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Whether you’re an experienced arts integrationist or just beginning, we have a course offering for you! Learn how to seamlessly integrate dance, music, visual art, and drama into the curriculum you teach every day.

The Zanes
All Grades Creative Classroom Strategies Music

Music for Every Educator

Dan and Claudia Zanes Dan and Claudia Zanes
Overview
Curriculum
Attachments
  • 10 Sections
  • 28 Lessons
  • 2 Assignments
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Welcome to Creative Classroom Strategies: Music for Every Educator
6 Lessons
  1. Welcome to the Evergreen Series! The Arts for Every Educator
  2. Course Map: Big Ideas We'll Explore
  3. Classroom Activities Map
  4. Course Slides: Directions for Activities
  5. About the Zanes
  6. A Quick Note
Getting Started
2 Lessons
  1. Music-Making for Every Educator: Welcome from Dan and Claudia!
    Preview
  2. Sing Anyway: Why Your Voice Matters
Song
2 Lessons
  1. Let's Talk About Songs! "The World is Spinning" Song Demo
  2. The Song Bag
Rhythm
3 Lessons
  1. Rhythms All Around Us
  2. Rhythm Techniques: The Beat Boxes
  3. Word Phrase Patterns
Melody
3 Lessons
  1. Big Picture Ideas about Melody
  2. Melody Under the Microscope
  3. Melody Activities in the Classroom
Lyrics
2 Lessons
  1. Lyrical Fun: Wordplay
  2. The World's Shortest Song
Vibes & Emotion
3 Lessons
  1. How Does Music Make Us Feel?
  2. Making Connections Across Art Forms
  3. Musical Moods
Songwriting
3 Lessons
  1. Songwriting For All
  2. Simple Songwriting Examples
  3. The Lost & Found Song Activity
Sounds/Instruments
3 Lessons1 Assignment
  1. Accessible Instruments
  2. Instrument-Inspired Research
  3. Sound Safari & Song Stew
  4. Share Your Songs Here!
Final Thoughts
1 Lesson1 Assignment
  1. Confidence, Faith, Process, Good Times, and the Art of Trying
  2. Math Connections

In this course, award-winning musicians Dan and Claudia Zanes share their love of music-making and approachable methods in hopes that you’ll be able to create a more musical classroom.

Watch the entire video playlist on YouTube!

Connect with the Zanes via the AED Arts Directory!

Course-Map_-Big-Ideas-Well-Explore.pdf 577 KB
Classroom-Activities-Map.pdf 126 KB
Teachers-Musical-Toolkit.pdf 8 MB

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