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Music Websites

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Music Websites

Music Lesson Plan Websites

The following websites contain lesson plans based on grade with links within the website or to other websites. There are many more lesson plans than the direct link below, so look around on the site.

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3939/ This site uses the SFKids site below (see smiley)

http://www.thefutureschannel.com/dockets/hands-on_math/music_for_movies/index.php/> a math and music lesson plan for grades 5 & 6

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/ - an interactive site with lesson plans from the BBC Schools site.

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Music45.htm many lesson plans

http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/641.html a lesson plan on comparing composers

Music Terms or Genres

The following websites provide a good overview or a specific genre of music.

http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=23 a nice overview of symphony instruments and activities; used as part of the ArtsEdge lesson plan above.

http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/musicresources/ another nice overview of symphony instruments.

http://www.nyphilkids.org - nice online clips of composers, fun music composition interactives and instrument information.

http://www.dsokids.com - similar to all the websites of orchestras.

http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/ - has many examples of different composers and eras. If you have a lesson plan around appreciation, there are online listening opportunties for each composer by genre or by era (lists the composers that are within an era).