Barry Wareham

WMC 521

Spring 2002

Instruction Elective: Lesson Plans

Daily Lesson Plan: New York Times Site: These plans are very detailed with a consistent format. They seem to center around popular culture with the exception of a the last couple in this section (as of 4/15/02) …. The plans include many resources for implementation including interdisciplinary connections, and standards statements. They are archived under the keyword: Fine Arts

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/finearts.html

Ask Eric: These plans are written for varied grade levels. There is a consistent and robust format employed with excellent reference sections for each lesson. They include “Printer friendly “ versions of each plan. As of 4/15/02 there are 42 music plans I listed at this time. http://lessonplancentral.com/lessons/Art/Music/

ArtsEdge From the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C - The Music related lessons are located under the “teaching materials”. Follow the performing Arts links. Headings include Curricula, Lesson and activities – Curriculum Weblinks – Get Published – Idea exchange – Using ArtsEdge. Most lessons are designed to be deeply interdisciplinary and many are concerning cultural issues. www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org

CyberSleuthKids Lesson are located under “Education > Lesson > Music – This is a meta list of lesson plans that include some lessons from listing already presented here. Due to the nature of this list, each link will have its own curricular bend and format. All levels and areas are covered, but not searchable from this page. Some independent links (not major sites) are dead links.

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Education/Lessons/Music/

Lets Make Music with Computers – These materials are listed for secondary education. They are an outgrowth of a special project from the European Union. All the teaching and learning activities have been designed for the computer and some for the synthesizer. They contain complete documentation and support with resource listings. See the links below for information regarding the original RTEE initiative.

http://www.xtec.es/rtee/eng/fem/index.htm

RTEE explained - http://www.xtec.es/rtee/eng/rtee.htm

RTEE tutorial - http://www.xtec.es/rtee/eng/tutorial/

Computers in Music Ed - http://www.xtec.es/rtee/eng/index.htm

Lesson Tutor – This site hosts lesson plans for many content areas. Currently there are no music plans but rather a multitude of prepared , printable, activities for students. Worksheet and puzzles are and available along with answer sheets and tips. Just hit print!! http://www.lessontutor.com/musicgenhome.html

Lesson Plans from MENC’s Strategies for Teaching Series: These lessons are written by MENC members and offer ideas on creating plans for your classes. They were hosted by a commercial venture, “Notation Station” which is no longer on the Web. The lessons are no longer available and I could not find reference to this title on the MENC site or via any Web search engines. It would be worthy of an occasional search. (MENC is: the Music Educators’s National Conference)

Also please note that GVOX, the owner of the notation station site has suspended all web activities as of Dec 31, 2001 http://www.notationstation.net

ArtsEdNet Sponsored by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts' special approach to arts education. ArtsEdNet provides information regarding the latest trends in art education. “Innovative” lesson plans and other curriculum resources are provided. The site does include interactive capabilities for sharing and exchange of ideas online. Seminars and other professional development programs are also profiled here. http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/resources/index.html

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