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Civil War music: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students use popular Civil War songs to identify rallying songs, recruiting songs, popular entertainment songs, campfire songs, sentimental songs, or patriotic songs. Students will: compare and contrast lyrics... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts, Music Education, and Social Studies); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Corridos about the Mexican Revolution: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore causes of the Mexican Revolution and key revolutionary figures. They will gain an understanding of a particular Mexican song form, the corrido, and its role as a vehicle for communicating... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts, Music Education, Second Languages, and Social Studies); Provided by: ArtsEdge

Form and theme in the traditional Mexican Corrido: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about the traditional Mexican musical form of corridos, which dates back to the 1800s and continues to be very popular. Activities in this lesson engage students in online learning,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts, Music Education, Second Languages, and Social Studies); Provided by: ArtsEdge

I've got the literacy blues: In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students read “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry and explore the story's themes using blues music, creative writing, and media study. Students research the history of the blues and create a graphic organizer... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Music Education); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Monsters: In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students investigate the idea of “monsters” in society and how they have been viewed, what purpose they serve, why they are necessary. Students will: demonstrate an understanding of the concept of... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts and Music Education); Provided by: ArtsEdge

On a musical note: Exploring reading strategies by creating a soundtrack: Students create a soundtrack for a novel they have read in this lesson that emphasizes traditional reading strategies such as predicting, visualizing, and questioning. In addition to offering several project options for creating a novel soundtrack, this... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Teachers' Domain: Teachers’ Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: WGBH - Boston

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