ideas for the classroom
CHOOSE ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES FOR CLASSROOM USE
Ideas for K-12 Music Teachers and Classroom teachers.
K-12 Resources For Music Educators
These are great resources. I am definitely passing along to our music teacher at our Arts school. Thanks so much! ~ Christine Criscione
LEARN THE FOLLOWING:
STATE SONG | PRESIDENTS SONG | STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Welcome Back First Day of School
NEW TEACHER TRAINING
CLASSROOM MANAGMENT AND DISCIPLINE
NEW TEACHER SURVIVAL KIT
K12 Back to School Ideas for September
NIFTY FIFTY SONG
NIFTY FIFTY HEAR MORE SONG EXAMPLES
PATRIOTIC SONGS AND LYRICS
EVERY CHILD SHOULD LEARN AND KNOW. These pages are intended to be an on-line music
library of older songs for personal, scholarly, academic, and
classroom purposes. Where possible, the copyright information is in the melody and author
lines of the lyric in question.
60'S SOUL MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT HUMAN SYNCRONY
Oral & Aural Tradition is the Heartbeat of Culture
EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE & CULTURE
Singing Praise for the Unknown Culture Maker.
THE BRAIN IS HARD WIRED FOR MUSIC
#1 -- MUSIC IS LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE IS MUSIC
Music, Language and Literacy Connections
FOLK MUSIC
DO YOU KNOW
THE 84 SONGS?
National Children's Folksong Repository
KIDS RECORD THEIR SONG / CHANT - IT'S EASY
Integrate Literacy, Music and Technology - A Cross Curricular, Interdisciplinary, Multi-Cultural Resource.
For
Music Teachers to support the Classroom teachers and Technology Specialists, who are using the online
project
that successfully integrates the technology component of this cross curricular, integrated, digital
preservation project.
Learn the Science of Music
MUSIC & HISTORY
TEACH HISTORY THROUGH SONG
an excellent resource that will inspire.
FUNK BROTHERS - STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN - 2 TIME GRAMMY WINNERS, ROCK AND
ROLL HALL OF FAME LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - SEE THE PICS
FUNK BROTHER WEB QUEST
I couldn't be happier to announce that my friends, the Funk Brothers, were celebrated with two grammys
at
the recent awards show. After years of playing music as the studio band for Motown records in virtual
annonmity, they received their long overdue acknowledgement as an intgregal part of rock and roll history. I
was proud to be part of the production of the movie about their live's,"Standing In The Shadows of
Motown," to help share the importance of this group and motivate students to pursue their dreams I have
created the "Funk Brothers Webquest". In addition, if you are here are some books by various Funk Brothers to recommend to your librarian or
for
developing an intergrated unit of study.
The first keyboard musical instrument and the ancestor of the modern church organ.
Learn to play the musical saw
"Of all my inventions, the GLASS ARMONICA has given me the greatest personal satisfaction." - Ben
Franklin
WHAT TO DO WITH OLD RECORD ALBUMS
Issac Stern teaches NY Superintendents the violin
Albert Einstein plays the violin
Historic American Sheet Music Site
Children's Songs, Chants, Proverbs, Maps from the American Virgin Islands
Book and Cassette by Karen Ellis ©1990
60 Traditional Children's Songs, Chants, Games, Proverbs, and
Culture
Collected from the American Virgin Islands. 45 minute Original Live Sound Field Recording
Certified # 881999 ©SRu 7- 675 ©1979
MUSIC & SCIENCE
SPACE TRAVEL - Mission Control by Carmina Ravosa
THE ELEMENTS SONG
SEEMLESS INTERDISCIPLINARY IDEAS WITH SCIENCE AND MUSIC periodic table, colors, the
electromagnetic spectrum, Electricity, Magnetism, Optics, Quantum Mechanics, The Mathematics of
Music.
MUSIC THEORY
SHEET MUSIC
MuseScore Free music composition & notation software MuseScore is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program, that offers a cost-effective alternative to professional programs such as Sibelius and Finale.You can print beautifully engraved sheet music or save it as PDF or MIDI file.
Free Music Fonts
A great list of music font links (as well as other music links) is available from Gerd Castan:
TOOLS
LEARN HOW TO SET UP REAL AUDIO FILES
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES AND ETHICS SURROUNDING MUSIC AND COPYRIGHT LAW?
Music Lyrics for Choir and Voice Teachers
HOW TO GET BOYS TO SING (+ ice-breaker games and songs)
Learn how to broadcast your own Internet Radio Station from school.
