8th Grade Music Lesson Plans

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Mathematics

Music

Music National Content Standard 6

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Graphing Pitch

Distribute a group activity that explains the musical relationship between length of instruments and their pitch.

Subjects

Mathematics

Measurement

Music

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Instruments and Melodies

Use chords to help students in grades 5-8 play simple tunes on a melodic instrument and simple accompaniments on a…

Subjects

Music

Musical Instruments

Music National Content Standard 2

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Singing Lesson for Grades 5-8

Improve students' breath control and posture with this lesson of singing exercises. Meets National Music Standard 1.

Subjects

Music

Music National Content Standard 1

Art, Music and Drama

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Music and Interdisciplinary Connections

Teach students to understand relationships between music and other art forms.

Subjects

Visual Arts

Music National Content Standard 6

Music National Content Standard 8

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Can You Hear a Story?

Students will explore creating moods with music, analyze a story, and the create a musical composition that reflects and…

Subjects

Reading and Literature

Language Arts and Writing

Music

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Interactive Timeline

Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to jazz. They will also…

Subjects

Language Arts and Writing

Twentieth Century

Music

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Appalachian Riddle Song

Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on "The Riddle Song" to show the pentatonic scale and…

Subjects

Music

Multicultural Music

Music National Content Standard 1

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Musical Roots

Teach the relationship of today's pop vocal music and other American vocal genres.

Subjects

Music National Content Standard 6

Music National Content Standard 9

National Standards for Music Education

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Melody of Tearin' Up My Heart

The melody of the *NSYNC song Tearing up My Heart is examined in detail by listening to the recording, reading sheet…

Subjects

Music

Music National Content Standard 1

Music National Content Standard 5

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Rhythm and Melodic Phrase in Little Birch Tree

Students will listen to and describe the variations of a theme in a classical selection, The Little Birch Tree.

Subjects

Music

Music National Content Standard 1

Music National Content Standard 6

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Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #5

Discover great activities and teaching strategies for using technology to help students read music.

Subjects

Music

Music Education Strategy

Music National Content Standard 5

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Creating Opera

Work with students to improvise dialogue (speaking and singing), music, and scenery to turn a story into an emotional…

Subjects

Drama and Performing Arts

Music

Art, Music and Drama

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Harmony of Tearin' Up My Heart

Learn about the harmony with *NSYNC's Tearin' Up My Heart.

Subjects

Music

Music National Content Standard 1

Music National Content Standard 5

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Dynamics and Timbre of "Amani Utupe"

Students will perform with appropriate musical dynamics and accompany the music using non-pitched percussion…

Subjects

Music

Music National Content Standard 1

Music National Content Standard 2

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Singing Ideas for Grades 5-8

Help students sing chord progressions and perform in an ensemble.

Subjects

Music National Content Standard 1

National Standards for Music Education

Music

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