CURRENT: Today's Music in the Classroom

CURRENT: Today's Music in the Classroom

This is a unique teaching resource, created exclusively with middle school teachers of grades 5 to 9 in mind. It is an innovative tool that helps to facilitate music education engagement using contemporary songs.

Curriculum Alignment

The materials target the sub-subject of music within the broader Art & Music category. They provide comprehensive lesson plans guided by learning outcomes from Canadian provinces and USA National Standards. This ensures a balanced approach towards introducing learners to various aspects of today's music industry while aligning with academic benchmarks.

What Each Unit Includes

• Links to current popular songs,
• Creative activities related to the song's musical elements or thematic content,
• New vocabulary terms for expanding students' lexico-musical repository,
• An evaluation sheet complete with answer keys for fast and efficient student progress assessment.

The teaching unit packaged as an easily digestible 18-page PDF file suits educators ranging from public school teachers looking forward to incorporating relevant yet academic music appreciation sessions, or homeschoolers inventively instilling art appreciation into their children’s regular study schedule.

Flexible Instruction Format And Homework Assignments Capability

CURRENT allows dynamic instruction format flexibility - educators can utilize these tools effectively during whole group instructions where interaction enhances classroom musical literacy, or form smaller groups encouraging peer-interactive learning while allowing individual contributions. Equally useful as homework assignments, students can deepen understanding through individual research on featured song artists outside class hours!

A PDF with 18 pages.