MUSIC FROM THE
INSIDE OUT Movie
The education program for MUSIC FROM THE INSIDE OUT, designed for both general and music educators, is
targeted particularly at schools where funding for music has been reduced or eliminated. Visit the site to
find out about the curriculum, which will be available this fall. Also, get information on how you can bring
the film to your community with "town hall"-style workshops led by top arts and music educators.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
At the official Web site of The Philadelphia Orchestra find the orchestra's history, information on
orchestra radio broadcasts, individual concerts and touring schedule.
Keeping Score
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas teamed up with PBS the San Francisco Symphony to create the Keeping Score:
Revolutions in Music television series. Find multimedia presentations that are meant to accompany and
enhance
the entire educational and aesthetic experience of the television programs. Currently, there are
multimediaprofiles of Stravinskys Rite of Spring, Beethovens Eroica Symphony and the development of
Coplands approach to creating an American sound.
Each site features a brief introduction by Thomas, and then visitors are invitedinto the score to follow along as the piece progresses.
STARTING A SCHOOL BAND WITH LITTLE MONEY
FIRST DAY BACK from summer vacation - Welcome Back fun to hear ~ John Denver
PRINT OUT "GOOD TIMES WITH MUSIC AND RHYTHM" for Classroom teachers, Administrators and School Boards
FUN MUSIC QUOTES
more quotes for Teachers and about Technology
SPELLING WORDS LEARN THE SONGS AND LET THE WORDS TEACH YOU
RESEARCH
MUSIC MAKES YOU SMARTER RESEARCH
Babies, birds, whales and monkeys, have a built-in sense of tone and rhythm, according to a set of six
papers
on the origin and function of music in the July 2003 edition of the journal Nature Neuroscience. "Music
provides a panoramic window through which we can examine the neural organization of complex behaviors that
are
at the core of human nature." ~ Petr Janata a brain scientist Dartmouth College Hanover, N.H.
RHYTHM SYLLABLES, RHYTHM AND LITERACY
MOVEMENT
Mary Wigman the Mother of Modern Dance and Traude Schrattencker
FOLK DANCE RESOURCES FOR THE PREFORMING ARTS
INSTRUMENTS
About ORFF INSTRUMENTS
What to do with Talented Musical Classroom Teachers who want to use the Orff Instruments without
the
"music teacher" around.
BACKGROUND MUSIC
The Classical MIDI Archives - Listen to over 4,500 music clips as you use the Internet. These classical excerpts from Back to Zach play in the background as you continue to search on the web.
RadioGarden - The premier online music provider from around the world.
BBC RADIO - listen online
K-12 Resources
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AABACA Minnesota's leading experts for educational music technology solutions
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American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA) Music and Movement Education
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The American Folk Song CollectionDesigned for the greatest flexibility for online use
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ArtsAlive.ca Help children discover the excitement of the performing arts
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Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom A unique one-of-a-kind site
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Childrens Music Portal An open source information portal
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Classic Cat Directory of free classical mp3s by the performers themselves
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Classical Music Navigator For students: composers, works, styles & influences
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Classics for Kids Interactive, multi-media web site for children
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Compumedia in Education A multimedia approach to music education
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Good-Ear.com Free on-line ear training exercises
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Gordon Institute for Music Learning Offical site for Music Learning Theory & GIML
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Homemade Instruments Instructions by Nancy Stewart
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iLearnMusic.com Online classroom lessons (K-16) & guitar & piano
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Kidzone! Interactive site from the New York Philharmonic
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Learn Bird Songs! Site had high quality songs of birds from many habitats
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Lesson Tutor: music and music history Downloadable lesson plans
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MENC General Music Network Resources and Open Forum featuring MENC mentors
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Michael Furstner's JAZCLASS Free online lessons on jazz and music theory
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M.U.S.I.C. Musicians United for Songs In the Classroom, Inc. Online student projects.
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The Music Education Launch Site Free database of lesson plans for music teachers
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Music Education Madness Site Teaching, kids, and leaving with a smile on your face
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MusicTheory.Net Free online theory lessons, in several languages
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Music Theory and History Online Free lessons from Dolmetsch Online
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Music Theory for Songwriters Online lessons for beginners
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MusiKinesis Resources on teaching Dalcroze Eurhythmics
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Parlor Songs 1800s - 1920s American popular music of the time.
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Piano Nanny.com's... Piano on the NetFree online piano and music lessons
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Pianopedia Search engine and database for classical piano works
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Recorder Method Online Recorder help from Dolmetsch Online
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Shareware.Com Find all your shareware music software here!
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Smithsonian Jazz Class: Teacher lesson plans Downloadable lesson plans
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Storytime Songs Songs and resources for young children
~ Frank Zappa, musician,1980 (1940-1983)