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ide@s
Online curricula, lesson plans, ideas, etc.  Search by keyword, subject, grade, or by Wisconsin Academic Standards.  Excellent site.  Though primarily intended for the Wisconsin state educator, it’s valuable for everyone.

Smithsonian Folkways
Lesson plans related to music from around the world.

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ArtsEdge
Music lesson plans, many of which are multidisciplinary.

Awesome Library
A collection of links to lesson plans and lesson plan databases.

Core Knowledge Lesson Plans
Very detailed music unit plans.

The Gateway to 21st Century Skills
"The Gateway has been serving teachers continuously since 1996 which makes it one of the oldest publically accessible U.S. repositories of education resources on the Web. The Gateway contains a variety of educational resource types from activities and lesson plans to online projects to assessment items.”  (from the website)

Hotchalk Lesson Plans Page: Art Lesson Plans, Ideas, and Activities
Lesson Plans organized by grade range.

ide@s
Online curricula, lesson plans, ideas, etc.  Search by keyword, subject, grade, or by Wisconsin Academic Standards.  Excellent site.  Though primarily intended for the Wisconsin state educator, it’s valuable for everyone.

PBS Teachers
“We provide thousands of lesson plans, teaching activities, on-demand video assets, and interactive games and simulations. These resources are correlated to state and national educational standards and are tied to PBS' award-winning on-air and online programming like NOVA, Nature, Cyberchase, Between the Lions and more.”  (from the website)

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Lesson Plans
Lesson plans related to American popular music.

Smithsonian Folkways
Lesson plans related to music from around the world.

Thinkfinity
Thousands of free lesson plans and education resources. This resource is also organized by state standards.

Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
Extensive unit plans developed by Yale University in collaboration with the New Haven Public Schools.

bullet OTHER MUSIC RESOURCES
(The following list of resources will help you gather additional information about this topic.)

K-12 Resources for Music Educators
Valuable resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels.

Music Education Online
Links to numerous, helpful music resources.

National Jukebox
Over 10,000 historical sound recordings from the Library of Congress.

SFS Kids: Fun with Music
Website produced by the San Francisco Symphony for children.

Compiled: July 2011
Questions, comments, suggestions?  Contact Stephen Katz at katz@uwosh.edu

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