing - chorus, verse, chorus formInstrument ostinatos for hand drum & tambourineXylophones or boomwhackers chords (color coded)Sing wit
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Book-based Music Lesson Bundle #5 : Black History Month (20% off)
Lean On Me {World Drumming Play-Along}
This lesson is ideal for celebrating Black History Month, introducing world drumming techniques, or just for a fun activity!Students will receive a brief introduction to the origins of the djembe drum and learn two different ways to play it. Then, they will apply what they have learned with easy to follow, low-prep rhythmic patterns to accompany Bill Withers' "Lean On Me" using drums.Note: mp3 of song not included. I play the YouTube video for my students to accompany.You might also be intereste
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K - 5th
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Martin Luther King Jr | Virtual Music Field Trip
Are you wanting a fun way to teach about Martin Luther King Jr with your students in the music room? In this Virtual Music Field Trip, you will get to spend the day with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he shares his life with you through video clips and interviews (There's even a performance by Mahalia Jackson during his "I have a dream" speech)- and at the end, you will get to perform a rhythmic arrangement to the popular spiritual Free At Last! Want to save your money?? This product is part of a
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Black History Month Virtual Music Field Trip Bundle
Black History Program/ Play/ Skit/ Drama approx. 40 minutes in duration
This play, "Walking in Memphis," will 'wow' an audience as it features the fabulous music and songs written by a host of African Americans! Hit songs that put Memphis music on the map! The script references the talented Tina Turner, Isaac Hayes, BB King, Al Green and several others. The skit is perfect for K-3 students and can easily be adapted for older grades. The dialogue takes the audience back in time to how it all started in Memphis, with W.C. Handy, known as the Father of the Blues, to th
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K - 3rd
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Black History Song and Music Activities - Spotlight on Rosa Parks
Do you need engaging Black History Music Activities for your K-5 elementary music classroom? I Shall Not Be Moved is a traditional spiritual and authentic civil rights song that's perfect for your classroom or performance any time of the year. Differentiated activities will have students actively engaged in singing, playing instruments, reading pitch, rhythm, treble clef note names, and more.Save over 20% when you invest in the no-prep Bundle.✅ Click the preview buttons above to get a better loo
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K - 5th
Also included in: Black History Music Activities Song Bundle with Orff Accompaniments
This Train - African American Spiritual with Orff Arrangement
"This Train" is a simple and catchy African-American spiritual, perfect for Black History Month. Included is sheet music, lyrics page, 4 rhythmic ostinatos, and 2 melodic borduns/ostinatos. A perfect way to have fun, sing, practice rhythms, and give your students the opportunity to play instruments - all in one activity!Rhythms Include: ta, ti-ti, ta rest, syncopa/quarter note, beamed 8th notes, quarter rest, 8th-quarter-8thRhythmic Instruments include:* Hand Drum* Wood Block* Maracas* Jingle
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1st - 5th
"A Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald | Jazz Song for Voice & Orff
This childhood nursery rhyme came to life when Ella Fitzgerald sang it in 1938 and this unit keeps the song bursting with life! In these Google Slides, you will find:Information on the song & jazz singer Ella FitzgeraldInformation on jazzMusic with standard notation using half notes, quarter notes, & quarter restsSolfege Orff/BoomwhackersHand drumGuiroClappingXylophones or MetallophonesSong lyricsRead Aloud (link to YouTube Video - rights belong to original artists)Game (Lyric inspired
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 1st Grade | 30% off
Kye Kye Kule: A Folk Song from Ghana & Game
Kye Kye Kule (Chay Chay Cool-ay) is a fabulous and engaging folk song from Ghana! This African song has an accompanying circle game akin to Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes mixed with Ring Around the Rosie and will be one of your students' most requested games! This Call & Response game is taught sequentially through rhythms, lyrics, movement, and solfege (Sol, La, & high Do). This also connects to social studies / history and includes a map. Not only is it fun, but offers you a snap
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PreK - 8th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 1st Grade | 30% off
12 Bar Blues AAB Form Songwriting
Have your students compose and perform their own 12 Bar Blues Songs! UPDATED! There are two versions of the 12 bar blues songwriting worksheets and included two versions of the 12 Bar Blues Visual. This worksheet is color coded for Boomwackers and accompanies the 12 Bar Blues Form Visual/Worksheet available in my store, Suzabella's Symphony.
