Music Time Travel by Noteworthy By Jen
Get your students excited about music history by traveling through time, learning about the Who, What, Where, When, and Cool! of each music period. Video links included!
Music History Quick Guide Bundle by The Yellow Brick Road
The Music History Quick Guide Bundle is a complete set of music samples, videos, fun facts, vocabulary, and major composers from each period in western art music history. The interactive slideshows allow you to introduce middle school or junior high students to music from each period in western music history, while keeping them engaged with relevant content and creative supplemental activities.
Nutcracker Ballet Scavenger Hunt by Ginny's Music Space
Get your students moving around the room during this scavenger hunt while reviewing the Nutcracker Ballet. My students love this just before winter break!
History of Audio Recording Technology Unit by Hutzel House of Music
This resource will take you and your middle school or high school students through history to learn about the early days of audio technology, Thomas Edison’s cylinder phonograph, Victrolas, early microphone technology, magnetic tape recording, Compact Discs, and digital devices. Video links are included to allow students to hear authentic examples of several of these devices as well.
Early Jazz & Blues PowerPoint Bundle by Sally's Sea of Songs
This bundle of PowerPoints will take you and your students through music and music history activities that cover early jazz and blues from the 1910’s through the 1920’s. Includes Louis Armstrong & New Orleans Jazz, Bessie Smith & the Classic Blues, The Great Jazz Migration, Harlem Stride Style Pianists Fats Waller & James P Johnson, Harlem Renaissance Musicians, Duke Ellington, Bennie Goodman, The Big Apple Dance Craze, and Exit Tickets.
Joseph Haydn Listening Activities by SillyOMusic
This set of Franz Joseph Haydn printables are useful for Composer of the Month activities, sub plans, and for incorporating writing. Almost all pages contain a coloring or drawing element and there are listening maps, glyphs, and a writing prompt for the “Surprise Symphony,” “The Clock,” and “The Joke.”
Nutcracker Storybook by Pitch Publications
Need a way to give a quick overview of the Nutcracker story to go with your Nutcracker lessons this season? Look no further! This is the perfect resource to go with your Nutcracker Lesson Plans.
Movie Music Composition Project by Organized Chaos Music
This movie music unit is a great way to engage upper elementary and middle school students and get them composing, listening, analyzing, and thinking about music! Students will learn about the importance of music and sound in film, different music jobs within the film industry (especially focusing on foley artists and score composers), and add their own sound effects and soundtrack to a short film!
Korean Folk Song Flashlight Game: Nabiya - BOOM CARDS by SillyOMusic
Nabiya is a charming Korean Children’s Song that you can use for your elementary music lessons! These Boom Cards allow repeated listenings of the song while students play “find the butterfly” in 10 different locations in South Korea.