Music History & Appreciation

An Introduction to the world's most amazing music and its creators.

15 lectures from the TV series.

Donna Levene, rev ed. Children's books introduce rhythm, melody, form and style, instruments, dances and music history and work well for coop teaching.

Donna Levine, Deb Engle Baugh. Common elements of music and art make great coop teaching! 

Curriculum for the first 4 Freddie the Frog books by Sharon Burch.

by Sharon Burch.  An ear-and eye-opening way to grasp music & math concepts.

10 Favorite Children’s Books with Orff Process Lesson Plans by Sandy Lantz & Gretchen Wahlberg. 

by Bruce Adolphe and Evan Polenghi.  A truly artistic blending of the arts. 

Pamela Vandewalker. Learn to conduct with 12 easy lessons to project or print, audio files, video demo, and reproducible students pages.

by Morton Subotnick. Hear music as communication in virtual games that break musical concepts down to patterns and levels. 

A Fascinating Introduction to Music and the Instruments of the Orchestra.

Pointing Pages & Powerful Plans by Artie Almeida & Katie Grace Miller.   Folk songs and manipulatives teach music concepts.

ed. by Jeannette Morgan.  ​Visit the web to explore a wide range of music topics

ed. by Jeannette Morgan. Explore the many musical web resources available for music appreciation.

Genevieve Helsby. Clever texts and illustrations are keyed to the audio for continuing engagement of the reader/listener.

Genevieve Helsby & Jason Chapman.  An intriguing cartoon-style overview of classical music with 26-selections.

 Teaching Jazz to All Ages by Doug Goodkin

Four short lessons covering Dixieland, Big Band Swing, Bebop and Jazz-Rock  for Gr. 2-4 by Cathy Blair.

by Cathy Blair.  Short units to introduce jazz and musical theater to Gr. 3-6.