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Music With Sara Bibee

This guided listening presentation has all you need for teaching about The Planets by Gustav Holst. This resource gives a historical overview of the piece and time period, scientific information about each planet, and includes several video examples through the use of SafeShareTV. The presentation comes in both PDF and PPT formats. Included with the presentation are a series of worksheets and printables that span music, history, and science connections: follow-along questions for presentation, follow-along questions for orchestra videos, exit slips, listening journal sheet, crossword puzzle, and word search. Best suited for grades 5-8, but can easily be used as a supplement for other grade level units.
Please note that SafeShareTV links will only work if your school’s network allows the use of YouTube. If YouTube (or SafeShareTV) is blocked, the video links will not work.

"The Planets" Guided Listening Presentation

PDF & PPT

Reproducible

Alfred Music Publishing

Expand the scope of your music history studies! Edited for cultural sensitivity by professional equity consultants, this collection of lessons celebrates the often-overlooked stories of composers and musicians from underrepresented communities. A culmination of the Nine Noteworthy series, this book includes all lessons from each of the Nine Noteworthy books on Black composers, female composers, Latin American musicians, and Asian American/Pacific Islander musicians. Each musician is introduced with a quick-read Bio, brief Connections facts, and a Listening Lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical selection. Students may check what they learned on the Review page, and then connect with the musician's life and times through Reflection Questions, and a culminating Writing Prompt. Includes access to a digital version, PDF worksheets for each musician of study, and answer keys. PDFs may be printed, duplicated, and projected, limited to one school or organization.

36 Noteworthy Musicians

Book & Online PDF

Here's a complete music appreciation course in a single 120-page package! For each of the 22 featured composers there's a biography, a portrait, a listing of the type of music he or she composed, relevant facts, and a timeline. The enhanced CD contains a listening example of each composer, a guide including information about each listening example, and reproducible PDFs. Composers include Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Copland, Debussy, Dvorak, Elgar, Ives, Haydn, Handel, Hensel, Hildegard, Joplin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Sousa, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, and Wagner. The digital version contains interactive slides with embedded performances. Perfect for in-person or online learning!

Accent on Composers, Vol. 1

Reproducible Book & Enhanced CD Volume 1

This collection of creative listening activities invites students to experience, analyze, and reflect on an array of musical genres, including Motown, pop, rock 'n' roll, bluegrass, opera, Broadway, and film. Teacher preparation will be minimal as materials are few, and the Common Core and National Standards are listed on every page. Assemble the 12-song playlist online then explore the three lessons for each song. Lessons include: Adagio for Strings; Do-Re-Mi; Happy; Let It Go; My Girl; O Fortuna; Orange Blossom Special and more.

Music Class Playlist

Book

Nine names you need to know! Each composer is introduced with a quick-read Bio, brief Composer Connections facts, and a Listening Lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical selection. Students may check what they learned on the Review page, and then connect with the composer’s life and times through Reflection Questions and a culminating Writing Prompt. Present these personalities individually throughout the year, or explore them all in February to celebrate Black History Month. This digital book includes fillable answer fields for onscreen use or print and copy as a classroom handout. Composers include: Joseph Bologne, Scott Joplin, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, and Rhiannon Giddens. Reviewed and edited for cultural sensitivity and relevance by Daysha J. P. Underwood.

Nine Noteworthy Black Composers

Book Digital Download

Nine names you need to know! Each composer is introduced with a quick-read bio, brief Composer Connections facts, and a listening lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical selection. Students may check what they learned on the review page, and then connect with the composer's life and times through reflection questions and a culminating writing prompt. This digital book includes fillable fields for onscreen use, or you may print and copy classroom handouts. Of special note, professional equity consultant Daysha J.P. Underwood reviewed this book for cultural sensitivity and relevance. Present these personalities individually throughout the year or explore them all in March to celebrate Women's History Month. Composers include Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Clara Wieck Schumann, Cécile Chaminade, Amy Beach, Maria Grever, Undine Smith Moore, Julia Perry, Chen Yi, and Jennifer Higdon.

