Classical Music Resources
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Poetry & Nursery Rhyme Archives
Music from around the World
Explore an Interactive map by Moran Education. Read, Listen & Watch :)
Who's on First?
The Harlem Shake: In the News
Joseph "No Bones" Collins danced what is known as the original "Harlem Shake" at a teenage dance night at the Union Settlement Association Community Center in Harlem.
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1. Harlem Shake Video Timeline
2. Harlem Reacts to 'Harlem Shake' Videos
3. Harlem Shake: One Name, Two Separate Dances
4. How to do the Harlem Shake.
5. Harlem Shake becomes Middle East Protest Anthem
Students take part in a flash mob dance based on the "Harlem Shake", a new dance craze, during a protest outside the Ministry of Education in Tunis on March 1. The students protested against the Ministry of Education's investigation on students after they performed the Harlem Shake at a school in Tunis earlier this week. The ministry claims the dance is 'indecent' and against Islamic morals, according to local media reports. -Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi
It's Shim Sham Time!!!!
100 years of Music on a London-Tube-style Map
This ambitious project was created by staff at The Guardian‘s Culture Vulture blog a few years back. Each line on the map represents a different musical genre with influential musicians as the stops.
Download a hi-res version of the map by clicking the document below.
Download a hi-res version of the map by clicking the document below.
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Map Activity Directions
* Compare the high-resolution version of the map (downloaded from above) with your handout.
* Use colored pencils/pens to trace over the genre/transit lines. Feel free to use your own colors, just make sure they match with your key!!
* Color in the key to match the lines as you go.
* Read band names as you go.
* Color in bubbles and mark the stops of bands that you have heard of before.
* Use colored pencils/pens to trace over the genre/transit lines. Feel free to use your own colors, just make sure they match with your key!!
* Color in the key to match the lines as you go.
* Read band names as you go.
* Color in bubbles and mark the stops of bands that you have heard of before.
Bluegrass Instruments
1. Introducing Bill Monroe, the father of Bluegrass music. Watch as different instruments take turns playing with the melody (like in jazz!!).
2. How awesome are these kid brothers!!!! Now that's what I call inspiration!
Visualizing Music
Watch and listen. Can you find the relationship(s) between what you see and what you hear?