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Download full textJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. – 1995
Designed to be used before and after attending a centennial performance of the music of African American composer William Grant Still, this cue sheet presents information about the performance. The cue sheet presents biographical information about Still and background information on the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C., which had been closed…
Descriptors: Blacks, Dance, Elementary Secondary Education, Music Activities
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Ethnic Resource Center for the Pacific. – 1975
This booklet includes a number of Chinese songs (with English translations) designed for use with a tape recording produced by the Ethnic Resource Center for the Pacific, Educational Foundations, University of Hawaii. A pronunciation key and a listing of cassette recordings of Chinese instrumental music are provided. (EB)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Music Activities
Fortner, Rosanne; Jax, Daniel W. – 1980
The disappearance of planes and ships in the Great Lakes area is the focus of the three activities in this unit. Activity A involves studying the locations of missing craft and personnel. Activity B, which treats the loss of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald as an example of a Great Lakes tragedy, consists of plotting bathymetric contours,…
Descriptors: Accidents, Air Transportation, Music Appreciation, Navigation
Kolar, Walter W., Comp. – 1979
Words and sheet music for 21 Bulgarian songs are presented. The document is part of an ethnic heritage teaching unit on folk arts and music of the Bulgarian people. The objective of the project is to help American students in elementary, junior high, and high schools understand and appreciate Bulgarians and their culture. Songs are presented in…
Descriptors: Ballads, Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Studies
Burton, Leon H., Ed.; Thomson, William, Ed. – 1982
Forty-nine music lessons for use in sixth grade classes are presented. A number of these lessons feature songs and musical instruments from or about Hawaii, and lessons stress learning about tempos, accents, meters, notes, and rhythm patterns. The lessons introduce the history of instruments such as the ukulele, recorder, rhythm instruments, and…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Music Activities
Burton, Leon H., Ed.; Thomson, William, Ed. – 1983
This fifth grade text provides music and rhythmic activities for the development of both musical skills and appreciation. The learning of music symbols, notes, chords, rhythm, harmony, and specific songs is stressed. While most of the songs were composed in the contiguous 48 United States, music from Hawaii and from other countries is included.…
Descriptors: Applied Music, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Music Activities
Sonnenschein, David – 1995
This manual was designed to accompany a computer software resource (Macintosh diskette and three CD-Rom discs) aimed at helping students with no previous musical knowledge, develop specific comprehension skills in classical music. The materials are based on the premise that conventional musical forms are abstract prototypes of whole classes of…
Descriptors: Classical Music, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study
Presley, Horton – 1983
This text consists of a series of classroom handouts created over a two-year period as a supplement to the text used in a junior college music and visual arts appreciation course. These materials are designed to be presented in a one-quarter course in fine arts appreciation for nonmajors who are unlikely to take further courses in either music or…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Fine Arts
Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module enables CDA interns to introduce art experiences into the preschool classroom. The module guides the intern toward developing skill in helping children appreciate and communicate through art, music, dance and drama. At a satisfactory level of proficiency the CDA intern will be able to plan and…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Pulu, Tupou L. – 1978
Nineteen songs sung at potlach activities to honor the dead have been transcribed and compiled to foster greater understanding and appreciation among Alaskan school children of the place of songs in the life of the Central Koyukon Athabaskans who believe that singing and dancing allow emotional release from the sadness of losing a loved one. The…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education, Cultural Activities
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1985
This document contains three issues of a journal for elementary and secondary teachers which provide materials and teaching ideas for integrating folk music appreciation into social studies, literature, and humanities courses. The first issue focuses on songs of the West. It includes 10 songs on the pioneers, the Indians, and the frontier. Also…
Descriptors: American Indians, Animals, Bibliographies, Discographies
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1982
The second volume of a newsletter for integrating folk music into elementary and secondary social studies, literature, and humanities courses, this publication contains three issues of the newsletter which together offer a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. The first issue of this volume contains miscellaneous…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Civil War (United States), Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1981
The first volume of a newsletter designed to promote the integration of folksong into the social studies, literature, or humanities classroom, this publication contains the first four issues of the newsletter which together offer a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. Material is divided into four parts. Part A,…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1983
The third volume of a newsletter for integrating folk music appreciation into elementary and secondary social studies, literature, and humanities courses, this publication contains three issues of the newsletter which together provide a compilation of folksongs from various historical periods and cultures. The first issue contains an article on…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Discographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture
Scott, John A., Ed.; Seidman, Laurence I., Ed. – Folksong in the Classroom, 1984
This document contains three issues of a journal for elementary and secondary teachers which provide materials and teaching ideas for integrating folk music appreciation into social studies, literature, and humanities courses. The first issue focuses on women's songs. It contains eight folksongs, each accompanied by background information and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Black Culture, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
