Music Lesson Plans and WebQuests
Lesson Plans
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Lesson Plans 
This collection of over 70 teacher designed cross curricula lesson plans from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame use rock and roll and music as a foundation for exploring a variety of issues and topics.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
ArtsEdge: Performing Arts Lesson Plans
You'll find a selection of interdisciplinary lessons, curriculum units, and activities for grades K-12 at this site form the Kennedy Center ArtsEdge site.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
The Blues Impulse
These units of study from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute explores the history and influence of blues music. Units include: Finding the Rhythm of Blues in Children's Poetry, Art, and Music; Visual Blues—On the Move: Visual Art Syntheses of the Blues Impulse; The Visual Blues of Jacobs Lawrence, Aaron Douglas and Romare Bearden; and The Blues Impulse—An Era and the Ambiguity of Adolescence.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
American Musical Theatre
You will find a collection of seven units of study exploring musical theatre at this site from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Units include: American Musical Theater: Making it Work in the Music Classroom; The Pygmalion Effect: A Dramatic Study in the Classroom; and Stepping Into The World of the American Musical Theatre: Dance Sets The Pace.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Ask Eric Music Lesson Plans
Collection of teacher-developed lesson plans for grades K-12.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Music Lesson Plans
You'll find a wide-variety of teacher submitted Pre-K-12 music lesson plans and activities at this site from The Lesson Plans Page.
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Music Appreciation: A Thematic Unit for the Primary Grades
In this unit students explore the basic foundations and uses of music in order to expand student knowledge and appreciation of music.
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Baltimore Curriculum Project Lesson Plans
This site contains a collection of K-5 lesson plans in a variety of curriculum areas, including music.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Core Knowledge Art and Music Lesson Plans
This site contains a collection of K-12 art and music lesson plans.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
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Ideas/Activities
Bulletin Boards for the Music Classroom
Looking for a bulletin board idea? Check out this site with teacher submitted ideas with photo examples!
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Datadragon Music Tutorials
Learn about and hear different instruments, learn to read music, find out about different music genres, or find out what happened today in music history.
Intended Audience: Teachers/Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle Teacher Section: No Searchable: No
Fun Music Ideas
Looking for music activities? This site has hundred of ideas, activities, and resources for the music teacher.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: Yes
Music Education Online
This site designed to help music educators connect with music education resources on the Internet includes an interactive bulletin board for posting questions and comments on music and links to music resources.
Intended Audience: Teachers Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
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WebQuests
Patriotic Themes in Country Music WebQuest
In this WebQuest for grades 5-8 students explore patriotic themes and symbols in country music and country music videos.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Teen Music WebQuest
In this WebQuest for students research and document how the Internet can enhance their musical experience.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Free MP3s: Is It Fair?
In this WebQuest for students research music file sharing on the Internet and its legal and ethical implications.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Cajun Folk Music
In this WebQuest students research and gather information about 10 Cajun folk songs.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Music Era WebQuest
In this WebQuest for grades 6-8 students learn about the major musical eras.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
World Music WebQuest
In this WebQuest for students learn about music around the world.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
MusicLand Theme Park
In this WebQuest for students are part of a team of theme park designers assigned to build a new music theme park in their city
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Music History WebQuests
In this collection of WebQuests from Collerville High School in Tennessee students research composers of the Romantic Period
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Brass Family Instruments
In this fourth grade WebQuest for students learn about brass instruments.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite
In this WebQuest students find information about the circus and its history, specifically focusing on the role of the band in the circus.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Music Time Periods
In this WebQuest students research and gather information about a musical time period in order to create a presentation that will persuade a music museum curator to choose their time period for the opening exhibit.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
The Symphony Orchestra
In this WebQuest students learn about orchestras by examining and comparing three different orchestras in the United States.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Spring Concert Time, Already?
In this WebQuest 9-12 students research and find concert material in which to prepare the choir for it's Spring Concert.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Radio Production Web Quest
In this WebQuest 9-12 students research, plan, and produce a one-hour music program.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Jimi Hendrix:Greatest Rock Guitarist in the History of Rock 'n Roll
In this 9-12 WebQuest students will assume a role defending or promoting the position that Hendrix was the greatest guitarist in the history of Rock and Roll.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Mozart and Salieri: Professional Jealousy or Murder?
In this WebQuest students research the theory that Salieri murdered Mozart.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Searching for the Truth: African-American Music History
This this WebQuest students pick a style of music or an artist and write a two page reaction paper on how that particular style of music, or person has influenced the music industry.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
How Much Does It Cost To Build An Orchestra?
In this fourth grade WebQuest students explore the cost of putting an orchestra together.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Tejano Music
In this WebQuest students prepare a radio program featuring Tejano music.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Songs of Revolution, Protest, and Solidarity
In this WebQuest students are traveling musicians who pick a controversial issue and write a song about it.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Blues and Hughes House of Blues
In this WebQuest students write a Blues poem which features characteristics of the Blues in the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
The Barber of Seville
In this fifth grade WebQuest for students learn about Rossini's Barber of Seville opera.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Famous American Female Composers
In this six grade WebQuest for students explore the lives of some American female composers.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
The Mozart Connection
In this WebQuest for students explore whether classical music has an effect on learning.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
The Music Adventure
In this WebQuest for students design music theme parks reflecting various styles and eras of music.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Mozart WebQuest
In this WebQuest students are time travelers who gather information about the famous composer.
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Instrument Maintenance
In this WebQuest students research what they need to do in order to properly maintain their instrument
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Music Rules the World
In this WebQuest time thief threatens to steal one period of history, students must research which time period to save based on its music.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Jazz Musicians
In this WebQuest students research and create biographies of three jazz musicians.
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The Sound of Music
In this WebQuest students design and build an instrument.
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Musician Profile Producer
In this WebQuest students research and write a profile of a musician.
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Composer Quest
In this WebQuest students research and and compare a composer and an artist from the same period.
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Woodwind Doubling
In this WebQuest woodwind students research two woodwind instruments they don't play.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
Mozart Gazette
In this activity students research create a newspaper page centered around the opening of one of Mozart's operas.
Intended Audience: Teacher Reading Level: Adult Teacher Section: N/A Searchable: No
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