Jennifer Stash

Discover the 6 continents of the world (not Antarctica) through Culture, Clothing, Food, and Music. Begin each lesson with a discussion to see if any of your students have ever been to countries on the continent or have ancestors from there. Close each lesson with an included Peardeck slide.

5 days of bucket drumming, starting with a basic introduction, gradually playing more difficult rhythms, and culminating in an ensemble composition.

Students will identify Instruments, understand how instruments are categorized, and how they produce sound.

Bucket Drumming ensemble rhythm composition activity

Body percussion, rhythm review, playing songs on buckets, syncopated rhythms.

Rhythm review, Boday percussion, playing rhythms on buckets

Rhythm exercises, playing songs on the bucket.

Introduction to Bucket Drumming, including rhythm review and basic rhythms.

Discover the countries of Africa through Culture, Clothing, Food, and Music. Close with a Peardeck slide.

Discover the countries of Oceania through Culture, Clothing, Food, and Music. Close with a Peardeck slide.

Discover the countries of Europe through Culture, Clothing, Food, and Music. Close with a Peardeck slide.

Discover the countries of Asia through Culture, Clothing, Food, and Music. Close with a Peardeck slide.

Discover the countries of South America through Culture, Clothing, Food, and Music. Close with a Peardeck slide.

Students will learn about how percussion instruments are played and how they produce sound.

Students will learn about how string instruments are played and how they produce sound.

Students will learn about how woodwind instruments are played and how they produce sound.

Students will learn about the categorization of Instruments and how the brass instruments produce sound.

Discover the countries of North America through Culture, Clothing, Food, and Music. Close with a Peardeck slide.

Students will learn how the voice as an instrument produces sound and the types of sounds it can make.