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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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MLK We Shall Overcome Sing Along & Karoke with Lyrics - Distance Learning
Here is a sweet version of We Shall Overcome in a comfortable key and tempo for students to learn with handy lyric sheet. Song includes a short portion of Martin Luther King Jr's I Have a Dream speech children can recite together.After they learn the song, use the background version for them to perform karoke style. Background track can also be used in a concert.Song was programmed on a Yamaha Tyros and students will enjoy sounding like a professional recording!
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I Have A Dream - Full Choir Arrangement For SABT Voices
This is the full choir arrangement of DARIA's I HAVE A DREAM song - one of the most popular classroom 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. Please note, there is also a I HAVE A DREAM Signed in ASL vide
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If I Were Poems- Poems of Black Women That Made History from Tubman to Obama
These beautiful poems that I wrote myself will be inspirational to your students, no matter their background. In these poems, your students will read original poems that educate and have them imagine the lives of Michelle Obama, Shirley Chisholm, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Madam C.J. Walker, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Kamala Harris.I suggest you read them aloud, have students read them to themselves, discuss, create their own poems about these powerful women (or others
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History of some Spirituals (playing guitar incorporated)
This is a great integration for Black History Month or anytime you are doing a unit on Spirituals or Civil Rights Movement. This lesson was used for 5th grade, but is easily adaptable/editable for any grade level. Spirituals included are "This Little Light of Mine" and "Down By the Riverside". Both songs with lyrics are included along with the Guitar chord diagrams and chording for C, G, and D7. This could also be easily adapted to use ukulele instead of guitar (you would just need to take ou
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Black Inventions Spoken Word by Kamal -The Hip Hop Teacher
Ideal for Kwaznaa and Black history month, but this informational spoken word animation video can be played at any time. The Hip Hop Teacher Kamal brings to light a lot of inventions that Black people invented or assisted in inventing.Thehiphopteacher.com
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Afro-Latino Musical Artists Playlist
Inside you will find a colorful playlist of Afro-Latino artists of the 21st century. This digital and clickable PDF can be downloaded or used as a link. Click on the name of the artist and you are directed to the song/music video of the artist. This works as an amazing addition to your Black History Month activities for your Spanish Language, Music, Social Studies courses, and more! Some songs are most appropriate for intermediate-level learners.
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What A Wonderful World | Black History Month Listening Activity
This activity is SUPER fun during black history month. I have a new composer of the month each month in my room so for Black History Month I pick a composer that is African American and then I use listening activities to talk to my kids about that composer and other African American Singers/Songwriters/Instrumentalists. For my own use of this activity, I printed out the sheets, laminated them, cut out the squares and attached a small piece of magnet from a magnet strip to the back to be able to
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Martin Luther King Song
Download this FREE copy of the Martin Luther King English song 'Side by Side'. The Spanish version, 'Martin Lutero King' is also available on TPT. For more music by Linda Quiroz, check out our Q4 store or Visit: https://www.children-song.com/ and on the menu go to 'Single Songs' and it will take you right to the two FREE language versions of this wonderful tribute to MLK by Linda Quiroz. ENJOY & SHARE! And let me know how your students like it.
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Martin Luther King Song in Spanish
Download this FREE copy of the Martin Luther King song - Spanish version, 'Martin Lutero King'. Or visit: https://www.children-song.com/ and on the menu go to 'Single Songs' and it will take you right to the two FREE language versions in English and Spanish of this wonderful tribute to MLK by Linda Quiroz. ENJOY & SHARE! And please let me know how your students like it.
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Jackie Robinson Slideshow Video • Black History Month
This video is a slideshow celebrating Jackie Robinson, the first African-American ballplayer in Major League Baseball.Check out the accompanying differentiated reading comprehension passages with questions by clicking here: Jackie Robinson Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions.
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