Mega-Massive Music Bundle: nearly 200 unique, top-rated resources (3000+ slides)

" Loved these resources!" - Mrs. Brooke (5th grade teacher)

"Thorough and perfect for building my year around.” – Mrs. Garcia (secondary teacher)

"These are great! I love how they tie into the slides you made for each type of music. Thank you!” – Matt (Middle School Teacher)

INCLUDED:

* 2000+ engaging slides on 30 genres of American Music, 40 musicians, and over 100 games and activities (e.g. name that song, family feud, name that instrument)

* Links, background, primary sources, built-in games and activities, and more

* Handouts/graphic organizers for students to follow (PDF & editable MS WORD)

* Teacher directions for each slide in a genre resource

This music curriculum is for both the dedicated music teacher AND the classroom teacher looking to enrich their lessons and give students more exposure to music.

There are nearly 200 unique and engaging music lessons to choose from, making up a connected family of resources that cover 35 genres, countless subgenres, and hundreds of musicians, including background, primary sources, links to music, videos, graphic organizers, games, activities, and much more

Genre Anchor Lessons (35)

5 influences genres

20 main genres

10 Velvet Series

All 30 genres

Featured artist lessons (39 and growing)

Specific a la carte musicians

Founders of Rock and Roll (7)

Musicians who changed history (11)

Complete bundle access to all musicians

Name that song (70)

Genre-themed editions

Disney editions

Name-that-Instrument

Silver screen edition

Classical covers

All versions

Music Family Feuds (30)

20 main genres

10 Velvet Series

All 30 Games

Music Jeopardy (20)

20 main genres

Music Four Corners (10)

Stand-alone resources that can be used independently

OR interconnected resources that make up a larger curriculum

Of course, any and all of the 170+ music resources can be accessed individually and will be useful as a stand-alone lesson. However, the resources have been designed to be interrelated and organized as a broader curriculum as well. For teachers looking to go “all-in” and dedicate a portion of each week to these music resources, here are three popular options for pacing throughout the school year…

Three Pacing Guide Options:

1) One Genre Each Week, CHRONOLOGICALLY - genre per week for the entire school year (35 weeks), working through each of the 35 genres chronologically…

2) One Genre Each Week, TOPICALLY - new music each week for the complete school year (35 weeks). Start with 5 influences on American music genres, then move through 20 main genres before bringing it home with 10 Velvet Series genres

3) Paired-Genre Units - for the teacher that doesn’t have time to browse through resource options, the arranging and planning has been done for you! Here are music packs available as bundle downloads. Each option includes two anchor genres with relevant artists and activities to compliment…

A new genre each week for the entire school year (35 weeks), working through each of the 35 genres chronologically…

Pacing guide option 1: “GENRE-EACH-WEEK-CHRONOLOGICALLY”

1) GLOBAL FOLK TRADITIONS (ancient)

2) CHRISTIAN HYMNS (1st century)

3) AFRICAN ORAL TRADITION (1400s)

4) CLASSICAL (1500s)

5) SLAVE SPIRITUALS (1600s)

6) RAGTIME (early 1900s)

7) GOSPEL (early 1900s)

8) ACAPELLA (early 1910s)

9) BLUES (early 1910s)

10) SHOW TUNES (mid 1910s)

11) JAZZ (early 1920s)

12) COUNTRY (mid 1920s)

13) SWING (late 1920s)

14) CHRISTMAS MUSIC (early 1930s)

15) FOLK (early 1930s)

16) POP (early 1940s)

17) BLUEGRASS (mid 1940s)

18) LATIN POP (mid 1940s)

19) ROCK n’ ROLL (late 1940s)

20) R&B (late 1940s)

21) SOUL (early 1950s)

22) ROCK (mid 1950s)

23) SKA (mid 1950s)

24) FUNK (mid 1960s)

25) INDIE (mid 1960s)

26) REGGAE (late 1960s)

27) DISCO (early 1970s)

28) PUNK ROCK (mid 1970s)

29) HIP HOP (mid 1970s)

30) ALTERNATIVE (mid 1970s)

31) RAP (early 1980s)

32) METAL (early 1980s)

33) EMO (mid 1980s)

34) EDM (late 1980s)

