Lesson Plans

American Musical Theatre
You will find a collection of seven units of study exploring musical theatre at this site from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Units include: American Musical Theater: Making it Work in the Music Classroom; The Pygmalion Effect: A Dramatic Study in the Classroom; and Stepping Into The World of the American Musical Theatre: Dance Sets The Pace.
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Ask Eric Music Lesson Plans
Collection of teacher-developed lesson plans for grades K-12.
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Music Lesson Plans
You'll find a wide-variety of teacher submitted Pre-K-12 music lesson plans and activities at this site from The Lesson Plans Page.
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Music Appreciation: A Thematic Unit for the Primary Grades
In this unit students explore the basic foundations and uses of music in order to expand student knowledge and appreciation of music.
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Baltimore Curriculum Project Lesson Plans
This site contains a collection of K-5 lesson plans in a variety of curriculum areas, including music.
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Core Knowledge Art and Music Lesson Plans
This site contains a collection of K-12 art and music lesson plans.
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Ideas/Activities

WebQuests

Free MP3s: Is It Fair?
In this WebQuest for students research music file sharing on the Internet and its legal and ethical implications.
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Cajun Folk Music
In this WebQuest students research and gather information about 10 Cajun folk songs.
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Music Era WebQuest
In this WebQuest for grades 6-8 students learn about the major musical eras.
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World Music WebQuest
In this WebQuest for students learn about music around the world.
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MusicLand Theme Park
In this WebQuest for students are part of a team of theme park designers assigned to build a new music theme park in their city
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Music History WebQuests
In this collection of WebQuests from Collerville High School in Tennessee students research composers of the Romantic Period
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Brass Family Instruments
In this fourth grade WebQuest for students learn about brass instruments.
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Barnum and Bailey's Favorite
In this WebQuest students find information about the circus and its history, specifically focusing on the role of the band in the circus.
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Music Time Periods
In this WebQuest students research and gather information about a musical time period in order to create a presentation that will persuade a music museum curator to choose their time period for the opening exhibit.
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The Symphony Orchestra
In this WebQuest students learn about orchestras by examining and comparing three different orchestras in the United States.
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Spring Concert Time, Already?
In this WebQuest 9-12 students research and find concert material in which to prepare the choir for it's Spring Concert.
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Radio Production Web Quest
In this WebQuest 9-12 students research, plan, and produce a one-hour music program.
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Jimi Hendrix:Greatest Rock Guitarist in the History of Rock 'n Roll
In this 9-12 WebQuest students will assume a role defending or promoting the position that Hendrix was the greatest guitarist in the history of Rock and Roll.
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Mozart and Salieri: Professional Jealousy or Murder?
In this WebQuest students research the theory that Salieri murdered Mozart.
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Searching for the Truth: African-American Music History
This this WebQuest students pick a style of music or an artist and write a two page reaction paper on how that particular style of music, or person has influenced the music industry.
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How Much Does It Cost To Build An Orchestra?
In this fourth grade WebQuest students explore the cost of putting an orchestra together.
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Tejano Music
In this WebQuest students prepare a radio program featuring Tejano music.
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Songs of Revolution, Protest, and Solidarity
In this WebQuest students are traveling musicians who pick a controversial issue and write a song about it.
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Blues and Hughes House of Blues
In this WebQuest students write a Blues poem which features characteristics of the Blues in the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.
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The Barber of Seville
In this fifth grade WebQuest for students learn about Rossini's Barber of Seville opera.
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Famous American Female Composers
In this six grade WebQuest for students explore the lives of some American female composers.
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The Mozart Connection
In this WebQuest for students explore whether classical music has an effect on learning.
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The Music Adventure
In this WebQuest for students design music theme parks reflecting various styles and eras of music.
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Mozart WebQuest
In this WebQuest students are time travelers who gather information about the famous composer.
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Instrument Maintenance
In this WebQuest students research what they need to do in order to properly maintain their instrument
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Music Rules the World
In this WebQuest time thief threatens to steal one period of history, students must research which time period to save based on its music.
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Jazz Musicians
In this WebQuest students research and create biographies of three jazz musicians.
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The Sound of Music
In this WebQuest students design and build an instrument.
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Musician Profile Producer
In this WebQuest students research and write a profile of a musician.
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Composer Quest
In this WebQuest students research and and compare a composer and an artist from the same period.
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Woodwind Doubling
In this WebQuest woodwind students research two woodwind instruments they don't play.
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Mozart Gazette
In this activity students research create a newspaper page centered around the opening of one of Mozart's operas.
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