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Music Education — Grade 8

Goal 8, Objective 8.01

Goal 8

The learner will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and content areas outside the arts.

Objective 8.01

Compare in two or more arts areas how the characteristic elements of each art form can be used to transform events, emotions, or ideas into works of art.

Resources aligned to this objective

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A renaissance of jazz and poetry
The Harlem Renaissance was the birth of a creative plethora in all fields of art for African Americans. The poetry and jazz composed during or inspired by this era naturally complemented each other. Furthermore, many of the themes from the musical and literary worlds are universal and provide a great lesson on how two different works can have a parallel theme.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts and Music Education)
By Janet Fore.

Resources on the web

Civil War Music
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students use the Internet as a resource to compare and contrast Civil War songs of the North and the South. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 English Language Arts, Music Education, and Social Studies)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts