Students sketch a portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach. In this portrait instructional activity, students discover the elements of drawing a face. Students manipulate curved lines and shading to create an original piece of art.

Students visit web sites for each of the composersand listen to selections of each composer's music and place important dates of the composers into a pre-printed time line.

Students study about listening strategies, as well as the culture, music and two prominent composers of the Baroque period, namely J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. They demonstrate their understanding of the content through several assessments.

Students choose two composers to research and complete a compare and contrast study of them. For this composer research lesson, students select two composers to research. Students use Internet sources, the library, and music class...

Learners list the four main families of musical instruments, name one instrument from each musical family, name three ways music is used in everyday life.