Nine Noteworthy Female Composers

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F-flat Books

A comprehensive curriculum guide for secondary general music education, this resource is focused on the study of musicology, music philosophy, and music theory of music across cultures worldwide and in pop culture. Students learn to compose, perform, analyze, and appreciate music through different perspectives and inclusive discussions focusing on musical identity. An extensive curriculum, it includes topics like music theory, history, technology, composition and performance, musical theater, social justice, and more. It provides educators with objectives, lesson plans, informal and formal assessment ideas, rubrics, and a curriculum outline to share with school leadership. Flexible and adaptable, it offers a wide range of materials to learn with students, is tailored to work with limited resources, and provides a variety of learning opportunities for students and educators alike.

Navigating Music Appreciation Through Interpretation

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A ready-to-go digital resource for online teaching, flipped classrooms, substitute teacher planning, or traditional classrooms, this creative collection offers standards-based lessons for K-8 music students at home or in the classroom. Concepts include composing, conducting, listening, analyzing, note names, rhythm, meter, instruments, composers, and many more - all divided into recommended levels of difficulty. Also incorporating social/emotional learning, this leads learners to create, perform, respond, and connect with fillable worksheets plus linked audio and video. Available exclusively as a full-color digital download - and you have permission to share (within one school or organization) on any learning platform.

Musictivities, Set 1

Reproducible Book

This standards-based hip-hop curriculum is an innovative resource for middle/high school general music classes. The program is designed to help teachers involve more students in their music programs by having students enhance their musical and critical thinking skills as they learn about the history of hip-hop, critically reflect on its role in society, listen to and critique popular music, write their own rap songs, and learn to compose and perform drum beats using the included CD.

Fresh Beats

Reproducible Book & CD

Copyright Year

This contemporary collection teaches American music history through student-centered projects. Each of the 15 lessons is intended to prompt risk-taking and the expression of artistic intent, making students the leaders of their own learning. From tracing the culture of an ancestor to forming a student ukulele jam, or writing and recording a rap, you can pick and choose your favorites or use the complete book as a sequential curriculum on the development of American popular music. Core music standards, teacher instructions, reproducible student sheets, and single-point assessment rubrics are included for each project.

Music Mosaic

Balance your music history curriculum with this indispensable classroom resource! This long-awaited manual focuses exclusively on the female artists who haven't made it into most textbooks. Biographies, student assessments, and recordings are included for 18 important women who enriched the world with their incredible talents, such as Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Marian Anderson, Ethel Merman, and Billie Holiday. The book is 100% reproducible and is also available as a convenient digital download - perfect for remote or in-person learning!

The Women of Western Music

Book & Enhanced CD-ROM

This two-disc DVD package from award-winning drummer, author, and educator Daniel Glass offers a sweeping look at 100 years of music evolution, covering the end of the Civil War (1865) to the dawn of the British Invasion (1965). The goal? To show musicians and music students here in the 21st century just how much they have in common with the past. Teaching guides and reproducible activity sheets are included.

From Ragtime to Rock

DVD & CD-ROM Reproducible

Matthew Gawronski

Your students have been sent back in time to help Beethoven complete his Ninth Symphony. In this fun and inventive approach to virtual escape rooms, your students are brought right into Beethoven's home where he challenges them to answer music theory and music history questions, perform some of his famous pieces, and learn about his life and works. Perfect for in-person or virtual learning!

Beethoven's Mystery Escape Challenge!

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Bring music history to life with this reproducible classroom resource. Short classroom theater scripts allow students to immerse themselves in important musical moments, from Guido d'Arezzo developing music notation to Marian Anderson performing at the Lincoln Memorial to the emergence of hip-hop in the Bronx. Background music suggestions, optional props, and class discussion prompts are included for each - and it is flexible for in-person or remote learning!

