LEARN NC

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

Goal 6

The learner will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

Objective 6.02

Discuss elements of music in aural examples representing diverse genres and cultures.

Resources aligned to this objective

Meter Madness
The students will identify 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 time signatures. They will also identify the down-beat and begin to understand conducting patterns.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Music Education)
By Alice Barlowe.

Lesson plans on the web

Ellington, music, and color
This series of lessons encourages students to explore the work of Duke Ellington, the composer whose name is synonymous with Swing, Jazz, and the Big Band Sound. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Music Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center-ArtsEdge
Set a poem to music
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students choose a favorite poem, set it to a rhythmic meter, and assign an original melody to the rhythm. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Music Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts