Education Resources
Downloadable lesson plans and supplementary materials for educators and families.
Supplementary Resources for Digital Education Programs
Downloadable lesson plans for educators
- Claire de Lune – Bring to life the sounds of your neighborhood by composing a soundscape.
- The Composer is Dead – Expand student vocabulary while learning about themes in literature and music through the popular children’s book The Composer is Dead.
- Enigma Variations – Explore theme and variations with Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations.
- Hedwig’s Theme – Take flight and explore musical themes with Hedwig’s Theme by John Williams.
- Juba Dance – Try your hand at the American folk tradition of patting Juba and discover its relationship to Black female composer Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.
- Lift Every Voice – Explore the cultural signifigance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black national anthem, and compose your own anthem.
- Maple Leaf Rag – Follow a listening map and move to Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag to learn traditional Ragtime form.
- Night on Bald Mountain – Create a visual representation of Modest Mussgorsky’s Night on Bald Mountain.
- Standup Symphony – Includes Standup Symphony printouts and a lesson plan
- Surprise Symphony – Use creative movement to explore Andante from Joseph Haydn’s Surprise Symphony.
- The Four Seasons – Explore the four seasons together through music and movement. Then create your own animal and describe how they would survive each of the seasons.
- Variations on a Shaker Melody – Uncover the musical form – theme and variations – and hone your listening skills with a listening map puzzle.
The SLSO has an entire suite of resources for educators, including learning activities, in-school programs, field trips, professional development, and resources for young musicians.
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