Music

Recommended Lesson Plans

• Classics for Kids Lesson Plans
  

In-depth lesson plans related to classical music.

• Core Knowledge Lesson Plans

Unit plans for teaching music.

• PBS LearningMedia

"PBS LearningMedia provides educators with strategies, tools, and professional development resources needed to fully utilize digital learning." (from the website)

• Rock Hall EDU

      Lesson plans related to American popular music from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 

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

• Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
  

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

Other Music Resources

• The American Folk Song Collection from the Kodaly Center at Holy Names University
  

A wonderful database of children's songs with accompanying musical notation searchable by grade level, subject, song type, rhythmic element, etc.

• DSO Kids
  

Lesson plans for music teachers; musical games for children; and links to other good resources for music educators.

• 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

Fun website for children produced by the San Francisco Symphony.

• Songs for Teaching
  

Thousands of children's songs, lyrics, sound clips and teaching suggestions for teaching content across the curriculum.