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Lesson 1: Exploring “Follow the Drinking Gourd”
Aim: What is the hidden meaning in “Follow the Drinking Gourd”? Summary: Students learn to sing “Follow the Drinking Gourd” and explore the hidden meaning of the song and the code found in the lyrics....
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Melody will take us on a journey from Toronto, Canada to Savannah to meet our next artist, Huxsie. Use SG13–15 to meet Huxsie and prepare your students to learn about African-American spirituals. Genre...
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Lesson 2: Exploring “Freight Train”
Aim How can we learn about melody and folk instruments through Elizabeth Cotten’s “Freight Train?” Summary: Students explore melody and banjo through the folk song “Freight Train.” Materials: Musical...
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Lesson 1: Exploring “John Henry”
Aim: How can we understand how music tells a story while learning to sing the folk song “John Henry?” Summary: Students learn and sing “John Henry” while understanding how music can be used to tell a...
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Melody will take us on a journey to Toronto, Canada to meet our first singer, Kaia. Use SG7–9 to meet Kaia and prepare students to learn about folk music. Genre Overview American folk music is a genre...
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Vocal and Body Warm-Ups
Start each lesson with warm-up activities in order to establish a routine that fosters healthy vocal technique, kinesthetic learning, and active listening. The following warm-ups are designed to work...
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Becoming Musical Explorers
In this introductory unit, you will find activities and warm-ups you can use throughout the year. Start by introducing Melody on SG1 and the musical region on SG2. Where is our state on this map? As we...
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Meet the Artists
Kaia Kater, Folk Music Growing up surrounded by the folk music of her family in Montreal, Kaia took those ties to West Virginia to learn more about folk music and storytelling. Now, she puts her...
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How to Use the Teacher and Student Guides
This Teacher Guide contains six units, each devoted to one of our Musical Explorers genres. Every unit contains two lessons, each focusing on a song; the lessons guide you through the process of...
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Introduction
Welcome to Musical Explorers! Musical Explorers is designed to connect students in grades K–2 to the musical community of the Georgia and South Carolina Lowcountry as they build fundamental music...
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