35) K-POP (mid 1990s)

new music each week for the complete school year (35 weeks). Start with 5 influences on American music genres, then move through 20 major genres, before bringing it home with 10 Velvet Series genres…

Pacing guide option 2: “GENRE-EACH-WEEK-TOPICALLY”

5 INFLUENCES ON AMERICAN GENRES

1) GLOBAL FOLK TRADITIONS (ancient)

2) CHRISTIAN HYMNS (1st century)

3) AFRICAN ORAL TRADITION (1400s)

4) CLASSICAL (1500s)

5) SLAVE SPIRITUALS (1600s)

20 MAJOR GENRES

6) RAGTIME (early 1900s)

7) BLUES (early 1910s)

8) GOSPEL (early 1900s)

9) POP (early 1940s)

10) JAZZ (early 1920s)

11) SWING (late 1920s)

12) COUNTRY (mid 1920s)

13) BLUEGRASS (mid 1940s)

14) ROCK n’ ROLL (late 1940s)

15) ROCK (mid 1950s)

16) R&B (late 1940s)

17) SOUL (early 1950s)

18) FOLK (early 1930s)

19) REGGAE (late 1960s)

20) FUNK (mid 1960s)

21) DISCO (early 1970s)

22) HIP HOP (mid 1970s)

23) RAP (early 1980s)

24) METAL (early 1980s)

25) ALTERNATIVE (mid 1970s)

10 VELVET SERIES (UNIQUE GENRES)

26) SHOW TUNES (mid 1910s)

27) ACAPELLA (early 1910s)

28) PUNK ROCK (mid 1970s)

29) SKA (mid 1950s)

30) INDIE (mid 1960s)

31) EMO (mid 1980s)

32) CHRISTMAS MUSIC (early 1930s)

33) EDM (late 1980s)

34) LATIN POP (mid 1940s)

35) K-POP (mid 1990s)

15 Paired-Genre Units – for the teacher that doesn’t have time to browse through resource options, the arranging and planning has been done for you! Here are music packs available as bundle downloads. Each option includes 2 anchor genres with relevant artists and activities to compliment the unit. Here are suggested pairings and a suggested order for 15 Paired-Genre Units…

1) RAGTIME & BLUES

•Two of the earliest genres to develop in the U.S.; both piano-dependent…Ragtime pioneered, blues added lyrics and mood

2) GOSPEL & POP

•Gospel was popular before pop; Pop was popular by definition…very similar music, one being sacred, the other secular

3) JAZZ & SWING

•One could argue that Jazz is the father of all subsequent genres; and Swing is simply danceable, sing-able, swingable jazz music…

4) COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS

•To the untrained ear, Country and Bluegrass may sound alike. The truth is, Bluegrass may be “countrier” than Country

5) ROCK n’ ROLL & ROCK

•’50s Rock n’ Roll was more about the performance than the recorded sound; ‘60s Rock that followed was a musical golden age

6) R&B & SOUL

•Two genres that can be hard to differentiate; when you perform with rhythm or with blues, you often have plenty of soul as well

7) FOLK & REGGAE

•With simple instruments and vocals, Folk is and always has been the music of the people. Reggae is folk music from the islands

8) FUNK & DISCO

•’70s Funk added plenty of synthetic bass to soul, rock and R&B; ‘70s Disco added the ball and the dancing beats

9) HIP HOP & RAP

•Hip Hop was more than the music, it was a culture. Hip Hop culture included Rap, which took over as a genre of its own

10) METAL & ALTERNATIVE

•Of the countless subgenres of Rock, Metal and Alternative are two that became big enough to be their own bonafide genres

11) SHOW TUNES & ACAPELLA

•Both have an artistic purity and a theatrical quality; both are performance-based with reliance on vocals over instruments

12) PUNK ROCK & SKA

•Both are loud, bold, and heavily influenced by British musicians… and both are rooted in themes of revolution & anti-establishment

13) INDIE & EMO

•Both with anti-mainstream roots, and both have loyal fan-bases that connect deeply to the authentic and passion-filled music

14) CHRISTMAS MUSIC & EDM

•Both tied to mainstream pop, and both are wildly popular; able to bring together large groups of people to party and get down

