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Unit 1: Brass Quintet Music with Mike

Find Mike’s Hometown Melody now takes us on a journey to Thunderbolt to meet our first musician, Mike. Use page SG5 and help the students do the following: Locate Savannah Music Festival in Savannah, Georgia. Locate Mike on the map in Thunderbolt, Georgia. Complete the activity.   PDF Downloads SG5 ↓ Download File

Lesson 1: Learning “Stars and Stripes Forever”

Aim: How can we explore steady beat and marching with “Stars and Stripes Forever”? Summary: Students learn to sing and move along to “Stars and Stripes Forever” while building vocabulary to describe the American brass band. Materials: Musical Explorers CD or online audio, scissors, glue, popsicle sticks, markers or crayons Time Required: 40 minutes (four…

Lesson 2: Exploring “Hoe-Down”

Aim: How can we explore the instruments in the brass family while listening to the steady beat in music? Summary: Students learn the instruments in the brass family. Students learn to gallop to “Hoe-Down” while building vocabulary to describe American brass band music. Materials: Musical Explorers CD or online audio Time Required: 40 minutes (four…