Music

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Instructional Technology Resources

Fine Arts - Music

Content Standards					1.Perceiving and Responding	2. Historical, Cultural, and Social Context
Music Textbooks Click on your book cover	K	1	2	3	3. Creative Expression and Production	4. Aesthetics and Criticism
4	5	6	7	8	3. Creative Expression and Production	4. Aesthetics and Criticism

1. Perceiving and Responding

Content Standard	Resource	Resource Type
1. Identify elements and characteristics of musical sound as they are used in a variety of genre and styles.	http://www.steeldrumshop.com/pan_faq.asp This resource explore the Caribbean Steel Drum Band.	WebSite
1. Identify elements and characteristics of musical sound as they are used in a variety of genre and styles.	http://www.pbs.org/jazz/index.htm This is a link to the Ken Burn's Jazz website. It provides an excellent review of the genre.	WebBased Collection
1. Identify elements and characteristics of musical sound as they are used in a variety of genre and styles.	http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/ This resource provides a link to the Instrument Encyclopedia. It provides information on a wide variety of instruments.	WebBased Collection
1. Identify elements and characteristics of musical sound as they are used in a variety of genre and styles.	http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/3876/webquest.html A teenager's guide to music is presented in thei WbQuest.	WebQuest
1. Identify elements and characteristics of musical sound as they are used in a variety of genre and styles.	http://www.nyphilkids.org/lockerroom/main.phtml Take a virtual, animated visit to the instrument storage room of the New York Philharmonic. Highlights are the interesting histories of each instrument family and individual instruments. When browsing the instrument popup boxes, be sure to click on the binoculars, ear and friend icons for more detail. "Trumpets and horns have a very, very ancient history. Two trumpets were found in the tomb of the Egyptian King Tutankhamun: one was made of silver, the other of bronze."	Web Simulation
1. Identify elements and characteristics of musical sound as they are used in a variety of genre and styles.	http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp This resource provides access to the Dallas Symphony's home page. It contains information on composers, musical, styles, and musical instruments. It also has an interactive musical games section.	Web Data Base
1. Identify elements and characteristics of musical sound as they are used in a variety of genre and styles.	http://www.classicsforkids.com/terms/categories.asp?id=Instruments%20and%20tools From "accordion" to "xylophone," Classics for Kids (companion website to the weekly radio show) describes more than fifty orchestra instruments. Each instrument is defined, illustrated, pronounced and most entries include audio samples in RealAudio format. Exploring the rest of the site, my favorite clicks are Games, Activity Sheets, and Hear the Music.	Web Data Base
4. Experiment with individual or group created sound.	http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musiclab.asp?pageid=4 This resource is a neat interactive simulation that allows the user to experiment with rhythms, harmonies, melodies, tempos, and instrumentation	Web Based Simulation
4. Experiment with individual or group created sound.	http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/ This resource is a neat interactive simulation that allows the user to experiment with rhythms, harmonies, melodies, tempos, and instrumentation. It is spnsored by the National Arts Center Orchestra	Web Based Simulation

2. Historical, Cultural, and Social Contex

Content Standard	Resource	Resource Type
1. Describe how musical expression reflects social, political, and ethical issues.	http://www.rtpnet.org/~hdweb/ This resource introduces the hammered dulcimer in folk music.	WebSite
1. Describe how musical expression reflects social, political, and ethical issues.	http://infusion.allconet.org/webquest/Hammered_Dulcimer.doc This resource is a downloadable worksheet to be used with the Hammered Dulcimer website	Worksheet
1. Describe how musical expression reflects social, political, and ethical issues.	http://classicsforkids.com/ This website is designed to help teachers use classical music as part of classroom activities. There are audio clips for the students and activities and lesson plans for the teachers.	WebSite
1. Describe how musical expression reflects social, political, and ethical issues.	http://www.kidinfo.com/Student_Leisure/Music.html This resource is a collection of websites that explore different periods of musical development.	WebSite Collection
1. Compare and explain how musical expression from various cultures communicate feelings, ideas, and universal themes.	http://www.zoomschool.com/school/Australia/ This resource provides a link to music and art from Australia	WebSite
1. Compare and explain how musical expression from various cultures communicate feelings, ideas, and universal themes.	http://www.zoomschool.com/school/Africa/ This resource provides a link to music and art from Africa.	WebSite
2. Determine factors that infuluence musicians in specific historical eras and places.	http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/ This resource provides biographical sketches on 100 famous Jazz artists	WebSite Collection
2. Determine factors that infuluence musicians in specific historical eras and places.	http://www.soulsvilleusa.com/eduweb/ A lesson on Soul Music. It provides examples of a variety of soul music and how it was influenced by society.	WebBased Game

3. Creative Expression and Production

Content Standard	Resource	Resource Type
1. Explore musical ideas through simple improvisations	http://pbskids.org/jazz/ This resource allows students ot create their own jazz sounds.	Interactive Web Simulation
2. Develop readiness for composing and arranging by experimenting with sound.	http://pbskids.org/jazz/ This resource provides access to a website that allows the students to compose, mix, and play their own music.	Interactive WebSite
2. Develop readiness for composing and arranging by experimenting with sound.	http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/music.htm This resource provides a link to over 200 sing along songs.	Interactive WebSite

4. Aesthetics and Criticism

Content Standard	Resource	Resource Type
1. Identify elements and characteristics of musical sound as they are used in a variety of genres and styles representative of world cultures	http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/cultures.html This resource provides access to a variety of music and instruments from around the world.	Interactive WebSite
2. Recognize and analyze the skills needed in the performance of music in general, vocal, and instrumental settings	http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/music/k-12music/ This resource provides access to a wide variety of teacher educator websites. It is an excellent professional resource.	Web Portal
2. Recognize and analyze the skills needed in the performance of music in general, vocal, and instrumental settings	http://www.playmusic.org/ This resource provides access to a number of interactive performance web sites.	Interactive WebSite
3. Respond to music through movement
4. Read standard notation and apply it to the performance of music	http://www.dsokids.com/games/notegame/default.htm This resource provides access to the Dallas Symphony's website that allows students to drag and drop musical notation onto the staff to create a musical score.	Interactive WebSite
4. Read standard notation and apply it to the performance of music	http://www.dsokids.com/games/memory/index.html This resource provides access to a series of matching games on three different levels of difficulty that review standard notation.	Interactive WebSite