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Music Common Core RH.6-8.4 resources for Microsoft PowerPoint
WEST AFRICAN MUSIC UNIT for Middle School General Music
This collection can be a stand-alone unit for your middle school general music class, or it can supplement activities centered around West African Music or Culture. It is the perfect addition for teachers who use Hal Leonard’s World Music Drumming program and can also be used outside the music classroom to add an extra element to a world geography curriculum. All articles are created explicitly for Middle School students and are written at a grade 6-8 reading level. Music literacy is not necessa
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 7th
Also included in:Â MIDDLE SCHOOL GENERAL MUSIC Mega Bundle
MARIACHI MUSIC UNIT for Middle School General Music
These mariachi materials can be a stand-alone unit for your middle school general music class or a supplemental activity for classes on world music or Mexican Culture. Use it during Cinco de Mayo or within geography or Spanish language curriculum. All articles are created explicitly for Middle School students and are written at a grade 6-8 reading level. NOTE: you MUST extract the files from the zip file in order to open them. Right-click on the zip folder and select "Extract All."Each lesson in
Subjects:
Grades:
6th - 7th
Also included in:Â SEASONAL BUNDLE for Middle School General Music
The Star Spangled Banner & Lift Every Voice and Sing - Black History
Engage your students in a dynamic discussion and analysis of two anthems, "Lift Every Voice & Sing" and "The Star-Spangled Banner". This resource includes: Articles, Website suggestions, Book recommendationsPowerPoint Presentation to accompany all student worksheetsCulturally Responsive Classroom TipsEstablish Discussion NormsGoogle Slides version18 Fillable PDF worksheets:Set Learning Intentions WorksheetPre-analysis worksheetLift Every V
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Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in:Â Black History Bundle
Vietnam War: Musical Reactions of the 60s and 70s
In this Unit, students examine how Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s “Ohio,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee” and Edwin Starr’s “War” articulated the divisive feelings Americans had about the war in the late 1960s and early 1970s. To supplement these songs, students will also watch clips from CNN Soundtracks and analyze polling data, news articles, and photographs from the era. By the end of the unit, students will know seminal events during the Vietnam War, including the Gulf of Tonkin Reso
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in:Â Vietnam War Unit
60s Girl Groups Unit - Early Feminism and Breaking Away from Traditional Roles
The Essential Question for students is: Were the Girl Groups of the early 1960s voices of female empowerment or reflections of traditional female roles? In this lesson, students will evaluate what the emergence of the Girl Groups said about the roles of girls and women in the early 1960s. The nation sat on the threshold of a new Women’s Rights movement that would challenge traditional female roles. In 1963, Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique, widely considered a milestone in the emerg
Grades:
8th - 10th
Popular Music History 1940s-1970s
Popular Music History 1940s-1970s PowerpointsIncluded in this bundle:Pre-History of Rock (Pre-Unit Background Information)Musical Styles - 1940s-1950sMusicians - 1940s-1950sMusic of the 1960sMusic of the 1970s*BONUS* Jazz History
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Grades:
6th - 9th
RI8.3: 9/11 - Country Music Response
On September 11th, 2001, the US experienced the deadliest terrorist attack in its history...and the students sitting in our classrooms weren't even born yet! This event is our moment in history when everyone remembers where they were on that morning, and just like our grandparents told us about where they were when Kennedy was shot, we too mustn't allow this generation to forget what we saw and felt as we lived through it. The Essential Question for this unit is: How did country musicians’ respo
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
The Banjo and its Relationship to Slavery (slides, videos, music, questions)
The mini-lessons on these slides trace the history of the American banjo - students will go back to its African roots, wade through its complicated relationship with slavery, and discuss the irony of today's generalizations of "who" plays the banjo. As one editorial article will say, "How did the banjo go from black to white?" (that article is included in the BUNDLE). The Essential Question for students is: What is the relationship between the banjo and slavery, and how did music making by slave
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in:Â English 8 - Entire Year: Activities, Projects, Rubrics, Exams, Homework
Banjo Unit - Journey from Africa to N. America; Relationship to Slavery
The mini-lessons on these slides trace the history of the American banjo - students will go back to its African roots, wade through its complicated relationship with slavery, and discuss the irony of today's generalizations of "who" plays the banjo. As one editorial article will say, "How did the banjo go from black to white?" (that article is included in the BUNDLE). The Essential Question for students is: What is the relationship between the banjo and slavery, and how did music making by slave
Grades:
8th - 11th
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