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!
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!