LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 9

The learner will understand music in relation to history and culture.

Objective 9.01

Identify the style of aural musical examples from various historical periods and cultures.

Resources aligned to this objective

The second grade world of Louis Armstrong
Second grade students will explore the music of Louis Armstrong via booktalks, compact disc recordings, digital video disc recordings, and may pursue internet web-questing through Marco Polo (http://www.marcopolo-education.org) and http://www.redhotjazz.com as a bonus!
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Music Education)
By Dirk Robertson.

Resources on the web

Music from across America
To develop their listening skills, students use worksheets to record their impressions about the music they hear from across America. In addition to learning about musical instruments and the geographic and cultural context of music, children are encouraged... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Music Education)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
Chinese instruments
In this lesson from ARTSEDGE, students identify and classify Western instruments and traditional Chinese instruments. Each student researches and writes about a specific instrument, and then creates a version of the Chinese musical instrument using recycled... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 Music Education)
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America, a home for every culture
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore how various cultures have contributed to making the United States the unique and diverse country that it is today. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Music Education and Social Studies)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts