Listening Response to Spirituals

Suggested Level: Grade 7 and 8 In this lesson, students develop their focused listening and analysis skills while listening to and watching a video of a choir singing an African-American spiritual. Students learn a brief history of the spiritual, and give written...

Exploring Indigenous Music

Suggested Level: Grade 7 and 8 This lesson asks students to engage with the critical analysis process as a way of understanding cultural influences on Indigenous musics. The goal of this lesson is to give students an opportunity to see how knowing the cultural context...

Composer Diversity

Suggested Level: Grade 6 Students will use the Composers’ Diversity Collective database to explore diverse composers. After comparing two pieces of music by one composer, students will analyze and give a personal response about the music. Download PDF Lesson Plan with...