Lessons in American Music

by Debra Kay Robinson Lindsay

Overview

Lessons in American Music, by Debra Kay Robinson Lindsay, is a collection of lessons covering William Billings, Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin, and "The Star-Spangled Banner." This book is an all-in-one resource for teachers, offering lesson plans, activities, sheet music, and assessments. The set of lessons on William Billings will let your students sing an arrangement of "Chester," the unofficial anthem of the Revolutionary War. A number of Stephen Foster's songs are available, along with historical background and a biography for students to read. Students will learn to cakewalk and play an arrangement of the famous rag "The Entertainer" on the soprano recorder in the Scott Joplin lessons. The story of how our national anthem came to be written is presented in a way that will appeal to students in the lessons about "The Star-Spangled Banner." All of the music, puzzles, assessments, and worksheets in these ready-made lessons can be photocopied for your classes. Each lesson has all the materials you need to complete it and a list of which National Standards for Music Education it covers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565451759
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	05/26/2006
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	9.09(w) x 11.28(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Debra Kay Robinson Lindsay, a National Board Certified teacher in early and middle childhood music, teaches general music at Crestwood Elementary in Springfield, Virginia. She is the president-elect of the Virginia Elementary Music Educators Association and was named the Virginia Outstanding Music Educator for 2003. A general music teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, since 1975, she also coteaches a class she designed for second year music teachers. She has studied in Japan on a Fulbright grant and in Russia on one from the Virginia Department of Education. She has also served as an online mentor for MENC. Ms. Lindsay's elementary performing groups have appeared at the International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap Farm Park in Virginia, and at the White House. She is the author and composer of numerous publications by MusicWorks and the Core Knowledge Foundation.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 Constitution Unit
Chapter 4 Lesson 1, Preamble
Chapter 5 Lesson 2, "Seven Articles and Twenty-Seven Amendments"
Chapter 6 Lesson 3, Singing the U.S. Presidents
Chapter 7 Lesson 4, Learning about What the Government Does
Part 8 Underground Railroad Unit
Chapter 9 Lesson 1, Introduction to "Follow the Drinking Gourd"
Chapter 10 Lesson 2, "Follow the Drinking Gourd" Video
Chapter 11 Lesson 3, "Ballad of the Underground Railroad"
Chapter 12 Lesson 4, Songs Written in Code, Part I
Chapter 13 Lesson 5, Songs Written in Code, Part II
Chapter 14 Lesson 6, Recorder Assessment on "Steal Away"
Chapter 15 Lesson 7, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Chapter 16 Lesson 8, Learning to Play "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" on the Soprano Recorder
Chapter 17 Lesson 9, "Wade in the Water"
Chapter 18 Lesson 10, Everything I Learned about the Underground Railroad
Part 19 Sousa Unit
Chapter 20 Lesson 1, Analyzing "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
Chapter 21 Lesson 2, Who is John Phillip Sousa?
Chapter 22 Lesson 3, "Semper Fidelis"
Chapter 23 Lesson 4, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" in three voice parts
Chapter 24 Lesson 5, "The Liberty Bell"
Chapter 25 Lesson 6, "Semper Fidelis" on the recorder
Chapter 26 Lesson 7, John Philip Sousa word find
Chapter 27 Lesson 8, John Philip Sousa unit assessment
Part 28 U. S. Military Unit
Chapter 29 Lesson 1, "The Marines Hymn"
Chapter 30 Lesson 2, "The Army Goes Rolling Along"
Chapter 31 Lesson 3, "Semper Paratus"
Chapter 32 Lesson 4, "Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder"
Chapter 33 Lesson 5, "Anchors Aweigh"
Chapter 34 Lesson 6, A Tribute to the U.S. Military
Chapter 35 Lesson 7, The Military Hymns Score Assessment
Chapter 36 Lesson 8, Tell Me All You Know about the Five Service Hymns