15) LATIN POP & K-POP

•Both rooted in global cultures before merging with American pop and growing massively popular through multiple U.S. generations

Learning Objectives:

Possible Learning goals (with varied depths of knowledge) from each series of lessons on a given genre (this includes the anchor ppt, as well as “name that song”, “family feud”, and/or lessons on specific artists…

(DOK 1) Students will be able to (SWBAT) identify examples of musicians from (GENRE)

(DOK 1) SWBAT identify characteristics of (GENRE)

(DOK 2) SWBAT differentiate between characteristics of (GENRE) and characteristics of other genres

(DOK 3) SWBAT explain why a song from a specific genre is a good representation of that genre, referencing instruments, lyrics, and/or styles portrayed in the song

Hundreds and hundreds of artists are mentioned and sampled throughout the 30 genre lessons, including (for those with links, I also have designed artist-specific lessons):

•1. The Beatles – HERE

•2. Bob Dylan – HERE

•3. Elvis Presley – HERE

•4. Rolling Stones – HERE

•5. Chuck Berry – HERE

•6. Jimi Hendrix – HERE

•7. James Brown – HERE

•8. Little Richard – HERE

•9. Aretha Franklin – HERE

•10. Ray Charles - HERE

•11. Bob Marley – HERE

•12. The Beach Boys – HERE

•13. Buddy Holly – HERE

•14. Led Zeppelin – HERE

•15. Stevie Wonder – HERE

•16. Sam Cooke – HERE

•17. Muddy Waters –

•18. Marvin Gaye – HERE

•19. Velvet Underground –

•20. Bo Diddley – HERE

•21. Otis Redding –

•22. U2 – HERE

•23. Bruce Springsteen – HERE

•24. Jerry Lee Lewis – HERE

•25. Fats Domino –

•26. The Ramones –

•27. Nirvana – HERE

•28. Prince – HERE

•29. The Who –

•30. The Clash –

•31. Johnny Cash – HERE

•32. Smokey Robinson –

•33. The Everly Brothers –

•34. Neil Young –

•35. Michael Jackson – HERE

•36. Madonna –

•37. Roy Orbison –

•38. John Lennon –

•39. David Bowie – HERE

•40. Simon and Garfunkel –

•41. The Doors –

•42. Van Morrison

•43. Sly and the Family Stone –

•44. Public Enemy –

•45. The Byrds –

•46. Janis Joplin –

•47. Patti Smith –

•48. Run-DMC –

•49. Elton John –

•50. The Band – HERE

•51. Howlin' Wolf –

•52. Allman Brothers Band –

•53. Eric Clapton –

•54. Dr. Dre – HERE

•55. Grateful Dead –

•56. Parliament/Funkadelic -

•57. Aerosmith –

•58. Sex Pistols –

•59. Louis Jordan –

•60. Joni Mitchell –

•61. Tina Turner –

•62. Etta James –

•63. Phil Spector –

•64. The Kinks –

•65. Al Green -

•66. Cream –
•67. The Temptations –

•68. Jackie Wilson –

•69. Carl Perkins –

•70. The Police –

•71. Frank Zappa –

•72. AC/DC –

•73. Radiohead –

•74. Hank Williams –

•75. The Eagles –

•76. The Shirelles –

•77. Beastie Boys –

•78. The Stooges –

•79. The Four Tops –

•80. Elvis Costello –

•81. The Drifters -

•82. Eminem –

•83. N.W.A. –

•84. James Taylor –

•85. Black Sabbath –

•86. Tupac Shakur – HERE

•87. Gram Parsons –

•88. Miles Davis –

•89. The Yardbirds –

•90. Carlos Santana –

•91. Ricky Nelson

•92. Guns n Roses -

•93. Booker T. and the MG's –

•94. Nine Inch Nails –

•95. Lynyrd Skynyrd –

•96. Martha and the Vandellas –

•97. Diana Ross and the Supremes -

•98. Roxy Music –

•99. Curtis Mayfield –

•100. Lee 'Scratch' Perry –

•Honorable Mention:

Tom Petty – HERE

Queen – HERE

Woody Guthrie – HERE

***Designed for classrooms, ideal for distance learning as well #distancelearningTpT