Music Education — Grade 4

Native American music: Two North Carolina tribes

In this lesson plan, students will listen to songs from two North Carolina tribes. Students will learn about the music through listening, analyzing, singing, moving, and playing instruments.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education and Social Studies)

By Merritt Raum Flexman.

How sound is like a wave: Investigating animal echolocation

In BioMusic, page 2.5

In this lesson, students will use two models to demonstrate how sound waves occur. They will infer how sound waves travel from a source and weaken as they spread. By demonstrating how sound echoes off objects, students will learn about animal echolocation.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Music Education and Science)

By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.

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Musical Harlem

Students will learn to identify musical styles and musicians associated with Harlem, focusing on jazz. They will learn about the special role of music in Harlem as a unifier of a community and of a culture. Students can listen to audio samples and analyze... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Music Education and Social Studies)

Provided by: ArtsEdge

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)

Provided by: ArtsEdge