This instructional resource, intended for grades three and up, includes an illustrated children's book and an audiotape. Also included is a teacher's guide written by Michael P. French. This resource tells the story of African American music in six main sections, beginning with its African roots and then describing five of the major styles of…

This paper discusses aspects of the role of music in the preschool setting. The teaching and singing of folk songs are an avenue through which cultural literacy can be explored. A sensory approach to song learning that includes visual, kinesthetic, and aural stimuli increases children's vocabulary. Some theories suggest that musical intelligence…

This guide to music appreciation courses was developed for use in senior high schools in Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida. Music Appreciation III A examines the development of music, from the Gothic period through the Classical period. Music Appreciation III B examines the development of music from the Romantic period through the 1970s.…

The curriculum plan and educational theory behind two new art schools highlight a growing movement to provide educational environments for the cultivation of the aesthetic sense in children of cities and villages of the USSR. (CS)

Picture song books can be used to enhance language arts skills. (JH)

Part of a section, "Concerts on Campus: Should Students Be Involved?

This pilot project proposed to construct a test or battery of tests to measure (1) the music discrimination abilities of school children aged 12 and under; (2) children's understanding of such basic concepts as rhythm, melody, and harmony; and (3) the ability of children to apply these concepts in music listening. Musical excerpts representing a…

The author describes a series of ten television programs on basic musical education which are scheduled to be aired over Public Broadcasting Stations for classroom use in the intermediate grades throughout the United States. A curriculum guide is also available through the Government Printing Office. (BM)

This research builds upon the finding that racial homogeneity is a visible characteristic of peer groups in school. The conclusions reached in this investigation are that mainstreaming is an important constraint in peer selection and that music and attendant life styles emerge as a means of sustaining peer groups. (Editor/RK)

Educators need to develop teaching strategies that allow children to explore creative musical processes that will nurture musical skills, self-awareness, and imagination. A sequence of five lessons encompassing language arts and music demonstrates how students can develop creativity by writing haiku and then composing music to accompany the poems.…

Suggestions are made for choosing popular songs for classroom language study and for promoting their appreciation and interpretation. Examples are included. (MSE)

Electronic music can be used to give nonmusic majors an appreciation of musical culture. As final projects, students complete compositions and make the same musical decisions that composers make. Emphasis is on understanding of the electronic medium and on aural analysis. (CS)

This article took us to the elementary school level for a description of a highly successful program that developed opera lovers among the children in the Tucson, Arizona schools. (Editor/RK)

This guide is intended to provide an action plan for groups advocating music in the schools. The guide assists local music education advocacy groups to provide strategies to make music and the other arts an essential part of the school program. Sections of the book include: (1) Introduction; (2) "Organizing for Action"; (3) "Analyzing the…

Article examined the difficulty of teaching music in an open classroom with children of different ages and where some children did other things. (Author/FK)