Paige+Web+Resources+for+Educators

@http://childrenspicturebooks.info/articles/introducing_music_education.htm

This resource provides information for various children's picture books that can be used for music education. Several children's picture books are listed, each provided with a summary.

@http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons.aspx This resource is great for music educators! It provides lesson plans connecting the arts to different disciplines, in addition to a multimedia finder. Lesson plans can be searched by entering two fields (music and history, etc.).

@http://pinterest.com/fortemac/books-for-music/ This resource, in addition to ChildrensPictureBooks.info, provides a list of children's books that can be used for music education. The list provides pictures of the book covers, in addition to the author's ideas on how to use the book for music. On this website, if you like one of the children's books, you can join pinterest for free and "pin" one of the children's books (so you can come back to it at any time).

@http://woods.tauny.org/index.php This resource is great for music educators in that it provides information to learn about the North Country and it's traditions. A music educator can use this resource to show local history in regards to song (songs and sometimes scores are provided).

@http://www.folkways.si.edu/tools_for_teaching/introduction.aspx  This resource provides lesson plans for music, dance and art, coming from many different countries. Lesson plans can be searched by clicking on a country in the map. This website also provides folklike education kits, interactive features, and workshops for teachers.

Sample Lesson Plan This lesson plan can be used in addition to my lesson. One way for music educators to use this is to understand corridos throughout history. Students can analyze themes and literary devices in these songs, leading up to a final project of creating their own. This can support my lesson plan in that it can be used to see how themes are depicted in music.

[] I would use this video recording to show an excerpt from the opera, featuring the opera diva who tells the story in a children's book. Students would listen to this and analyze the music (What does the music portray? How does the music fit the translation?)