Why You'll Love the "American Music for Elementary" Online Course

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Not sure what to teach your elementary students for music class? I have done all the research for you in this great new online course from Learn.MusicinOurHomeschool! It's called American Music for Elementary, and both you and your kids will LOVE it!

What do the following have in common?

The March King
Father of American Music Education
Father of Stride
The Father of the Blues

They are all American composers and are featured in American Music for Elementary online course!

Who wrote these songs and musical compositions?

“Oh, Susanna”
Rhapsody in Blues
“In the Mood”
“Maple Leaf Rag”
“White Christmas”
“This Land is Your Land”
“Take Five”

What else will you learn?

You'll learn who

put the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb” to music.
borrowed tunes from other composers and from folk music and placed them in his compositions.
made up a new style of singing when he dropped his lyric sheet while recording!
is considered to be the most important person in the development of jazz.
wrote a new musical style called “folk opera.”
wrote a song that was featured in the movie Wall-E.
was rock and roll's first superstar.
worked as a child in New York City delivering newspapers and who over 100 years later wrote a musical about those kids called Newsies.
who has conducted Virtual Choirs from members all over the world.
wrote the movie music for over 150 films.
experimented with chance music, tape loops as music, and changing the sound of a piano.
wrote the music for Disney movies such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Tangled.
is writing the music for the new live-action Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs movie.

You'll learn what

became the first piece of sheet music to sell over one million copies.
musical style started having some new instruments showing up in the popular music—organ and harmonica
was often played on riverboats as the entertainment.
song was one of the first phonograph records ever made and sold over 2 million copies.
opera was inspired by a painting, was composed specifically for television, and was televised live in 1951.
musical style contains features like a walking bass, choreography of the musicians, solo improvisation, and call-and-response.
is the best-selling jazz single of all time.

**Features of American Music for Elementary online course**

36 Lessons
Up to 30 minutes per lesson
Videos of the music to study is embedded in each less
No musical knowledge necessary for the teacher
Printables/notebooking pages included so students can create an American Music Notebook
Fun and engaging for elementary-aged students
Can also be adjusted for preschool or middle school students
Online quizzes included so you can evaluate learning
Over 30 composers
Over 15 differently uniquely American musical styles
From 1844 until today!

Who is American Music for Elementary online course for?

I wrote the American Music for Elementary online course specifically for kids in grades kindergarten through 6th grade. The lessons are short, and the videos engaging for this age group. I tried to include features of the composer's childhoods, such as instruments they studied while kids, so that students of today could relate.

But, it will also be easy to simplify the lessons for preschool students, and middle school students will enjoy learning about these composers and musical styles as well.

Composers to Learn About

Stephen Foster
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Lowell Mason
William Mason
Henry T. Burleigh
Edward MacDowell
Amy Beach
Scott Joplin
John Philip Sousa
George Gershwin
Gian Carlo Menotti
Charles Ives
Aaron Copland
Ferde Grofé
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
Woody Guthrie
Leonard Bernstein
John Williams
John Cage
Philip Glass
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Schwartz
Alan Menken
Pasek and Paul
Eric Whitacre
Elmer Bernstein
Steve Reich
Samuel Barber

Musical Styles to Learn About

Spirituals
Ragtime
Stride Piano
Marches
Blues
Jazz
Opera
Big Band
Orchestra/Symphony (Classical)
Musical Theater
Rock and Roll
Songs
Bebop Jazz
Folk Music
Cool Jazz
Film Music
Choral

**Where to Teach American Music for Elementary online course?**

This course is perfect to teach at home, in a homeschool co-op, in a school classroom, or in a music classroom! Music teachers of all types (choir, private piano, guitar, orchestra, etc.) can use this course in stations or for independent learning. It's very versatile.

Please check the copyright, since one purchase is allowed for one homeschool family or one classroom of students. If you'd like to use at a homeschool co-op or for more classrooms, please contact Gena for a license. Thanks!