African Music Unit: Lessons for Upper Elementary and Middle School Music
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- This bundle is full of activities to use to teach students in upper elementary and middle school about African Music.
- There are six lessons total:
- 1. Introduction to world music: why learning music from other cultures is important (includes a listening comparison between a classical flute piece and Nigerian flute improvisation)
- 2. Introduction to African music and its role in society (includes a West African Circle Game)
- 3. African Instruments (includes a listening analysis handout)
- 4. Drum Circle activity (includes several circle games)
- 5. Polyrhythms and the rhythm matrix (includes a link to a website that creates a sound matrix)
- 6. Polyrhythms soundtrap activity (includes screenshots of what to use on the website)
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Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
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