The Actor's Account of Famous (and Not-So-Famous) Musical Moments

Hal Leonard Corporation

This is an excellent general music resource for young people. Lessons and activities from some of Aaron Copland's more popular works, including "Fanfare for the Common Man" and his ballets "Billy the Kid," "Appalachian Spring," and "Rodeo" are presented through reading activities, listening maps and singing. Part II presents an in-depth study of Copland's ballet "Rodeo" through learning centers and cross-curricular activities. The Bernstein Century - Copland CD contains the actual Sony recording of these works for use with the listening maps in the teacher book. The CD is optional, but is essential to making the most of the included activities.

Aaron Copland: The Music of an Uncommon Man

Book & CD-ROM

Composer of the Month bulletin boards are a great way to introduce new music to your students while incorporating music history and listening activities to supplement lessons. They look great as décor and can be changed as often as needed to reflect your curriculum or performance pieces. Composers include: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Wagner, Robert Schumann, and Dvorak.
 Pages include: • Month labels • Generic Composer of the Month title page (no composer name) • Generic Spotlight Composer title page (no composer name) • Composer of the Month title page (with composer name) • Spotlight Composer title page (with composer name) • Birth and death years (with composer name) • Definition(s) of the Month • Spotlight definition(s) • Public domain picture of the composer • Facts about the composer • Types of compositions by the composer • The composer's famous works (clickable SafeShareTV links)
 
Blank option pages include: • Blank landscape page (with musical background and white-filled frame) • Blank portrait page (with musical background and white-filled frame) • Blank Definition of the Month page • Blank Spotlight definition page Two PowerPoint files have been added (one for portrait and one for landscape pages) that include the four blank option pages noted above. Font information and installation help links included. Pages containing content are not editable, but the PowerPoint templates will allow you to add your own supplemental information. Both PDFs and JPGs available for all pages. All pages include an ink-saver option. Use these black-and-white options to print on your own colored cardstock or use as handouts for activities, centers, and more!

Composer of the Month - Bundle #1

Digital Resources Printable Bulletin Board

This fun, educationally designed game helps your students learn the names and faces of 24 famous classical composers from the Baroque through Contemporary periods of music history. Composers include: Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, Verdi, Strauss, Brahms, Saint-Sans, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Grieg, Debussy, Bartk, Villa-Lobos, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Copland and Menotti. The game is age-appropriate for both lower and upper elementary music students with two levels of play, and focuses on the development of memory skills. Included are 30 player cards, caller cards and an instruction sheet.

Composer Bingo

Game

A complete music appreciation course in an interactive slide format that’s ready-made for remote teaching. For each of the 22 composers, there is a biography, a portrait, the types of music he or she composed, composer factoids, and a timeline. The interactive slides include embedded audio and a listening guide to each composition, plus assessment slides. Users read, listen, and complete the assessments within the slides, then return when complete. Includes access to a personal copy in Google Slides and a PowerPoint file. Perfect for remote teaching! Purchase includes permission to share (with one school/organization) through Google Classroom, email, or other platforms.

Digital Resources Interactive Slides Digital Download

Each musician in this series is introduced with a quick-read bio, brief connections facts, and a listening lab identifying important works and key elements to discover in each musical selection. Students may check what they learned on the review page and then connect with the composer's life and times through reflection questions and a culminating writing prompt. This digital book includes fillable fields for onscreen use, or you may print and copy classroom handouts. Of special note, professional equity consultant Daysha J.P. Underwood reviewed this book for cultural sensitivity and relevance. Featured musicians include Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla, Tito Puente, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Rita Moreno, Tania Leon, Germaine Franco, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Gustavo Dudamel.

Nine Noteworthy Latin American Musicians

Reimagined for distance learning! Balance your music history curriculum with this indispensable interactive slide presentation that focuses exclusively on the female musicians who haven't made it into most textbooks. Biographies, assessments, and embedded recordings are included for 18 important women who enriched the world with their incredible talents, such as Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Marian Anderson, Ethel Merman, and Billie Holiday. Users read, listen, and complete the assessments all within the slides, then return them to you when complete. Purchase includes permission to project or share within one school or organization through Google Classroom, email, or other platforms. You will receive a personal copy of the slides in both PowerPoint and Google Slides formats as a digital download. Recommended for grades 4 and up.

The Women of Western Music: Hildegard to Ella

Digital Resources Interactive slides

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