Music Lesson Plans and Resources
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Take a look at the links below for music lesson plans and resources.

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Music Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
More than 50 high-interest lesson plans for a variety of grade levels. Many are cross-disciplinary.

The Lesson Plans Page: Music
A large selection of lesson plans organized by grade level.

Music Lesson Plans from the Teacher's Reference Desk
Formerly Ask Eric, this site contains many music lesson plans for a variety of grade levels.

Rock and Roll Library
Eighteen lessons. See their homepage.  

ArtsEdge - Instructional Resources for the Performing Arts
Lesson plans, units, and resources for dance, music, and theater from the Kennedy Center. Many of the lesson plans and units are interdisciplinary.

Core Knowledge - Art and Music Lesson Plans
Several elementary lesson plans in pdf format.

American Musical Theater
Seven units from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Blues Impulse
Eleven Units from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Music History WebQuest
See also Music Era WebQuest and Composers in Time.

LA Opera Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans and resources for schools and community education programs. See also Creating and Original Opera for a lesson plan for grades 4-6.

Sound: Ideas for Interdisciplinary Lessons
Ideas for integrating science and music.

Carnival of The Animals
A kindergarten lesson plan.

Find the Sound
A K-3 lesson in which students learn the sounds of musical instruments.

Introduction to Music
A primary-grade lesson plan.

Keyboards
A lesson plan for 2nd grade.

Music in Africa
A 2nd-grade lesson plan. See also Exploring African Music and African Music for similar lesson plans.

Create a Composition
A lesson plan for grades 2-6.

Slow and Fast Tempo
An elementary-grade lesson plan.

Musical Instrument Appreciation
A lesson plan for grades 2-4.

Integrated Dance Curriculum
A curriculum unit for grades K-6.

Dance lesson Ideas
A good selection of dance lesson plans from  P.E. Central. See also
Movement and Music ONE!  

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
A unit for grades 3-5.

Music of the People -  Native American Music
A lesson plan for 3rd-grade music.

America, A Home for Every Culture
A lesson plan for grades K-4 from ArtsEdge Instructional Resources.  

Incorporating HyperStudio into a Music Lesson Plan
A 4th-grade lesson plan.

Making a Musical Instrument

A 5th-grade lesson plan. 

Major Key Signatures and Scales
A lesson plan for grades 5-6.

Composition in Seven Steps
A lesson plan for grades 5+. See also Composing Unit - Rhythm Charts.

Elemental Sequences in Music
A 6th-grade lesson plan.

Ellington, Music, and Color
Five middle-grade lesson plans from the Duke Ellington Centennial Site.  

Connecting Pachelbel, Beethoven, and Mussorgsky to Disco and Rap
A middle-grade lesson plan from the Rock and Roll Library.  

Musicianship Basics
A lesson plan for grades 5-10 which utilizes a free demo software which is intended to be used for revision, practice, and assessment of fundamental ear training and theory skills. The link for downloading the software is included in the lesson.

Composing Choral Warm-ups
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 in which students compose their own warm-ups for chorus, using basic musical skills and awareness of the voice as an instrument.

Exploring Musical Instruments Using the Internet
A lesson plan for grades 6-8.

Where Did Rock and Roll Come From?
A lesson plan for grades 7-8.

Music in the South Pacific
An 8th-grade lesson plan.

Wild Sounds from South of the Border
Another 8th-grade lesson plan.

Comparing Composers: Beethoven and Mozart
A lesson plan from
Education World adaptable to a wide range of grade levels. .

Making Music and Playing the Blues
Another lesson plan for grades 6-12 from Education World.  

African Clave Rhythms and Popular Music
A lesson plan for grades 7-9.

Intervals, Scales, and Triads
A high school lesson plan.

Mathematics of Music
A secondary lesson plan integrating music and math.

A Round and A Round
A choral music lesson plan for grades 9-12.

Learning From Lyrics
A lesson plan for grade 9-12 in which students research contemporary songs (alternative, country, metal, pop, rap, and rock music) to study current social issues.

Holistic Lesson Plan 2
A lesson plan for 9th-grade choir integrating the cognitive and affective domains.

Beginning Jazz Appreciation
A 9th-grade lesson plan utilizing the multiple intelligences model.

A Web-Based introduction to Basic Music theory and Music Composition
A high school lesson plan.

Rock and Roll WebQuest
See also Country Music WebQuest.



Music Resources

MusicStaff.com
Need to find a music teacher, music school, or music lessons? MusicStaff.com can help locate just what you need anywhere in the United States.

Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom
Excellent source for ideas for your next bulletin board!

Music Dictionary
Definitions and information about nearly everything musical. See also Glossary of Musical Terms.  

Museum of Musical Instruments
Collections, exhibitions, articles, manufacturers. See also The Worlds First Global Musical Instrument Museum.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources - Instruments
If you're looking for information on a specific musical instrument, you'll probably find it here. See also Music Resources Outline for a well-organized list of links to everything musical.

Classical Net
Basic repertoire list, classical music CD buying guide, composers works and data, reviews and articles, books and scores, classical music links.

Musical Periods
An overview of composers from medieval to modern times from Classical Net.

Music History 102
From the Internet Public Library, this site offers a guide to western composers from the middle ages to the present. See also Musical Forms.

This Day in Music History
Let your students know what happened on this date throughout the history of music,

Musicology and Music History
Music history links.

Individual Musicians (All Genres)
An alphabetical index of musicians.

Composers
Information on 164 composers. See also Composer and Composer Timeline.  

Genres and Types of Music
Information on any type of music you're interested in learning about!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
A great site with a lot of information.

K-12 Resources for Music Educators
See also Music Teacher Resources.

Music Education Online
Click Music Links to find the music you need.

Kididdles
Online source for song lyrics.

Music Education at Datadragon
Online music tutorials and guides.

National Association for Music Education
Home page for the National Association for Music Education

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