Naxos Digital Services
Naxos Digital Services: Composers
From a major publisher of classical music, this website provides a brief biography and picture of literally hundreds of composers of classical music. The discographies at the bottom of each biography allow you to find CDs and often...
Other
Nearpod: Composing & Decomposing Numbers 11 19
In the lesson plan on composing and decomposing numbers, students will use number bonds and ten frames to help them compose and decompose numbers 11-19.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Composition of Functions: Composing Functions With Functions
Explanations and examples of composing functions with functions.
Other
Judtith Lang Zaimont Composer
Website list current performances and latest news releases regarding American composer Judith Lang Zaimont. Includes composition and discography information, along with personal and professional biography.
Other
Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers: Josquin Des Prez
An interesting page with some brief biographical information on Josquin des Prez (1440-1521 CE) and analyses of some of his music.
Other
Ascap Official Website
The official site by The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Of interest is the history of ASCAP as well as articles for those wanting to learn more about the music business.
Other
Ralph Vaughan Williams Society
The official site of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society which was created to broaden the appreciation and encourage the performance this composer's music. By clicking through the menu, you can learn much information about his works.
Other
Internet Cello Society: Luigi Boccherini, Cellist
This site contains an excellent biography on cellist and classical composer, Luigi Boccherini. Hyperlinks to additional information.
Naxos Digital Services
Naxos Digital Services: A to Z of Opera
Use the left navigation to access a solid history of opera as developed in various countries. You can also find synopses of opera stories, full opera libretti, and an index of opera composer's works.
Other
The Math Learning Center: Pattern Shapes
Students use pattern shapes to explore geometry and fractions, creating their own designs, or filling in outlines. As they work with the shapes students explore geometric relationships, think about angles, investigate symmetry, and...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Preface to Sancho: An Act of Remembrance
Paterson Joseph describes how his research into Black British history led him to write his first play, Sancho: An Act of Remembrance. In this one-man show, Paterson Joseph inhabits the life of Ignatius Sancho, the 18th-century composer,...
Other
Millersville University: Women Artists
This site introduces Herrad of Landsberg, along with other medieval composers.
Curated OER
Baroque Composers and Musicians
This website provides a listing of some of the prominent composers and musical personalities of the baroque period. Those underlined as links will take you to a short biographical article on that particular composer.
Scott Alexander
Alberta Hunter
This site contains an article on the singer and composer Alberta Hunter. It also includes audio clips of some of her most famous songs. Excellent resource.
Other
Classical (Period) Music
A nice website discussing music of the classical period. It provides detail into the style of classical music, lists some of the composers associated with classical music.
Other
Zygote: Zygote Anatomy Collection
A 3D anatomical product that allows students to explore the muscles, bones, organs, skin, and blood vessels that compose the human body.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Lesson Plans
Teach the basics of classical music to your students with this collection of lesson plans. Study a classical music composer and a selected piece of music with these lesson plans that are based on national and state standards.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Grade 3: Rock N Art
In this arts integrated unit, 3rd graders will explore Rocks and Soil. These projects focus on bringing multiple art forms to the Earth Sciences for third graders. Students will focus on comparing and contrasting the 3 types of rocks, as...
Other
Medieval: Hildegard Von Bingen (1098 1179)
A discography of Bingen's work accompanied by a brief biography.
Other
The Duke Ellington Society
The Duke Ellington Society maintains this wealth of information on Duke Ellington and his works including news, information on the singers who worked with him, audio clips, and links to other Ellington sites.
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame: Stephen Foster
This resource provides information about Stephen Foster.
Other
Goucher College: English 211: Edmund Spenser, Amoretti and "Epithalamion"
This is a discription and literary analysis of Edmund Spenser's Amoretti, a love poem composed of 89 sonnets, and "Epithalamion," a wedding song composed of 24 complex 18-line stanzas.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Teaching Character Traits
Inspired by the music "Free to Be. . . You and Me" by Marlo Thomas, this lesson, which will take several days, asks students to compose stories that teach character traits that will be shared with elementary school children. They will...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: "Where Is the Love?"
Using the song "Where Is the Love" by the Black-Eyed Peas and "Excuse Me, Mr." by Ben Harper, students will begin to think about injustices that exist in our world. Ultimately, student writers will compose an essay based on a persuasive...