Music Genres Lesson Plans, Worksheets, and Printables

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Music Styles

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TEACHING RESOURCE

Selecting Song Materials

Use these criteria to choose age-appropriate songs for your classes.

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Music Styles

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Contemporary Native American Music

Find out some of the many ways in which Native American influence is heard in popular genres of modern music.

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Social Studies and History

Native-American History (American Indians)

Music Styles

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REFERENCE

Chinese Music

Introduce your class to the musical styles, vocal music, instruments, and tradition of the Han Chinese culture.

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Social Studies and History

Asian History

Music Styles

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WORKSHEETS

Regional Music Styles of Native American Tribes

Reference this chart of the regional music styles of Native American tribes.

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Native-American History (American Indians)

Music

Native American Music Resources

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WORKSHEETS

Native American Pronunciation Guide

Distribute a guide that is helpful with the transcriptions of Native American lyrics and vocables.

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Native-American History (American Indians)

Music

Native American Music Resources

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WORKSHEETS

Native American Song: 0 Hal'Lwe

Words and rhythm notation for a Nanticoke women's dance, in Native American call-and-response form.

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Native-American History (American Indians)

Music

Native American Music Resources

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WORKSHEETS

Guide to the Symphonies Activities

Creative writing, drawing, and listening extension activities for Anna Harwell Celenza's children's books on classical…

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Literature

Creative Writing

Visual Arts

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WORKSHEETS

Reggae - True or False

This true or false worksheet will test your pupils' knowledge of reggae, a genre of music that originated in Jamaica in…

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Social Studies and History

Caribbean Islands

Music Styles

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ACTIVITIES

Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #4

Incorporate technology with music education. These student activities and teacher strategies explain how to use software…

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Music

Music Education Strategy

Music National Content Standard 4

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ACTIVITIES

Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #6

Connect technology and music education in your classroom. These student activities and teacher strategies use…

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Music

Music Education Strategy

Music National Content Standard 6

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ACTIVITIES

Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #8

Demonstrate relationships between music and other arts with these student activities and teacher strategies for music…

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Music

Music Education Strategy

Music National Content Standard 8

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ACTIVITIES

Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #9

Learn how technology can help you demonstrate music's relation to history and culture with these student activities and…

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Music

Music Education Strategy

Music National Content Standard 9

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ACTIVITIES

Teaching Rhythms Through Echo

Help students in grades K-4 with rhythm and melody by using the echo technique and basic percussion instruments.

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Music

Musical Instruments

Music National Content Standard 2

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ACTIVITIES

Teaching Accuracy Through Silent Rehearsal

Students in grades 9-12 learn how their part fits into an ensemble by silently playing their instruments while another…

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Music National Content Standard 2

National Standards for Music Education

Music

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LESSON PLANS

Interactive Timeline

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

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Language Arts and Writing

Twentieth Century

Music

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LESSON PLANS

Defining Jazz Music

These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.

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Music

Music Styles

Music Appreciation

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LESSON PLANS

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…

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Music

Music National Content Standard 1

Music National Content Standard 5

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LESSON PLANS

Harmony of Tearin' Up My Heart

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

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Music

Music National Content Standard 1

Music National Content Standard 5

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LESSON PLANS

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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LESSON PLANS

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.

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Music

Music National Content Standard 1

Music National Content Standard 6

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LESSON PLANS

Rhythms and Body Percussion

Students in grades K-4 echo short rhythms and melodic patterns by using their bodies.

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Music

Musical Instruments

Music National Content Standard 2

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LESSON PLANS

Instruments and Melodies

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

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Music

Musical Instruments

Music National Content Standard 2

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Improving Expression and Accuracy with Handbells

Have students in grades 9-12 perform a varied repertoire of instrumental literature with expression and technical…

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Music National Content Standard 2

National Standards for Music Education

Music

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