Organized Chaos: Teacher Tuesday: world music- finding "authentic" music for the classroom. Links to FREE resources for world music, tips for quickly checking sources for authenticity, suggestions for teaching world music in the elementary music classroom.
Organized Chaos: Teacher Tuesday: Native American music in elementary music. Lesson ideas for kindergarten and lower elementary. Classroom instruments, steady beat, same and different phrases, movement. Wee Hee Nah, Epanay.
Organized Chaos: Teacher Tuesday: Japanese music in elementary music. Ideas and resources for teaching Sakura and other folk songs with singing and instrument parts, bon odori (traditional dance), gagaku and traditional instruments, and more!
Our one-of-a-kind All Around This World Musical Map of Latin America is here! Uruguayan illustrator Gustavo Wenzel created a fun, family-friendly and fully illustrated map of any part of the world–in this case Latin America–that serves as a geographical guide to that region’s main musical styles and instruments.
Music Around the World pegs2015 pegscelebrate new years 2015 Music Around the World Unit! Common Core Aligned! Include music and multicultural fun in your classroom! Great Activities for 3rd-8th Grade! Students will learn over 30 different musical instruments from Japan, France, India, Spain, Brazil, Africa, Russia, and Italy!
Music can unite cultures. Each culture has its own instrument that can be found in its history. It is important to incorporate them into the classroom. I like how this site shows how you can bring in instruments without paying for the real thing.