Classical Connections For United States History

By: Ellen Wilmeth

Explore United States history and its connections to Western Music with this all-in-one resource for upper elementary through high school. Along with a helpful historical timeline, each section includes a reproducible student article, activity sheets, games and listening maps for 16 composers spanning five centuries. Full-length National Standards-based lesson plans accompany each section and all musical listening selections are included on the CD. Historical periods and composers include: The New World (Desprez, Palestrina), The Colonial Period (Bach, Vivaldi), Mid-1700s (Scarlatti, Gluck), the American War of Independence (Haydn, Mozart), the War of 1812 (Beethoven, Schubert), the Civil War (Liszt, Brahms), the Industrial Revolution (Ravel, Elgar), the early 20th Century (Holst, Prokofiev).

02500486 Book/CD $34.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $27.96 USD

Exploring The Blues

By: Tom Anderson And Bradley Shank

Here is a valuable all-in-one resource that will help you introduce your students to this great American art form. Originally developed for Music Alive magazine, each topic includes a reproducible student article, reproducible activity pages (including listening maps, worksheets and other enrichment ideas), and a detailed National Standards-based lesson plan. All musical examples are included on the enclosed CD. Topics include: Birth of the Blues (W.C. Handy), Early Blues Guitarists (Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson and others), Women and the Blues, Now and Then (“Ma” Rainey, Dinah Washington, Aretha Franklin and others), The Blues Begin to Rock (Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton and others), Blues Across America, and a special section on blues greats: Bessie Smith, John Lee Hooker and B.B. King. Available: Book/CD Pak (w/ reproducible pages).

02500363 Book/CD $34.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $27.96 USD

Great Composers Of The 20th Century

By: Jacqueline Wollan Gibbons

Here is a handy all-in-one resource collection that will help you introduce your upper elementary and middle school students to the great masterworks of the 20th century. Developed by Music Alive! magazine, each section features a specific composer and includes a reproducible student article (written at an appealing age-appropriate level), reproducible student sheets (including games, activities, and listening maps keyed to the selected composition for that composer), and a detailed National Standard-based lesson plan. All the musical examples are on the CD included with the book.

Featured composers include: Claude Debussy, Arnold Schoenberg, Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Aaron Copland, John Cage, Leonard Bernstein.

02500298 Teacher's Handbook
(includes CD & reproducible student pages) $34.95 USD
SCHOOL PRICE $27.96 USD