Tap Your Feet Students will practice following a pattern and become familiar with the concept of beat in...		Percussion Performance and Culture Students in grades 5-8 study African and Native American percussion, consider music's cultural...
Billie Holiday's Song "Strange Fruit" This comprehensive lesson uses Billy Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" as a discussion point for...		Traditional Circle Game from Puerto Rico Use a lesson that uses Spanish to introduce students to traditional Puerto Rican song and...
Movement and Circle Games Incorporate movement into your music lessons with these fun singing games for "The Telephone...		Follow Me Freeze Build classroom community while giving many students the chance to lead your class.
African-American Gospel Music Introduce Gospel music while explaining lyrical meaning and cultural values. This is an...		Learning through The Duke Students will learn about the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of...
Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance Students read and respond to literary selections that either portray the Harlem jazz scene or...		Math and Music: Fibonacci Sequence Students discover that patterns in music that relate to the Fibonacci Sequence.
Jazz and Math: Rhythmic Innovations Learn about the use of fractions in music.		Rhythms and Body Percussion Students in grades K-4 echo short rhythms and melodic patterns by using their bodies.
Defining Jazz Music These lessons and activities explore sound and how sound is defined in jazz.		Native American Music: Call-and-Response Introduce students to a call-and-response form of Native American song and dance.
Patterns in Music and Math Students learn how to solve music and math problems by finding patterns.		Chinese Percussion Music Teach students about Chinese percussion instruments and ensemble performances. Use this music...
Jazz and Math: Improvisation Permutations In this lesson students explore how many different rhythmic combinations can be improvised in a...		Appalachian Riddle Song Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on "The Riddle Song" to show the...
Interactive Timeline Students will explore ragtime music and gain an understanding of its development in relation to...		Graphing Pitch Distribute a group activity that explains the musical relationship between length of...