Here is the teaching sequence for a Blues Unit:
1. Have students experience the 12 Bar Blues pattern by first introducing the solfege and then playing i
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1st - 5th
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Move it Monday! For Once In My Life - Rhythm Stick Routine
Are you looking for a fun and simple rhythm stick routine that will have automatic buy in with your students? Then I have the routine for you! I've created a rhythm stick routine to the song For Once In My Life by Stevie Wonder. This upbeat arrangement of the classic ballad will have your students swaying and grinning ear to ear! This activity can work beautifully for a Valentine's lesson, Black History Month lesson, or just a fun lesson any time of year!In this product you will find: full stick
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2nd - 5th
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This Little Light of Mine - Virtual Music Field Trip, Instrumental Arrangement
"This Little Light of Mine" is a children's classic Gospel song and spiritual that has been sung by many generations. It is a great one for children's church, a music lesson for Black History Month, or for any time of the year. It has a catchy tune with several verses with repeated phrases, making it easy for young children to learn. #musiccrewdistancegeneralmusiccrewdistancePRIMARYIn this product, you will receive:1. An instrumental arrangement (in PDF and in Google Slides)Includes sheet music,
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K - 4th
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4th Grade Black History Month Activities: Martin Luther King Jr Reading Passages
Summary
This year, make Black History Month come alive for your students with a musical video and set of illustrated activities about MLK, the Civil Rights icon. Learn how he rose to become one of the greatest men in History through his message of nonviolent resistance.
The video reviews facts from his boyhood, education, marriage, and discusses his many battles and victories he won as leader of the Civil Rights Movement up until his
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3rd - 6th
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Boomwhackers® Blues - An Elementary Music Activity
Looking for a low-prep activity for your elementary music classroom? "Boomwhackers® Blues" will not disappoint! This activity provides a twelve-bar blues experience where students can follow along with performance tracks to play the timeless form. Perfect to include with your blues or Boomwhackers® units, students can learn how the blues are constructed while engaging with fun, accessible instruments. This resource is perfect for elementary general music and requires little prep! Included in the
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1st - 4th
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Follow the Drinking Gourd PDF Unit | African American Spiritual Song
Celebrate Black History Month with this book-based music lesson on the African American Spiritual "Follow the Drinking Gourd" unit that showcases the brilliant lyrics that helped people find freedom! These editable Google Slides use the music & book to connect to history & culture, constellations & maps, writing & decoding, & more!Included:Read aloud link to YouTube if you do not have access to the bookBook rhythms digital / printable worksheet & answer keyDiscussion ques
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Year Long Music Lessons & Curriculum for 3rd Grade | 30% off
Black History Songs and Orff Activities Music BUNDLE | Rap, Spiritual, Classics
This 4-song bundle will fulfill all of your needs for quality Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr Day experiences in the classroom and for concerts and celebrations. The grade span is 2 through 7 (because of instrumental parts) although K-1 can easily sing "Dr. King Had a Dream" and "We Shall Not Be Moved."We Shall Not Be MovedGrades 4-7 (These grades were chosen because of the instrumental parts. The melody can easily be sung by K-3)Companion song to "In My House," a new book by Rhi
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2nd - 7th
Follow the Drinking Gourd - History and Sing-Along
My students love a good mystery and really love secret codes. They get so excited to learn code songs and any song for that matter where the words have a double meaning.
I use "Follow the Drinking Gourd" and an introduction to African American music and then our unit progresses to spirituals and freedom songs. My students love the stories behind the songs and enjoy sharing what they have learned about slavery in their social studies lessons. I always like to add to their background knowledge
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3rd - 12th
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