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 * || Middle School, High School ||
 * **Composing with the Instrument Families** ||
 * http://teachersnetwork.org/readysettech/egolf ||
 * In this unit, students create a 15-second song that uses at least one sound sample from each of the four instrument families. This project uses the students' original and creative ideas to compose music that incorporates the learning of the instruments. ||
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 * || Middle School ||
 * || Middle School ||
 * **Elvis Lives** ||
 * http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetnyc/nacionales/elvis.htm ||
 * Who is the "King of Rock & Roll" and why was he adored by millions of fans and still loved by so many some twenty five years after his death? This program is an introduction to a person many agree is the most widely known, loved, and recognized entertainer of all time--Elvis Presley. It was developed to enlighten the current generation of young people to the origins of rock and roll's first superstar. ||
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 * || Middle School ||
 * || Middle School ||
 * **From Magpies to Messiaen: Birds in Music** ||
 * http://teachersnetwork.org/teachnetusa/etobias/tobias.htm ||
 * This is a program in which middle school students study the influence that birds have had in music and create their own original music based on imitations and actual electronic samples of birdsong. They learn how composers make use of the everyday material around them and they gain a unique perspective on music. They learn various compositional techniques as well as fundamental music concepts. ||
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 * || Middle School, High School ||
 * || Middle School, High School ||
 * **Jazz** ||
 * http://www.teachnet.ie/amhiggins/teachjazz ||
 * Students will find out a little about Jazz, by completing a series of written, listening and research assignments. Through these tasks they will learn about the origins of Jazz, the main musical features of Jazz, some Jazz styles, instruments and musicians. ||
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 * || Middle School, High School ||
 * || Middle School, High School ||
 * **Podcasting in the Classroom** ||
 * http://teachersnetwork.org/grantTeachnet/registration/grantsDetail.cfm?recordID=59 ||
 * This project was designed to be a culminating activity for a 9th grade Music History unit covering popular music in America during the 1930s. Student podcasts are created through the use of images, sound bytes, written information, and multimedia. ||
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 * || Middle School, High School ||
 * || Middle School, High School ||
 * **What is Timbre?** ||
 * http://www.teachnet.ie/amhiggins ||
 * Timbre refers to the tone colour of a sound. It allows the listener to distinguish between two sounds when pitch, loudness and duration are the same. Sift through the material in advance and decide on the end product - a musical composition, a PowerPoint display or simply a set of filled-in worksheets. ||
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