An Introductory Music Theory Curriculum for High School Students

Looking for a way to make the study of introductory music theory more engaging, collaborative, meaningful, and approachable for high-school students? This book includes an overview of constructivism and constructivist pedagogy as well as full, detailed lesson plans for ten units of study in beginning music theory. The ideal supplement to your existing introductory music theory curriculum, the units of study and the lessons themselves are flexible enough to fit with any textbook series or existing materials. The ten units of study are: note reading; simple meters; compound meters; scale patterns and relationships; key signatures; intervals; triads; Roman numeral analysis; cadences; and form. Each unit consists of two lessons aligned with the National Core Arts Standards for Music and includes the materials needed for each lesson with formative and summative assessments.